I am a baby boomer who had worked in retail for nearly 20 years before going back to school to pursue another profession. I took various computer and other classes that would pertain to office work. One of my advisors suggested I sign up with a staffing agency.
I was fortunate, and quickly got placed […]
Skills testing and assessments have long been used as a qualifying tool applied to candidates already well along on their way in the recruiting and hiring process. But technology has been driving a renaissance lately in how skills testing can be valuable to recruiters, clients AND candidates and how it can be used much […]
In this month’s “By the Numbers”
Question: With the economy improving, what does the future look like for industrial staffing?
Answer: Industrial staffing will still grow this year, but its rate of growth has decelerated from the high of 2010 when the industry was in the first throes of recovering from the recession. Industrial staffing […]
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.
Freelancing Advantage
Companies recognize competitive advantage in online staffing/freelance model.
Eighty-five percent of companies believe hiring freelance talent online gives them a competitive advantage, and 74 percent of companies reported they will […]
The contingent workforce is expanding along with the solutions and services supporting it. No longer are staffing companies just sourcing temps for their clients — they are offering end-to-end process management, automation, independent contractor management, recruitment process outsourcing, workforce management strategies and much […]
The spring and summer has seen a contentious immigration debate, with Congress focusing on passing a Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill (CIR). The mainstream media’s discussion of CIR has centered on two points: the fate of 10 to 12 million undocumented foreign nationals and securing the […]
On July 2, the Obama Administration informally announced its intention to postpone the Affordable Care Act’s employer pay-or-play mandate and its related reporting features by one year, from Jan. 1, 2014, to Jan. 1, 2015. On July 9, the IRS issued a formal notice of the action, which did not materially add to the […]
SIA projects US staffing market to increase 6% in 2013
As a staffing firm executive, you are tasked with growing your business and delivering a financial return to your firm’s owners. The good news is that your job is made a little easier by the fact that the U.S. staffing market is projected to grow 6 […]
The most common rationale for conducting background checks is that employers and staffing agencies face liability if they do not. If a business engages someone who ends up harming someone else, the business faces potential liability. Liability depends on whether the business was […]
