April 2013

104, 2013

Letter From the Editor

By |April 1st, 2013|

Dear Reader, Want to hire great people? Get on the Best Staffing Firms to Work For list. It is the ultimate report card on how you treat your employees.

Being named Best Place to Work makes it easier for a company to attract and retain top talent.

Let me throw out some numbers. Ninety-two percent of companies that […]

104, 2013

Beyond the Daily

By |April 1st, 2013|

Trends That Matter
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.
Old Is Gold
Don’t overlook this proven workforce.

Sixty percent of workers over the age of 60 will look for a new job after retiring from their current […]

104, 2013

The Buzz: A Different ‘PRSONA’

By |April 1st, 2013|

Online and traditional staffing models ‘become one’
The Landscape
Recently, we have been calling attention to online staffing platforms, pointing to companies like NextCrew, WorkMarket and OnForce to argue that digital platform models open up new forms of work arrangements that can mean market opportunities as well as ways to innovate traditional staffing operational models. Still, the […]

104, 2013

The Other Side: Getting Social

By |April 1st, 2013|

Blending traditional recruiting methods with newer social tools can get the job done
Throughout my nearly 20-year career, I have used staffing firms to get my feet in the door. In fact, each company I have worked for hired me after I proved myself as a contingent worker.

Last year, I again turned to the staffing industry. […]

104, 2013

Straight Talk From the Customer: The Cost Factor

By |April 1st, 2013|

Why the industry must work together to ensure the right rates
As a strategic sourcing manager with roots in engineering and business, one requirement of my job is to understand the factors or cost components that determine the price of a good or service, or the “should costs.” Determining the “should cost” is important for several […]

104, 2013

Benefit of Counsel: Across the Pond

By |April 1st, 2013|

Issues to consider when sending workers to and within Europe — even temporarily
In today’s global marketplace, employees are often sent from one country to another on temporary projects or assignments. However, some legal issues may arise when sending employees abroad even if only temporarily. Here are some issues staffing firms should consider when sending workers […]

104, 2013

Research Report: The Bigger, the Better

By |April 1st, 2013|

Economies of scale are associated with firms offering staffing-related services
The likelihood of a firm expanding its service offerings is strongly associated with firm size.

As part of our 2012 Staffing Company Survey, conducted last September, we asked staffing firms to tell us which of eight staffing-related services they currently offer, or would be likely to offer […]

104, 2013

Inside the Best Staffing Firms to Work For

By , and |April 1st, 2013|

Workers reveal why their staffing agencies made the list
What makes great staffing firms tick? What makes some employers so good?

For the last four years, Staffing Industry Analysts has been gauging companies to see how they are doing at keeping their employees happy and productive. Happy employees positively affect the bottom line. We’ve shown that great […]

104, 2013

Why I like my staffing firm

By and |April 1st, 2013|

Temps rate the firms that place them
What do you think makes a company a great place to work?

Some of the benefits that employees will cite are fairly obvious. Fat pay checks, comprehensive and generous health coverage, stimulating assignments abroad, flexibility, etc.

Then there are those benefits that raise eyebrows — wedding leave, calling a service to […]

104, 2013

Gradual Ascent

By |April 1st, 2013|

Seven Steps to Scaling a Staffing Business
The dust has settled. The Great Recession is behind us and people are now thinking ahead. 2013 promises to be a good year for the industry, with 8 percent growth anticipated. As a result, one of the hottest topics of conversation in the industry today is how to successfully […]