Plenty of human resources administration professionals talk about company culture in blog posts and interviews. It is an intangible but very important aspect of any business, and it encompasses much of the day-to-day life of an employee. From how people dress to how they most often communicate, a company's culture describes and dictates most facets…

Occasionally, recruiters or staffing firms are hired to fill difficult vacancies. Whether due to an odd schedule or a specific set of requirements, these positions are hard to staff. When they are confronted by these jobs, human resources administration professionals need to think differently.This process starts before the job search properly begins, in conversations with…

Buyers of contingent work services are more likely now than they were in 2009 to use managed service providers for their staffing needs, according to a new report. As defined by the Staffing Industry Analysts Lexicon, a managed service provider is "a company that takes on primary responsibility for managing an organization's contingent workforce program."…

Most businesses know that they have the option to outsource recruitment and employee benefits administration. Many find that it is a good option to do so. Companies may not know, however, that there are more human resources administration services that can be outsourced are than these two popular choices.Forbes reports that companies are moving outsourcing into other human…

Producer price indexes, reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, track the change in prices received by service producers over time. The producer price index for employment services recently posted its highest year-over-year increase since December 2010. This increase reflects the growing demand for the services of employment agencies.As the economy recovers, temporary workers are…

Only 91 percent of millennials expect to stay at a job for more than three years. The number of 1099s, the tax form used by the contract workforce, filed in 2012 grew by 12 million. Clearly, contract workers are a natural fit in modern workplace culture. Companies should consider adjusting to this new reality, and…

Of those companies who quantify the quality of their hires, 59 percent say that the skills of the recruiter have a great impact on that measurement, according to a new study by Hudson RPO and HRO Today Institute. Human resources administration professionals should take note.Using a recruiting firm can lead to better hires, whether they are…

According to ManpowerGroup, U.S. employers expect to increase hiring in the third quarter of 2013. The expected growth is 12 percent, seasonally adjusted. This is greater than the same figure for the second quarter, as well as the last year's third quarter. The trend for the last five years has been cautious expansion, and continues with…

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows an increase in temporary staffing and professional services employment. Part of the result of this is a wider choice for companies seeking contingent workers. Traditional temporary workers are available, as well as contract workers and employees of professional services agencies. When should a business choose a certain…

Many hiring managers look askance at an applicant who has been out of work for a period of some months. However, a full 40 percent of the unemployed have been without a job for six months or longer, according to Department of Labor statistics cited at StaffingTalk.com. To discount this segment of the potential workforce is…