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Shaky on staffing firm knowledge

Shaky On Your Staffing Firm Knowledge?

A staffing firm is kind of like Chandler Bing’s job: everyone knows it exists – and that it’s important – but no one can really explain what it is.

In short, recruiters help match the right candidates with the right employers. Continue reading

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Temporary Hiring Expected to Reach a Six-Year High

As market demands for skilled labor increase, more companies are turning to staffing and recruiting companies and temporary workers to help meet increased market demands. Forty percent of employers plan to hire temporary and contract workers in 2013, up four percent since last year and up 12 percent since 2009. Continue reading

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How to Conduct a Pre-hire Performance Review and Increase Interviewing Accuracy

My new book, The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired, has just been published, so the idea of banishing old thinking for new age hiring is fresh on my mind. First, let me set the record straight so there’s no misunderstanding about my position on this important topic: Continue reading

I think traditional skills-infested job descriptions prevent companies from seeing the most talented people.

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BRAVO'S The Millionaire Matchmaker

Three Things Millionaire Matchmaker Teaches Us About Recruiting

This post originally appeared  on Staffing Talk: 3 Things Millionaire Matchmaker Teaches Us About Recruiting.

By Pamela Laksana Continue reading

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How To Be Remarkable: 5 Lessons from the 2012 Opportunities in Staffing Study

“You have to be remarkable every day,” said Eric Gregg, CEO and Founder of Inavero, at the recent Staffing & Recruiting Executive Summit in Chicago.

Gregg was presenting the results of the recent Opportunities in Staffing survey, which found a gap in perceptions between what staffing firms say they are doing to serve their clients and candidates, and what clients and candidates actually say they experience from their staffing firms.  Continue reading

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In Case You Missed It: Recruiting Experts Tell All at Staffing World 2012

Between rushing from session to session, finding an outlet for your iPad/Nexus 7/Kindle/Samsung Tablet, and trying to win a new iPad/Nexus 7/Kindle/Samsung Tablet during Staffing World 2012 in Vegas earlier this month…

Chances are you might have missed a few of the conversations happening on the expo floor, in which case, CareerBuilder has you covered.  Continue reading

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The Unique Challenges of a Staffing Firm Manager

“Staffing firm managers have a unique challenge. Your product is people, and your clients are relying on you to come through for them and deliver on your promises, no matter what,” Gretchen Keefner, Staffing and Recruiting Group Director at CareerBuilder, says when asked about the unique experience of working in a staffing firm. Continue reading

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Looking for Great Employees? Recruit Athletes

“Athletes make the best employees,” says Joyce Russell, President of Adecco Staffing US. In the following interview, she discusses how the recruiting and workforce solutions firm has partnered with the United States Olympic Committee to help our country’s elite athletes as they bring the skills they learn on the field into the workplace. Continue reading

By in CareerBuilder Leadership Series, Empowered by CareerBuilder, Staffing & Recruiting

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In Case You Missed It: Lessons from NAHCR’s Image 2012 Conference

In case you missed it: the National Association of Health Care Recruiters (NAHCR) held its Image 2012 conference in Indianapolis last month. Among those in attendance was Rob Morris, product director for CareerBuilder’s partner site MiracleWorkers.com, who recently sat down with me to discuss what he found to be the biggest takeaways from the conference, including how health care recruiters can leverage social media to reach candidates and what’s ahead for health care recruitment. Continue reading

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VETS: Not Your Everyday Veterans Recruiting Initiative

“Corporate America is missing the best talent out there,” says Crystal Dyer, in reference to what happens when companies fail to understand the mind shift that’s required to recruit military veterans. All it takes, Dyer says, is a little bit of understanding. Continue reading

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