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
When It Comes To Strategic HR, Everything Else is the Supporting Cast
Of all the developments and trends in human resources, what would be at the top of your list? Would strategic HR be there? How about outsourcing; or should … Read more