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Emergent Makes It Easy For Independents To Add Staffing
A staffing company with a long history of doing business with Hollywood, is bringing the movie and TV industry’s unique workforce model to the rest of the world. It’s almost a crusade, the way Bill...
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4th Q Temp, Perm Hiring ‘Most Optimistic’ Since Recession
Staffing and temp hiring will continue to be robust during this last quarter of 2012, a new survey from CareerBuilder predicts. Besides finding that fully a third of employers expect to add temp staff...
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Temp Sector Accounts for 8% Of October Job Growth
Staffing agencies placed 13,600 more workers in October, growing the overall temp industry to 2.54 million. That’s a 7.7% increase over the last 12 months, and the new hires accounted for 8% of the...
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Bowing to Temp Industry and Others, SHRM Pulls Workforce Standard
Note: John Hollon, editor of our sister site, TLNT.com, offers his view that SHRM got “big footed” by the staffing industry and others when it withdrew its controversial Investor Metrics standard for...
View ArticleNew Government Temp Contracts Cut Pay An Average of 30%
If you even sometimes place temps with government agencies, you’ll want to keep an eye on what New York State is doing. It’s cutting temp pay across the board; in some cases, the cuts are as high as...
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Add Contract Labor For Recurring Revenue
Dear Barb: I have heard you advise owners to add a temp or contract division, if they are only doing direct placements. Our firm does 75% contingency and 25% retained search. Since we have a retained...
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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 time in a year that the number of temporary and...
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Economy Adds 157,000 Jobs, But Temping Down In January
No real surprises in this morning’s jobs report from the Labor Department. The U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January, most, as usual, in the services sector. Unemployment, meanwhile, crept up to...
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Thinking of Staffing? Here’s How to Get Started
Securing direct hire job orders isn’t what it used to be. Before the recession, they were everywhere, and the biggest problem was finding the right candidates. Now, even as the economy recovers, direct...
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Fed Reserve Governor Says Too Many New Jobs Are Low Pay and Temp
A member of the Federal Reserve Board is complaining that too many of the new jobs created since the recovery began are low wage, part-time, or temporary, or all three. Speaking last week at a...
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Q2 Forecast: Hiring Slows; Temping Not Much Affected
Hiring is slowing from last year, and the trend is predicted to continue at least through the rest of the first half of the year. But temp hiring won’t be much affected, says a new report from...
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Healthcare, Temp Bolster Meager March Job Growth; SHRM Predicts April Will Be...
This morning’s dismal jobs report from the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics says only 88,000 new jobs were created in the U.S. last month, the worst showing last June and far below the 200,000...
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Adding Temp To Your Services? Here’s How To Market It
Companies across the United States want to streamline their processes. Flexibility, efficiency, and cost savings are necessary to survive in this new economy. Contract staffing allows companies to...
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Q2 Temp Hiring To Increase Again
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 Palmer Forecast says demand for temporary...
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Dice Financials: Staffing Firms ‘Very Active’ In Q1
Direct tech hiring may be a little soft today, but staffing firms are powering the recruiting market, looking to fill orders for temp and project workers that employers need, but are hesitant to bring...
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Temp Workers Account For Almost 20% of April’s 165K Job Growth
Temp staffing had its strongest month in two years, adding 30,800 new jobs in April. That accounted for almost one-in-five of the new jobs added to the U.S. economy last month. The U.S. Department of...
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Staffing’s Master Supplier Model Makes a Comeback
Staffing Industry Analysts says the master supplier method of hiring and managing contingent (temporary) workers is making a comeback, often now in conjunction with a managed service provider. In a...
View ArticleContract Staffing 101: Picking Your Back Office Provider
Offering contract staffing has many advantages. It helps you generate consistent cash flow. It can strengthen client loyalty by making you a one-stop shop for all their staffing needs. And it can give...
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Contract Staffing 101: Picking Your Back Office Provider
Offering contract staffing has many advantages. It helps you generate consistent cash flow. It can strengthen client loyalty by making you a one-stop shop for all their staffing needs. And it can give...
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One Placement=One Fee; Multiple Temp Jobs=Recurring Fees
Contract staffing offers recruiters many ways to earn more money. Contracting can increase your sales by allowing you to offer clients a variety of staffing solutions, including traditional contract...
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