Some people function perfectly well with limited sleep. Thomas Edison claimed sleep was a waste of time. Napoleon, Margaret Thatcher & Bill Clinton are some famous members of the four-hour club. However, like many entrepreneurs, staffing management professionals like you often have a thousand things on their minds in the evening: thoughts of running teams and companies; making payroll; growing Read More

Just because your business is a people-centric enterprise such as staffing management doesn’t mean you can afford to ignore the opportunities for efficiencies and growth presented by digital technologies. Here are four major digital trends for 2013 you should be considering taking advantage of, if you aren’t already: 1. Tablets,… Read More

If you’re managing a staffing business you may have come to the conclusion that traditional marketing methods newspaper, radio and TV advertising, trade shows, etc. don’t deliver like they used to. You’re not alone, of course. People aren’t consuming media or making purchasing decisions like they used to. And marketing… Read More

If you run a staffing business you need to be aware of the recent decisions the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has made. These rulings have significantly expanded the rights of non-supervisory employees, enabling them to discuss information that many would view as confidential.  Read More

If you manage a staffing business or follow staffing industry trends it may be no surprise to you that Monster is no longer producing their monthly Monster Employment Index reports. Here’s an extract from their official announcement released on January 9,… Read More

Managing a staffing business requires bringing the best candidates to your clients (of course!)people who fit the job criteria and culture. Maybe the candidate also needs to think critically, communicate with aplomb, and act quickly. Possibly he or she needs to be creative, too. That's a lot of requirements! You may need more than the standard batch of questions to whittle your way down to the bes Read More

Creating partnerships and associations is vital to any business’s marketing success. That’s why networking has become such an important skill for entrepreneurs. We’re not suggesting you disregard traditional advertising; you should definitely consider advertising as one means to generate awareness of your staffing firm. But you can’t afford… Read More

Are you in a rush? Striving for bigger, better, faster? When you are growing a franchiseor any businessbe cautious of the consequences of overambitiousness. Scaling is a fantastic goal to aim towards, but moving too quickly too soon can be harmful for your business. Slow and steady often wins the race. … Read More

Here’s some good news for the staffing industry: according to the recently released U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, not only did the employment rate hold steady in December at 7.8%, but staffing industry trends also showed little change from the month of November into the new year. What’s so good about that? We, staffing industry trends have been on a roll and the roll does not appea Read More

Knowing how to run staffing business means knowing how to help your clients hire the best employees. So theoretically, the people who run staffing businesses should know how to hire great employees, ourselves. But sometimes we can get caught—just like our clients—hiring the wrong person, which can be a… Read More