Expect a hiring surge in varied healthcare jobs
Healthcare employment will be on the rise for many years to come. Let’s take a look at some numbers. The size of the healthcare staffing industry, according to Staffing Industry Analysts, was $10.3 billion in 2014 and is expected to grow 7% this year. Meanwhile, according to the […]
The right applications make any staffing task easier
In fact, there are so many add-ons, off-the-shelf software programs and mobile apps to choose from, selecting and implement ones that fit your needs, budget and processes can be the biggest challenge.
“There is no one best tool,” said J.P. Medved, content marketing director for Capterra Inc. “Keep your […]
Staffing firms explore the power of social media recruiting tools
It was the proverbial water cooler of the Internet. For most staffing firms, social media primarily served as a venue for friends — or colleagues and co-workers — to chit-chat and maybe exchange cute photos. The industry may have been late in jumping on this bandwagon […]
Each day, a new challenge arrives at the doorsteps of staffing companies as they consciously work to respond to, and get ahead of, broader market trends, client expectations and financial pressures from all sides. With all these competing demands, it can be difficult to keep up with the ever-complex legal landscape. Staffing companies routinely ask: […]
Meet staffing’s new neighbor, the “gig economy.”
Short-term jobs were always here, but gig economy firms take them to the next level. Firms in this space create online platforms to connect labor buyers with workers, who can be independent contractors reached via a mobile app.
Gig economy companies include online staffing firms such as Upwork and Freelancer.com […]
Recruitment process outsourcing was in its infancy not many years ago. Now it’s grown up a bit.
“We’re not the toddler anymore, we’re actually the teenager or young adult,” says Robert Lopes, president of Randstad Sourceright RPO. What was technologically advanced, three, four or five years ago now is table stakes.
RPO suppliers today report more interest […]
At first glance, the relationship between staffing firms and job boards appears unlikely, as both compete in the same space to fill the same needs. But job board providers, job board aggregators and professional networking websites are now top recruiting tools for staffing firms. They have formed an unlikely friendship, after years of battling the […]
They vie to be on the Best Staffing Firms to Work For list. They go all out on perks for internal workers. Some offer trips to exotic locales as an incentive, others provide a laundry service. Some bring in gourmet lunches, a few insist on career development.
But it’s really not about the perks. […]
Your firm and its services are a commodity, like it or not. The wide availability of numerous staffing and recruitment vendors, the fact that no single entity owns the product, and the fixation on price by both customers and staffing companies that choose to compete on markup all drive the reality our industry remains a […]
Best-selling author, speaker and futurist Jacob Morgan’s mission is to help future-proof employees and their organizations. As such, he runs a Future of Work community; speaks at conferences; advises organizations; and creates blog posts, podcasts and videos that educate companies and employees, helping them to adapt to the changes in the world of work. […]
