Staffing employment has gone up 1.74 percent since last month, according to the most recent American Staffing Agency Staffing Index Monthly Report.The index for February is 91, which indicates staffing employment has decreased slightly, by 0.54 percent over the last 30 days.These numbers are in keeping with recent predictions by Staffing Industry. Experts there predict…
Read the full storyLately, the question many staffing firms have been asking, according to The Staffing Stream, is whether the firm or the customer should pay for the compliance costs associated with the Affordable Care Act. Don Dewar, who works for Sync Staffing, believes staffing firms should bill customers for ACA compliance without adding markups. Although that is…
Read the full storyHinda Chalew of Staffing Industry writes brand loyalty is dead. In other words, the internet makes it easy to look up various facts and figures, and so individuals know exactly what to expect from a product before they buy it. A good example would be Yelp's impact on restaurants.The same impact that the internet has…
Read the full storyThe Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased by 0.3 percent in January to 99.5. The index compares each year to the year it began, which was 2004."The increase in the leading economic index reflects an economy that is expanding moderately, although the pace is somewhat held back by persistent and severe inclement weather in…
Read the full storyAccording to Intuit, about 40 percent of the U.S. workforce will be contractors or temporary workers by 2020. These workers will function as full-time workers, never being unemployed, but they will work for different companies in quick succession, like other temp workers.Such workers will increase efficiency, agility and flexibility, according to intuit. They will be…
Read the full storyAlthough there was a small slowdown from 14 percent down to 10 percent in expansion between October and December of 2013, temporary staffing growth was strong in the last month of the year, according to Staffing Industry Analysts."The Pulse Survey results confirm that the temporary staffing sector ended 2013 on a strong note, with double-digit…
Read the full storyDealing with temporary workers in an office can cause some anxiety for permanent hires, but a new article in the Chicago Red Eye humorously suggests ways of dealing with the influx of new labor. The article advises permanent workers to remember that temps are sometimes hired because they have special skills that other people in…
Read the full storyThe biggest growth in staffing so far this year has been in information technology, according to Sona Sharma, writing for Staffing Industry. According to her, the market has been growing steadily, and she predicts that it will continue outperforming other staffing segments for at least another few years.However, she cautions recruiting IT professionals into the staffing market…
Read the full storyMany staffing firms are beginning to specialize, according to Motley Fool. Some companies focus on accounting and finance jobs because those are scarce for their level of demand, according to the source. Other companies choose other niche markets, such as IT. Some companies specialize by only hiring top tier talent and then charging a higher…
Read the full storyAbout 21 percent of workers plan on changing jobs this year, according to a survey by Careerbuilder reported on in NJBiz. This figure is the highest it's been since the recession, and it's up from 2013 when the number was 17 percent.One reason for the trend the article cites is the recent improvement in the…
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