With the addition of 25,600 temp workers to the nation’s payroll in May, there are now more workers employed as temps than at any time since before the … Read more
The Mutual Promises That Make A Good Relationship
Let’s take a look at what a contingency search is. First, let’s look at a contingency search through the eyes of a company looking for talent to join its … Read more
5 Ways to Build a Crowdsourcing Strategy to Uncover Hard-to-Find Talent
Hard-to-find talent isn’t interested in submitting resumes or engaging with career sites. These are busy people, deeply focused on a project or idea. … Read more
Temp Hiring Expected to Increase Again in 2nd Quarter
U.S. employers may be hesitant to hire permanent, full-timers, but they’re bringing on temporary and contract labor faster than they have in months. The … Read more
Fed Governor Says Recovery Is Hindered by Temp and Low-Wage Jobs
A member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors is complaining that too many of the new jobs created since the economic recovery began are low-wage, … Read more
New Report Lists Fastest-Growing Temp Jobs – and HR Makes the Cut
In all the angst over the unemployment numbers during the Great Recession and not-so-great recovery, one area of recruiting has been going gangbusters: … Read more
Why Some Recruiters Will Almost Always Be a Success
There is nothing like a good controversy to stir up one’s feelings and subsequently a fierce debate. One of my favorite things about reading articles on … Read more
2012 Temp Growth Averaged 12,800 Jobs a Month
The temp industry ended 2012 on a down note in December, but just barely, shedding a mere 600 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis. It was only the third … Read more
41 Questions to Ask the Company That Wants to Provide Your Temps
I have compiled a sampling of questions (from my book) to help you when interviewing a staffing service. Naturally, the areas that are most important to … Read more
Adopt a “Whole Career” Strategic Hiring Model
If you are a recruiting leader, I would like to introduce you to a concept that many are not familiar with, which is “whole career employment.” The … Read more