Staffing Talk
JANUARY 4, 2013
Jan Smith, Jeff’s girlfriend. An Eggplant exclusive. The Eggplant denies any relationship with The Onion. Office temp and former Obama campaign worker Jeff Sanders was stunned to find out today that he too is a millionaire after verifying the numbers in his paycheck today. “I dreamed for President Obama to be reelected so he would increase taxes on millionaires,” says Sanders.
Hiring Thing
JANUARY 2, 2013
'Every company faces the challenge of how to motivate employees to perform at their full potential. This challenge seems even more daunting for small businesses that are operating on leaner budgets. Let me share with you some motivational concepts that are being taught in business schools across the country that won’t break the bank (which is more than many of us who paid for those business degrees can say).
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Staffing Talk
JANUARY 4, 2013
Sometimes temporary workers flat-out quit on you. They don’t give notice. They don’t fulfill the contract period. They just quit. In many employment circumstances, this reflects negatively on the employee, as it rightfully should. They’ll get bad comments when future employees check their references, and it’ll look weird on a résumé to see a really short stint.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 1, 2013
This is a busy day for payroll processors across the country. If you’re a payroll processor and you actually got the day off (and you aren’t in government union!), then count yourself as one of the few. At Tempworks we’re getting a lot of inquiries like this one: Do you know if the rate applies to the check date or the w/e ending date? At Tempworks we’re getting a lot of inquiries like this one: Do you know if the rate applies to the check date or the w/e ending date?
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Staffing Talk
JANUARY 2, 2013
Another state makes it illegal for employers – or potential employers – to request login information for social networks. Just before the end of the year, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed House Bill 5523, saying “potential employees and students should be judged on their skills and abilities, not private online activity.” Michigan is the fourth state by my count to make a law to protect employees from divulging their personal social network information.
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Staffing Talk
JANUARY 4, 2013
My friend Keith Potts who runs the UK’s ginormous job board JobSite has kicked off 2013 with a branding campaign starring Max Beesley of The Last Enemy and Spice Girl boyfriend fame. Beesley’s pitch: quit wasting your time on the internet, “upload your CV, only takes 10 minutes”. CV by the way means résumé if like me you use helmets in football. What kind of candidates will we find on the job board?
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 31, 2012
Like Django, the hero of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained , a Cindy Ingram rode into Staffing Talk town and by the sounds of it wants to shut down your staffing company. How do I know that? Well, for starters, she says so in comments to a David Gee post about Obamacare : “Yup that’s the main reason they need to be shut down. I hope you guys end up on the other side of this thing – see how it feels.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 4, 2013
ManpowerGroup Advises U.S. Companies to Diversify Skills of Top Business Leaders, As U.S. Jobless Rate Steadies at 7.8%. [Herald Online]. 168,800 December private sector jobs added; unemployment at 7.8%. [Examiner]. Barton Associates Announces OB/GYN Locum Tenens Staffing Group. [PRWeb]. Kforce signs new contract with CFO. [Tampa Bay Business Journal].
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 3, 2013
I’m a big fan of online training and wish it were a business line I could pursue. It’s a perfect adjacency for staffing companies – after all, it’s you who know which skills are most in demand and where the people are that need to those jobs. Meanwhile, I’m happy to be a big consumer of the stuff. I’m especially fond of Pluralsight , a tech video company that just received $27.5 million in venture capital funding.
Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch
Is the term “culture” just a buzzword tossed around at your organization, or have you delved into the core values and behaviors that truly define a good fit for your company? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, will share a proven framework to identify the essential traits that contribute to a seamless fit within your unique culture, not just in your current successful employees but also in prospective candidates.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 4, 2013
Staffing Talk and Tempworks Software are both recruiting web design professionals. If you can draw (and do CSS/photoshop), then you are the man, or woman, we are looking for. Give us a call!
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 3, 2013
Private Sector Adds 215K Jobs in December. [FOX Business]. Job Gains Lure Investors to Employment-Services Stocks. [Bloomberg]. Employee Retention Crucial in 2013; Glassdoor Survey Reveals Nearly One in Five Will Look for New Job in Next 3 Months. [Marketwire]. MidOcean Partners (“MidOcean”) announced that it has made a significant equity investment in All Systems Holding LLC.
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 31, 2012
A Boston lawyer says he is working on a settlement with Triage Staffing, the staffing agency that sent David Kwiatkowski (kwiht-KOW’-skee) to New Hampshire, where the traveling hospital technician is accused of infecting patients with hepatitis C. [My FOX Boston]. Magic Workforce Solutions owner Magic Johnson tells Ex-”Employee” You Got Fired ‘Cause You Sucked at Your Job!
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 2, 2013
I’ve watched most of Fred Wilson’s “10 Golden Principles of Web Apps” (video) and enjoy his down home style. One of his 10 principles is ‘personal’, and so I’m going to take his advice and let Staffing Talk readers in on a little secret web app we’ve been developing at Tempworks over the last year. Paul Phipps has been creating the website for it. We’ll be issuing beta invitations shortly.
Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow
The promise of AI for today’s organizations is real, yet in a frenzied state of experimentation, many stumble to get to a full-scale enterprise. As companies race to discover what generative AI can do, HR must lead conversations about how to balance cutting-edge innovations with integrity, trust, and diversity. Globally, organizations are at a critical intersection of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and AI acceleration.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 4, 2013
“ I’ve had my share of good interviews in my lifetime, but never have I had one go so well. The interviewer gave me so much positive feedback on the spot. I thought I had a really good shot here…and I really want the position.” So said an acquaintance of mine the other day as we discussed his job hunting experiences. So what’s the problem?
Staffing Talk
DECEMBER 31, 2012
I remember well the initial meeting I had with Staffing Talk founder Gregg Dourgarian, when the site was still just a gleam in his eye. He told me over coffee he wanted to create a staffing, HR and recruiting industry online destination that was original and different, and didn’t offer the typical fare such as “5 ways To Use LinkedIn To Make Your Next Hire.” In fact, he said he didn’t want to post any stories that could likely be found on any other staffing site.
Staffing Talk
JANUARY 2, 2013
So here belatedly are the income tax rate changes from the new fiscal cliff law. A few observations: The law hurts the staffing industry. High tax rates drive market activity underground. Don’t like the new tax rates? Forget the staffing agency and pick up your workers outside Home Depot. The law perpetuates the penalty on legal marriage for the wealthy.
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Staffing Talk
JANUARY 2, 2013
Randstad announced Randstad Technologies will join together with Technisource to create one comprehensive total IT resource. [PR Newswire]. New contract inked for hiring of R.I. government temporary workers. [Providence Journal]. Congress Passes Deal to Thwart Fiscal Cliff – But Only Temporarily. [ThomasNet]. Nicolet Staffing sold to Staffworks out of Southfield, MI.
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