September 2014

109, 2014

You Ask/We Answer: Jobs and ‘computerization’

By |September 1st, 2014|

Question: Driverless cars are being tested, and one Australian mine already uses robotic dump trucks. Taxi driver and truck driver jobs’ days may be numbered. In addition, Microsoft founder Bill Gates raised concerns in March that people underestimate the number of jobs to be lost to “software substitution.”

What does this mean for the staffing industry?

Answer: […]

109, 2014

Beyond the Daily: Ticking Upward; ACA Mandate; Mass Exodus

By |September 1st, 2014|

Ticking Upward
Small businesses’ average paychecks see first increase of the year.

The average paycheck for small business employees edged up 0.2 percent in July, the first time in 2014 that the average paycheck has increased after being flat or slightly down the rest of the year, according to the SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard survey.

“Small business owners […]

109, 2014

Straight Talk From the Customer: Do This, Not That

By |September 1st, 2014|

How to treat your customers to promote a symbiotic relationship
By Peggy O’Neill

Contingent workforce managers and programs invariably need to rely on vendors for temporary hiring needs, which makes for a symbiotic relationship. As a CW manager, I want to work with vendors that are trustworthy, reliable, understand our requirements and identify qualified candidates in a […]

109, 2014

4 Housing and Hotel Mistakes Healthcare Staffing Firms Make — White Paper

By |September 1st, 2014|

How 100+ Firms Reduce Costs by Outsourcing
How do proactive healthcare staffing firms keep lodging costs to a minimum? In 2013, over 100 firms eliminated wasteful spending on housing and hotels by outsourcing to Travelers Haven, a firm that specializes in providing cost-effective housing solutions to the healthcare industry.

These innovative firms have found a new way […]

109, 2014

10 Tips Your Healthcare Staffing Firm Can Use to Ensure Quality and Value to Hospitals — White Paper

By and |September 1st, 2014|

By Cynthia Kinnas, National Association of Travel Healthcare Organizations (NATHO); Michele Sacco, The Joint Commission; and Sarah Wengert, Medical Solutions

The ultimate objective for any healthcare staffing firm should be to provide a framework of quality, safety, benchmarking, and performance improvement. To that end, The Joint Commission’s vision statement is a great standard for firms to […]

109, 2014

View From the Boardroom: Stepping Forward

By |September 1st, 2014|

Advocating for a bigger piece of the global workforce
By Carl Camden

Earlier this summer, I was invited to a meeting at the White House with President Obama and about 30 leaders from other large companies. That’s not unheard of for executives in our industry, but what was different about this meeting was the topic: improving small […]

109, 2014

Working in Parallel: Staffing firm gets boost when it retools to help hospitals better manage temps

By |September 1st, 2014|

By Leslie Stevens-Huffman

Brendan Courtney sees America’s healthcare upheaval as a call to action and an opportunity. Since becoming president and CEO of Parallon Workforce Solutions in 2013, the staffing industry veteran has taken steps to position the firm as an emerging force in the healthcare revolution.

The subsidiary owned by Nashville-based HCA Holdings Inc. is helping […]

109, 2014

Road to Recovery: Healthcare staffing industry gets ready for growth, more VMS

By |September 1st, 2014|

By Craig Johnson

Summer traditionally represents a slower time for healthcare staffing; experts say that’s because there are fewer elective surgeries and it’s not flu season. 2013 in particular proved that, but this summer is different.

“The good news for the industry is that demand is up,” says Cynthia Kinnas, president of the National Association of Travel […]

109, 2014

Wrapping It Up: Tips for dealing with the Affordable Care Act in the home stretch

By |September 1st, 2014|

By George Reardon

Already delayed once, the employer mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act takes effect January. Firms with fewer than 100 full-time employees in 2015 and 50 full-time employees after 2015 will be exempt from the ACA employer mandate, greatly simplifying their ACA burdens. Larger firms, though, will have to be ready to comply.

Compliance […]

109, 2014

Center Stage: New Recruits

By |September 1st, 2014|

CorTech forms partnerships and programs to get veterans to work.
On the heels of launching two new programs for CorTech International, a $140 million staffing company that acquired Stafflogix last year, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Kathy Greco discussed how the two programs — iRecruit and Support Our Veterans — came about, and her plans […]