A new law issued in New York State gives veterans preference for state temporary jobs that would otherwise go to for-profit temporary staffing companies, according to a story by Staffing Industry.The senator behind the bill, Greg Ball, explained in a press release that military workers can have trouble finding work once they leave their service…

In a trend that will likely inspire firms to hire more temporary workers, it's been found by UT San Diego that companies and recruiters are remaining cautious about hiring full-time staffers despite the improvements in the economy. One staffing agency representative said her clients are more and more looking at temp-to-hire and contract-to-hire programs.The bottom…

New rules having to do with the Affordable Care Act are making it hard for the city of Chandler Az. to afford its temp workers, according to an article in AZ Central. Because the agency hiring the temp workers is not the employer of record, it needs to pay insurance on the new hires. Under the…

Demand for staffing services increased in New York, Cleveland, Richmond, Chicago and Dallas, according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book reported on in Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA). The labor market is also improving gradually, according to the report. The beige book cites the tech industry as the biggest user of staffing services.In New York, a…

One of the many economic benefits that the Super Bowl will bring to New Jersey this February is the thousands of temporary jobs it will create. The exact number cannot yet be known, but it will likely be in the realm of 5,000. A study of the 2013 Super Bowl indicated that 5,600 workers were…

The number of temporary help jobs rose 40,400 in December, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as reported by the American Staffing Association. Year over year, that is a gain of 9.6 percent, and the greatest increase in contract workers in nearly two years. Additionally, U.S. Payroll employment rose by 74,000. The U.S. temp worker penetration…

In a new survey by Hay Group reported in Business Standard, it was found half of line managers feel HR teams are slow to respond. An even greater percentage (76 percent) feel HR holds information too tightly. On the other hand, 71 percent of HR directors say line managers expect responses too quickly and they are…

Although changing from one job to another can sometimes make sense in the short term, doing it too many times may be concerning for an HR manager. Five times seems to be the number that raises the most red flags. In a recent survey of more than 300 HR managers at companies in the US with 20…

Many HR managers are finding their new hires through social media, according to a new study by HiringSolved. The study also suggests that an applicant's social media profile is likely more up-to-date than his or her resume, as well, because only 25 percent of respondents update their resumes more than once a year, and 40 percent don't…

A study by RAND corporation, a nonprofit research group, has found that wellness programs are not always as successful at saving costs as they might seem. "Disease management" programs aimed at helping people with chronic illnesses to stay healthy were found to produce significant cost savings. However, "lifestyle management" programs, such as ones that try to…