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…

According to numbers from the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, temporary job growth rose by more than seven percent in May.Temporary workers now account for more than two percent of the total United States workforce. The healthcare industry added 10,700 new jobs in May, and the retail industry created 27,700. Both industries make use…

As the percentage of workers in the United States who are employed on a temporary or contract basis grows, business leaders are asking themselves how best to manage them. This is a question that directly concerns not only contingent workers, but the companies who employ them, recruiting and staffing agencies, as well as permanent employees who work…

Recruiting and hiring the best employees is a major concern of human resources services professionals. Certain tactics and technologies can make it easy. The most important element of recruiting top talent begins even before a post advertising an opening goes live. The job description needs to attract the right kind of prospective employee. "Believe it or…

A major concern among human resources services professionals is employee retention. Whether they are temporary workers or permanent hires, it is important to keep good employees at a company. Below is a list of tips to engage a workforce and make workers happy to stay:Allow staff to work from home, if possible. Something as simple…

In May, temporary staffing jobs hit a record 2.68 million. As the ACA looms, employers can avoid penalties for failing to provide benefits for full-time employees by hiring temporary workers. Staffing agencies are the employer of record for their contract workers, which means that the companies at which they are placed are not responsible for…

Advice on employee benefits administration abounds, but the best ideas might be the simplest.From the standpoint of employee benefits managers, health plans can produce a huge amount of data that is taxing to human resources back office staff. Consider getting health plan reports on an annual rather than a quarterly basis, Employee Benefit News suggests.…

Human resources management now is a different profession than it was in the past. "In the 1980s, HR managers were occupied mostly with compliance and legal issues – filling out paperwork, following anti-discrimination laws and generally avoiding being sued by employees and regulatory agencies," writes Lauren Weber, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal.In contrast,…