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Recruiters and Staffing

May 16, 2014 Read time: 1 minutes

Hiring in the technology sector continues for staffing firms, according to Staffing Industry Analysts. TriNet Group Inc., an HR company, recently came out with its latest SMBeat report,. The reports are monthly assessments of professional employer organizations. According to TriNet, tech sector hiring has grown 1.87 percent  in the past month. Last month, the tech sector…

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May 14, 2014 Read time: 1 minutes

Vermont has voted to raise its minimum wage to $10.50 by 2018, according to CNN. This will make it easier for employees who earn minimum wage to survive the increasing cost of living. By contrast, the federal minimum wage is $7.25.Companies that seek to benefit from workers who earn minimum wage may not consider that…

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May 13, 2014 Read time: 1 minutes

Today's labor market can be a difficult one for certain industries, but there are temporary workers for almost every job. In fact, according to the Lane Report, 2 percent of the current labor force consists of temp workers, and it is likely this number will continue rising as temps prove themselves to be useful and…

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May 8, 2014 Read time: 1 minutes

The number of IT jobs in the U.S. rose by 0.28 percent since March, according to TechServe Alliance, a trade organization of the IT and Engineering Staffing industry. Year over year, employment in this sector has grown by 2.61 percent.This is further evidence IT is at a boom time for temporary workers, and likely things will continue…

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May 7, 2014 Read time: 2 minutes

Hiring interns can be tricky, according to the Phoenix Business Journal. The newspaper reported unpaid interns have been in the press lately as sources for liabilities, as they may be required to do only a maximum number of hours and a certain amount of work before they are technically paid labor, and must be compensated…

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May 6, 2014 Read time: 1 minutes

Two new surveys by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) show the temporary staffing services industry is making major progress. According to the first survey, a study of staffing revenue shows the industry is maintaining a strong pace of growth. In March, growth stood at 10 percent, which is the same as it had been in January…

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May 2, 2014 Read time: 1 minutes

The unemployment rate dropped from 6.7 to 6.3, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released May 2. Additionally, employers in April added a total of 288,000 employees to the workforce. Unemployment is the lowest it has been for five and a half years, NBC News reports. However, the reason for the drop is…

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April 30, 2014 Read time: 1 minutes

Contract workers are a crucial part of IT, according to 69 percent of those in leadership roles for an IT department, Staffing Industry Analysts reported. Additionally, 35 percent of IT leaders expect temporary workers to make up between 11 and 25 percent of their total IT workforce. At the moment, only 25 percent of respondents…

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April 28, 2014 Read time: 1 minutes

Live Mint recently interviewed Anthony Abbatiello of Accenture, a management and consulting company, about the top trends in HR. Among his comments were those regarding what he calls the extended workforce. Companies are beginning to structure their workers in tiers. The top tier is a full-time employee that is hired on a regular basis. The second…

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April 21, 2014 Read time: 1 minutes

The Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased in March for the third consecutive month. It now stands at 100.9. The index was begun in 2004, so a score of 100 would indicate the economy is doing as well as in 2004."The LEI rose sharply again, the third consecutive monthly increase," said Ataman Ozyildirim, Economist at The…

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