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Let me start by contradicting myself – our government is really good at creating jobs. Confused? Consider this fact – the Office of Personnel Management reports that since the start of the recession the Federal Government has added 275,000 new jobs to the Federal payroll, [...]
Israel’s Surprising Answer to a Looming Talent Shortage With a population almost entirely constituted by theocratic-minded haredim and subjugated and resentful Arabs, the Israel of the near future will most likely collapse like the unsustainable experiment it has always been.” ..or at least so says [...]
It is losing money and market share, but that doesn’t count for much anymore. Taleo just sold itself for a cool $1.9 billion to Oracle. Some things need to be said about this. Suggestion for the developers: call your headhunter. There are a lot of [...]
It’s the time of year when individuals resolve to stop snacking and start exercising — and when forward-looking business owners and managers set goals for the coming year. Some goals may vary depending on the industry in which a firm works, the type of searches [...]
Last week I wrote about the possibly discriminatory but certainly stupid new trend where job boards and employers are requiring that applicants have a job before they can apply. Now I’d like to take my hand at busting another myth, that of the wonderfulness of [...]
In the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, here’s a reason to be thankful: hopefully you aren’t working in any one of these ten most dangerous jobs in America. Compiled annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) the list for 2011 was recently released (it [...]
Full disclosure. I have received packages from United Parcel Service (UPS) before, but have never applied – or been a candidate – for a job at the company. If I was interested though, they sure do make it easy. Especially around the holidays, their peak [...]
In 1897, American author and humorist made his famous remark, “The report of my death was an exaggeration,” after a reporter was sent to investigate rumors Twain had passed. For some time we have been hearing about the death of the job interview, but I [...]
Back in April we brought you a hilariously dangerous picture gallery of OSHA violations that had to be seen to be believed. Now it’s time for the sequel. Because unlike some of the people in these images, we’ll live to fight – or work – [...]
It’s great to stay on top of the latest staffing trends. But it’s even better to be ahead of them: to see where the labor market is going, not just where it is today. So what will the market for contingent workers look like a [...]
The interview with the CEO of a downtown Minneapolis headhunting firm began in rather typical fashion. Questions about my resume. My skills. My hopes. My dreams. But it ended rather atypically! With a sales pitch that included him asking me for money to proceed. Lots [...]
Think you’re entitled to that prevailing wage job you once had? Guess again, because chances are that you aren’t — at least yet. That’s the message from Lani Harless, who has a tough love approach when it comes to helping local job seekers find employment. [...]
Veteran executive recruiter Rick Deare doesn’t mind the term “headhunter.” In fact he even uses it on his Deare Recruiting Solutions website. But he contends that problem solver is a better way to describe what he does. “We have always been tasked with identifying strong [...]
Internet pioneer and permission marketing author Seth Godin wrote on his blog the other day that there are two kinds of recessions. The first is cyclical, pat of the natural order of things, and has a definitive beginning and end. The other kind is permanent, [...]
On Tuesday, I told you about the Staffing World Wall of Ideas and listed the suggestions attendees had for the question: How Are You Innovating Your Sales, Recruiting Or Management? Today we are going to look at another board. This time the question is: What [...]
While walking through the lobby at the ASA Staffing World 2011 conference center, I noticed something fascinating to my right. OK, so I didn’t notice it on my own. There are so many signs around it’s easy to start phasing them out. A very nice [...]
A Chicago News Cooperative story published on August 24 and picked up on the 26th by the New York Times describes how a group called the Latino Union of Chicago is taking steps to “clean up” the practice of hiring day laborers off of street [...]
Precariat – the new euphemism for temp worker in the UK. Oh, it’s nothing that new. The word, which is an amalgamation of the terms “proletariat” and “precarious,” was first used in France in the 1980s to describe temporary workers as a social class. It’s [...]
Atrium Staffing vs. Manpower. [CNN Money] Workers can’t sit out of office politics game. [Life INC.] SourceRight Solutions appoints Karen Turner as Vice President of Product Development and Strategy. [MarketWatch] Steve Sossamon joins HastonWilliams as Executive Search Partner. [PR] US labor agency cites Hershey distribution [...]
Wouldn’t it be great to get a call from someone who wants you? An employer who invites you to leave your present career position and go work for them? It’s fun to do the recruiting, but it would also be nice to be the one [...]
Whether you’re pitching your services to a potential client or coaching a candidate on interview strategies, your interviewer will likely get very similar plugs from your competitors. To rise above the noise, you need to make what you say more memorable than all the other [...]
Mark Toth takes on the hopelessness of love contracts. Does anyone have a different take? Excerpt: HR: Hello, Greg. Greg: Hello. HR: I heard you’re dating Marcia. Is that true? Greg: No, actually I’m dating Alice. HR: Oh, really? I thought Sam was dating Alice. [...]
Let me start by contradicting myself – our government is really good at creating jobs. Confused? Consider this fact – the Office of Personnel Management reports that since the start of the recession the Federal Government has added 275,000 new jobs to the Federal payroll, [...]
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