January/February 2013

102, 2013

Letter From the Editor

By |February 1st, 2013|

When your child turns 18, it’s a big deal. So, happy 18th birthday Staffing Industry Review. It’s been an exciting journey. I have to thank you, our readers, for your support. Yes, we know that you have many demands on your time. Competing with the proliferation of interesting news and views on TV and the […]

102, 2013

Beyond the Daily: Trends That Matter

By |February 1st, 2013|

We include developments from the Staffing Industry Daily News and The Staffing Stream to help you focus on emerging movements that could shape your business for the better.
Temp Nurses Are Lifesavers
They may be temporary, but engaging these nurses could mean the difference between life and death, says a new study.

Supplemental nurses could be “lifesavers” during […]

102, 2013

Straight Talk From the Customer: The No-Touch Program

By |February 1st, 2013|

Why no direct hiring manager contact is beneficial for suppliers in an MSP program
At the CWS Summit in San Diego last September, I noticed a re-occurring theme in my direct dialogue with other program managers as well as suppliers: How do you manage your vendor list and do you allow manager/supplier contact?

As you’re reading this, […]

102, 2013

The ‘Inside’ Hire

By |February 1st, 2013|

Are you cranking up hiring for 2013? As the economy slowly improves, many people are looking to change jobs. How do you attract the right talent? Though the industry specializes in putting people to work, hiring for clients and hiring internally are different. One can excel at the former and not be as successful at […]

102, 2013

Benefit of Counsel: Can You Keep a Secret?

By |February 1st, 2013|

The burgeoning concern over confidential information
Many businesses have increased their reliance on contingent workforces over the past decade. While their use provides flexibility to address business needs appropriately, contingents also present some challenges when it comes to safeguarding confidential information and trade secrets. Staffing providers should be prepared to help address these concerns.

What is confidential […]

102, 2013

Link Face to Face

By |February 1st, 2013|

After years of training and coaching, I’ve come to understand that many people are just plain afraid of face-to-face networking — and have different perceptions on what networking is. So when I train staffing professionals in effective networking, I start out by defining what it isn’t: It isn’t selling. It isn’t using people strictly for […]

102, 2013

Reading the Numbers: Staffing Industry Analysts’ experts discuss 2013 trends

By |February 1st, 2013|

It’s been an interesting pattern over the last decade for the staffing industry. If one looked back to 2000 it would seem then that staffing industry growth would go on forever. It didn’t. But what stands out is the shift in the way labor is procured.

What we have been witnessing over the last decade is […]

102, 2013

Out of the Ballpark

By |February 1st, 2013|

Brad Pitt plays him in the movie, Moneyball. But that’s not his claim to fame. Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane shot into the limelight because he popularized a new method of rating players in baseball: sabermetrics.

Like many other business managers, Billy Beane grappled with scarce resources. He needed the kind of money the Oakland […]

102, 2013

Counterpoint: Online Staffing

By |February 1st, 2013|

Jay Lash argues online staffing is really just online freelance, but Andrew Karpie says it is a platform that can support many types of work arrangements.
ARGUMENT: It is really just online freelancing
By Jay Lash

Online staffing is primarily a manifestation and enabler of virtualizing freelance work.

Largely focused on the creative freelancer, offshore developer, moonlighter and administrative home worker, […]

102, 2013

The Other Side: Set Them Straight

By |February 1st, 2013|

Being upfront with your temps can avert disappointment
Previous writers for this column have noted how they used staffing firms to help them establish professional experience fresh out of college. I had a different experience. My finance and accounting staffing firm found it difficult to place me out of college since I had no work history.

My […]