The third quarter of 2011 was favorable to small- and medium-sized business in the Northeast, as shown in a recent CheckPoint HR statistical employment report. Researchers found that hiring in the area increased by 5.2 percent during the time period, an increase from 4.6 percent year-over-year. According to the report, July, August and September hiring…

The percentage of temporary workers in the United States labor force was 1.75 percent in October - well below 2000's peak of more than 2 percent, according to Reuters. And despite the fact that the increase in temp jobs from September to October was, according to BMO Capital Markets analyst Jeff Silber, "stronger than it…

Denise Doll-Kiefer of finance, accounting and HR staffing services company Salo wanted to find a way to integrate financial information with technology, Staffing Talk reports. By hiring an IT outsourcing and cloud services provider, the company was able to transfer all of its information onto a single, secure computer network, vastly improving efficiency. Doll-Kiefer explained…

A professional services firm searching for independent contractors or temporary workers can achieve greater lead generation via online marketing, a recent study from Hinge revealed. Researchers found firms that generated 40 percent of their leads using online capabilities grew an average of four times faster than those that didn't use the internet. Furthermore, companies that…

A common fallacy unemployed people subscribe to when searching for full-time, part-time or temporary worker positions is to not contact a company if they don't see any openings. However, a recent CareerBuilder survey revealed that it may benefit workers to inquire about open positions they feel qualified for regardless of whether the company has posted…

According to Career Builder's annual Seasonal Hiring Forecast, seasonal hiring has remained relatively consistent with 2010 numbers, while pay is up and companies are recruiting deeper into the holiday season. The poll, which gauged responses from more than 2,600 employers, found that 29 percent of retailers plan to hire for the holidays - a "moderate"…

A summer ratification to the American Postal Workers Union's contract extension through 2015 inserted language that allowed the postal service to add temporary workers, Staffing Talk reports. A new section in the contract covers terms for "Postal Support Employees," or PSEs, which can be used in districts as a percentage of the total number of…

A recent survey from Washington, D.C.-based Information Strategies revealed that the human resources position has become more demanding than in years past. Researchers polled more than 1,000 HR professionals on the topics of morale building, staffing and overall resources. More than 50 percent stated that they were working with reduced staff and financial allocations compared…

Employees today are armed with a plethora of technological devices, such as tablet computers and smartphones. Contract workers, temporary workers, part-time help and salaried employees all have unprecedented access to the latest electronics, and an increasing number of professionals want to integrate their personal devices into their workplaces' networks. "It is certainly a hot topic,…

There never seem to be enough hours in the day, and as employees work to meet deadlines and quotas, they can be known to make sacrifices, such as working late or taking projects home. One cut that can be particularly dangerous for employees is skipping lunch breaks, and according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, this situation…