Over the past few months I’ve noticed an increase in the number of staffing firms being acquired. On the one hand, increased M&A activity in any industry is a good sign in a sluggish economy. On the other, if it’s your supplier of staffing services that is acquired you may not be so thrilled and […]
In current political discussions there is a lot of talk about what hurts or helps job creation and unnecessary regulation is often cited as a culprit. There is little agreement on what exactly “unnecessary” is though and people argue at both ends of the spectrum from all to none. I’m not one to advocate abolishing […]
The Memorial Day weekend serves as a time to honor our country’s veterans as well as marking the unofficial start of summer for everyone. Therefore, I want to thank all the men and women serving in the military currently as well as those who are veterans: your service, hard work and sacrifice is noted and […]
TechServe Alliance released its IT Employment Index figures for March 2012 this week, showing that IT employment has reached an all-time high and that the demand for IT talent, which has been growing steadily for some time, remains strong. Recently, the SIA reported on a Teksystems’ survey that reported 37% of IT Leaders expect to […]
A recent PCWorld article, “IT Contractors Help Companies Meet Changing Work Needs” discusses how corporate IT departments depend on IT contractors to help them fulfill their mission. It mentions competing IT staffing firms, which some might conclude makes it unwise to pass along, but I don’t subscribe to that kind of thinking; I look for […]
Originally, I was going to write about a recent survey conducted by CareerBuilder regarding the usage of temporary workers within the U.S. But while I was reading an article summarizing the survey results, one particular sentence jumped out at me. Eighty-five percent of respondents said that their company was not able to create lower skill […]
One of my colleagues, Bryan Harter, brought to my attention an article on RecruitingBlog by Debbie Fledderjohann entitled “The Secret to Hiring for Attitude.” The post references a Forbes online interview by Dan Schawbel with Mark Murphy, the author of Hiring for Attitude. The interview covers a number of topics including why so many new […]
I recently attended the SIA’s Executive Forum and as always found their Voice of the Customer panel interesting and insightful. Hearing directly from the buyers of our services is invaluable and gives us an opportunity to learn and improve in our own delivery of IT contract staffing services. There were many sessions and speakers sharing […]
ATR recently released its latest eGuide, 6 Things You Can Do to Improve IT Contractor Retention, and in it we discussed tenure policies or term limits and how they affect retention of IT contract employees. This week I want to focus on term limits in more detail, especially the idea that they are not necessary […]