Terminations: A True Test of Your Company Culture
by Jim Roddy All of us have heard about messy terminations, and some of us have witnessed them firsthand. The most memorable are the employee who is escorted from the building, scowling at managers on the way out, or the guy who punches a hole in the conference room drywall in a fit of frustration. […]
US – More Staffing Firms Focus on Culture
The percentage of staffing firms that cite the creation of a “positive company culture” as a management priority has trended up over the past few years, according to a new report based on the 2012 Staffing Company Survey by Staffing Industry Analysts. That may mean more profitability. “On average over the past three years, ‘creating […]
Nearly Seven in Ten Businesses Affected by a Bad Hire in the Past Year, According to CareerBuilder Survey
Nearly One-in-Four Employers Reported a Bad Hire Cost Them More than $50,000 CHICAGO, December 13, 2012 – Hiring the right person to fill a position can be a difficult decision to make, and a new CareerBuilder study shows the cost of choosing incorrectly can be high. Sixty-nine percent of employers reported that their companies have […]
Nine Ways Successful People Defeat Stress by Heidi Grant Halvorson
Feeling stressed? Of course you are. You have too much on your plate, deadlines are looming, people are counting on you, and to top it all off, you still have holiday shopping to do. You are under a lot of pressure — so much that at times, you suspect the quality of your work suffers […]
Staffing Jobs 4.3% Higher Year-to-Year in Third Quarter of 2012 New Data From the ASA Quarterly Employment and Sales Survey
U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 2.95 million temporary and contract workers per business day during the third quarter of 2012, according to recent data released by the American Staffing Association. “Even though the rate of growth slowed during the fall, third quarter staffing employment was the highest it has been in five years,” […]
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Changed Little in October U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (12/11/12)
There were 3.7 million job openings on the last business day of October, little changed from September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Dec. 11. The hires rate (3.2%) and separations rate (3.1%) were also little changed in October. The number of openings was little changed in all industries except construction, manufacturing, and […]