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Opportunity and risk for commercial temp in new regulatory "nightmare"
August 31, 2010A seemingly minor provision in the 848-page Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform bill is being called a "logistical nightmare" by some attorneys, but it also just might be an... More
What do staffing firms hate the most? No, it's not VMS.
July 30, 2010In 2008, 2009 and 2010, we surveyed staffing firms with regard to their attitude toward a wide variety of factors--legal and regulatory topics, staffing specific issues (such as VMS... More
Staffing firms are from Mars, staffing buyers are from Venus
July 30, 2010I happened to be going through some of our survey data from 2009, and noticed an interesting coincidence.
When buyers were asked what advice they would give to staffing firms,... More
Welcome to Kafka's Department of Labor
July 19, 2010The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has discontinued its practice of offering specific guidance to employers wanting clarification regarding independent contractor compliance. ... More
Gold in IT niches?
June 30, 2010We just released this year's Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms list. In all, 44 firms made the cut, each generating compound annual organic growth of 15% or more between the years... More
Offshore recruiter for $800 a month!
June 28, 2010That was the header in an email I received recently. The email indicated that my name came up during a search for leading staff augmentation firms. I don't have a staff... More
The butler didn't do it…it was locums!
June 8, 2010There I was, innocently reading the Dover Thrift Edition of "Victorian Tales of Terror," when suddenly, like a phantom in the night, contingent labor cast its shadow over... More
Internships - the new temp staffing opportunity?
May 4, 2010Some of the most coveted jobs in the world have historically paid zip.
Internships on Wall Street, in major scientific companies, in the media and in politics have typically paid... More
The coming boom in locum tenens
April 13, 2010My advice to owners of locums staffing firms: start shopping for a really good private banker, yes the kind that comes to your home to discuss how to invest your millions -- sometime... More
My moral quandary
March 30, 2010In our latest annual staffing firm survey, we asked staffing firms--500 of them--the following question: "What marketing tactic would you say has the highest bang-to-buck return... More