Sat.May 11, 2013 - Fri.May 17, 2013

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Skills Gap Highlights Need for Hiring Software in Manufacturing Industry

ExactHire Recruiting

If you are in the manufacturing industry then you’ve likely had to make some critical changes to your applicant selection process over the past few years. As a whole, the industry has been surviving rather than thriving, with a skills gap caused by fewer new graduates in technical fields available to meet the needs of positions requiring technical skills.

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Does Your Wellness Program Look Like Hatch’s? Probably Not.

Staffing Talk

'Hatch Staffing Services sees your Bike to Work Week and raises you a half marathon. Seriously. Almost a third of Hatch staffers ran a half marathon last year. So when they hopped on their bikes last Monday for National Bike to Work Week , that peculiar blend of exercise, work, and team building was quite familiar to them. (That’s not to say that it went down without a hitch … read their blog for an account of the “fallen soldier.”).

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What Obamacare Means For Small Businesses – Part 2 of 3

Hiring Thing

'The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare and sometimes abbreviated as PPACA or just ACA, passed in 2010 amidst a ton of hype.

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What if Applicants Charged You for Their Time?

ExactHire Recruiting

Recently I received an article forwarded from a friend that discussed applicants charging companies for their time during the interview process. Sounds a bit outlandish on the surface, doesn’t it? In summary, the article, “Ask The Headhunter: Should Employers Pay to Interview You?” (by Nick Corcodilos) is really about managing expectations. There are tons of questions that could be asked if this were a serious threat: What if you had to pay applicants for their time once they made it past

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AI & DEI: With Great Opportunities Comes Great HR Responsibility

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.

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How 3 Staffers Are Adapting Their Operations For ACA

Staffing Talk

'By popular demand, Staffing Talk has been following every new development the Affordable Care Act can dish out because, as readers like you have made clear, it’s kinda a big deal to staffing. Unfortunately it’s been a little while since we’ve had an update for you, and because of that you’ve sent in a barrage of emails and comments calling for more.

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Advice to a Struggling Entrepreneur

Staffing Talk

'(This post was originally published Sept. 3, 2006, but this will always be great advice for a start-up entrepreneur.). These “advice wanted” posts appeared on Slashdot.org from user Shaper_pmp. You asked, so I’ll tell … “I’m the CEO of the company and my salary is less than $60K/year. My techs are paid hourly — sometimes, during rough periods, they get paid more than I do.

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Will Staffers Get Burned By All These Minimum Wage Increases?

Staffing Talk

'Ever since Barack’s State of the Union speech , states have been moving on proposals to raise their minimum wage from $7.25 to around $9 an hour. At the moment Barack called for it, 19 states already had minimum wage standards above $7.25. But now, that number is skyrocketing. New York is talking about going to $9 by 2015. Michigan and Illinois are both talking $10.

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Can an Enlightened French Entrepreneur Solve the Jobs Crisis?

Staffing Talk

'I have no idea why the Economist titled this article about an entrepreneur opening a non-credentialed coding school in the heart of Paris ‘Bangalore Sur Seine’. Bangalore doesn’t fit. It’s an infrastructural hell-hole where Fortune 100 companies dump software jobs to when they mistakenly think that India is a cheap place to blow billions in overseas profit that they can’t bring back home and mistakenly start building a software product without knowing what it is they really want.

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Which News Outlet to Credit for Blowing the Cover on Benghazi?

Staffing Talk

'Answer: Rosen from Fox and Stephen Hayes from the Weekly Standard. Ironically, in a sign of hope for western civilization and the mainstream media, even The New Yorker is finally fessing up. Some comments of note: Any particular reason that Jonathan Karl of ABC is credited with this bombshell, rather than Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard, whose research is being quoted?

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Early Tenure Turnover: Stop the Revolving Door of Hires

Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Are you facing a revolving door of hires, especially within their first 90 days of employment? In this webinar, Dr. Craig Ellis, a leading industrial-organizational (I-O) psychologist, offers insights and strategies to unravel the mystery behind early tenure turnover. Identify the root causes of early attrition to mitigate turnover’s impact in the first 12 months.

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Announcing the Launch of our Interface Redesign

Hiring Thing

'Our users have given us great feedback over the past year and we’ve incorporated your suggestions to make HiringThing even easier to use. This redesign is all about a *friendlier, easy to use HiringThing* that we hope you will find to be an upgrade of our platform.

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How do I add applicants (manually or by import) to my HiringThing job posting?

Hiring Thing

'There are a few scenarios in which you might find yourself with a need to manually add applicants to your job posting.

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Does A Bad Credit History Really Make For A Bad Job Candidate?

Staffing Talk

'“ Yeah, I made a mess of my finances at one point. But even though I cleaned that up a long time ago, my credit history is hurting me when it comes to getting hired.” I recently went back to a meeting of a networking group I used to be a part of, and heard this lament from a long-time member. He is a good guy with a good resume, but says his bad credit history continues to haunt him.

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Can Yammer Eliminate Emails AND Streamline Internal Communication?

Staffing Talk

'AND Streamline Internal Communication?" src="[link] alt="Can Yammer Eliminate Emails AND Streamline Internal Communication?" width="580" height="455" />. The Deluge of Negativity Surrounding Email. Email is the new pony express. Email is a distraction. Email is for old people. These are sweeping complaints, but they have compelling nuggets of truth under the surface.

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10 HR Metrics to Track in 2024

Discover the power of HR metrics. Master recruiting, control skyrocketing labor costs, and reduce turnover rates. Get insights into key metrics like Time-to-Fill, Cost-per-Hire, and Turnover Rate. Equip your business for success in 2024.

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Innovative Way to Solve the Unemployment Problem

Staffing Talk

'Insight of the day: lowering price increases demand. I met with a recruiter this weekend and we discussed the bill rates he was getting for Javascript developers here in the Twin Cities. I mentioned that Best Buy (you know, the store where people decide what they’re going to buy on Amazon) is trying to webify itself and is paying $90/hr for seasoned devs on direct contracts.

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Staffing News of the Day, May 17, 2013

Staffing Talk

'Produce company pays nearly $500,000 in back wages after requiring workers to arrive early without compensation [The Daily Journal]. Earnings gap between “high-profit” and “typical” IT staffing companies reaches historic levels [Staffing Industry Analysts]. At nearly four years, the average tenure of a CMO is now double what it was in 2006 [BtoB]. According to Staff.com, travel agents will cease to exist within 12 years , due to the dominance of their online counterparts [tnooz].

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Staffing News of the Day, May 14, 2013

Staffing Talk

'Think Beyond the Label releases survey which reveals telecommuting as the second highest ranked workplace benefit [PR Buzz]. Half of Americans active online visited a U.S. education or career site in March [Nielsen]­­­­­. Are you leaving money on the table? More than six in 10 executives are willing to negotiate starting salary [PR Newswire]. Fabric distributor who claimed a temp clerk had carpal tunnel syndrome, then rescinded the job offer, will pay $50,000 in genetic discrimination charges [

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Staffing News of the Day, May 15, 2013

Staffing Talk

'NC logistics firm owes $1.5 million in back pay/damages after firing three temp workers over sexual harassment complaints [Memphis Business Journal]. Almost three quarters of freelancers who also have “regular” jobs want to quit and work for themselves [Staffing Industry Analysts]. Abercrombie CEO’s ill-advised interview highlights the power of a leader’s words to make or break a brand [Forbes].

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Moving Forward in HR and Recruiting Uncertainty

An era of uncertainty has arrived in recruiting. The unpredictability that exists in the labor market can make it difficult for employers to know how they should respond in this environment. Despite the turbulence, recruiting professionals should be encouraged by recent trends. Applications per job are up over the last year across companies of all sizes, and more than half of all recruiters expect their teams to grow in the next year, with nearly two-thirds expecting their recruiting budgets to

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Staffing News of the Day, May 13, 2013

Staffing Talk

'Moms who built their own billion-dollar fortunes – and how they made it work [Forbes]. Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act would require employers to make the same accommodations for pregnancy as injury [ACLU]. Recently passed in New York City, the Earned Sick Time Act grants many employees up to 40 hours of paid (or unpaid) sick leave per year [Mondaq].

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Do You Agree With These Three “Must-Know” Hiring Trends?

Staffing Talk

'Understanding the factors that allow you to recruit – and retain – great employees is critical to business success today, and can even lead to a distinct competitive advantage. Like Gregg and Trevor and Kinzy and everyone associated with Staffing Talk , we are always searching for content on hiring trends to share with you, among many other subjects, and I just came across this post about some “MUST Know” hiring trends.

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Staffing News of the Day, May 16, 2013

Staffing Talk

'Software developers are most in-demand tech job , based on online job ads [Wanted Analytics]. Number of U.S. jobless claims spikes to six-week high [Market Watch]. Staffing price index increases in April , displaying the biggest jump since 2010 [Staffing Industry Analysts]. Online staffing: an estimated $1 billion industry (with 40 percent growth predicted) as oDesk, Elance, and Freelancer remain frontrunners [Staffing Industry Analysts].