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Staffing and Recruiting Trends: Temp Employment Skyrockets

Staffing and recruiting trends show that temporary hiring is here to stay as the economy slowly improves. In an article from Recruter.com, a Manpower study reveals that between 2010 and 2012, the use of contingency workersincreased from 1.47% of the US workforce to 1.88% this year,adding over 625,000 workers to the workforce. That’s only part … Continued

How To Get the Most Out of Temp Staffing Software

Dictionary.com defines automation as the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum. Now we all know that in staffing there is no way the human factor can be completely eliminated, nor do we want that. But incorporating staffing software automation into your … Continued

There Is No Going Back to Normal: How Jobs & the Workplace Will Be Affected Permanently

There have been many articles published about how to prepare to return to work, but how will jobs and the workplace culture be when you return? Will everything go back to how it was or will it be different? In the past few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted companies and the way they operate. … Continued

Never used a Staffing Software? Looking for a new one?

I recently started the second phase of my life. I had been in the staffing industry for half of it; all at the same company. Temporary, temp to hire, direct hire. Taking the order, filling the order, interviewing, testing, training, on boarding and payroll. Moving a temp from one assignment to another; tracking what requirements … Continued

Should Staffing Firms Prepare for a Double Dip Recession? Hardly.

We are half way through 2012, and we have witnessed a turbulent market that is a far cry from conventional. The Euro Crisis, Middle East tensions and high oil prices, a possibility of the EU breaking up, soaring U.S. deficits: the economy is looking less than optimistic. You would think with all this chaos, it … Continued

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3 Lessons I Learned from Temping

By now you’ve probably heard about the gig economy, and let’s face it– the phrase isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, predictions show 43% of the workforce is expected to fall under this category by 2020. Just in case you’re not familiar with the term, a gig economy is defined as, “a labor market … Continued

Keeping Staffing Data Secure Is Not a Lost Cause

Your staffing business provides an appetizing target for hackers: social security numbers, salary data, and other personal information. Cybercriminals are just champing at the bit to access them. Last year alone, there were 781 reported data breaches and the average incident costed the affected business $3.8 million. We wish that our industry was immune to … Continued

5 Signs You Need to Switch Your Staffing Software

With so many other business concerns, your staffing software should provide you with a sense of Zen, not a throbbing headache. Sadly, not every platform is going to be ideal for your specific business. That is why we recommend saying adieu to incompatible solutions and making the move to switch your staffing software vendor if they exhibit … Continued