Peek Under the Hood
Include My Temps...?
Wise up. Or you are going to lose them By Jim Lanzalotto
Employer branding is the kind of business program that companies focus on when times are good.
But when an economy goes south like it has for the past few years, employer branding and its functional brethren, such as training, travel and promotional programs, are treated like children at family holiday gatherings -- off to the satellite table in the foyer.
So now that the U.S. economy is starting to eke its way out of the worst economic downturn of the past seven decades, it's time to dust off your employer brand as well as your preconceived notions. ...
Screen Thy Temps "Awareness of background screening is higher than it's ever been, but the actual usage of screening services for contingents, although on the rise, is only done by a minority of organizations today, opening up a considerable risk factor in their businesses."
-- Rob Pickell, VP, customer solutions, HireRight ...
Median Pay and Bill Rates for Senior-Level IT Positions
Another acquisition: Manpower Buys Comsys In the first week of February, Manpower announced that it would buy Comsys IT partners for $431 million. Expected to close in April, this comes on the heels of another big acquisition: Giant staffing firm Adecco completed its acquisition of the MPS Group in January. ...
DOL to Scrutinize Misclassification Employers watch out. President Obama's $3.8 trillion federal budget for 2011 has several new initiatives within the Department of Labor (DOL). One of them includes an additional "$25 million to target employee misclassification with a hundred additional enforcement personnel and competitive grants to boost states' ...
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All Risks Considered: The Many Challenges of Statement of Work Consultants
One of the hottest areas in the world of contingent workforce management is the incorporation of statement of work (SOW) consultants into CW programs. Traditionally SOW consultants were ignored completely by programs or more recently forced through the usual two engagement methods: W2 payrolling, or 1099 compliance regimes. The result is that program implementations attempting to incorporate SOW spend tend to toggle between two undesirable extremes when it comes to getting project-based consultants engaged:
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Employer branding is the kind of business program that companies focus on when times are good.
Screen Thy Temps
