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Monday, March 14th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
An article in the New York Times suggests that employers and employees alike might be moving toward a temporary-centric staffing model.
In November 2010, 80% of the 50,000 jobs created in the private sector were temporary positions. For all of 2010, a bit more than 26% of 1.17 million jobs were temporary positions. That’s a lot.
What are we to make of such high numbers of temporary positions? There are, I think, two possibilities:
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
Standard economic wisdom says that the real estate industry leads the way out of recession. This time, though, I think the healthcare sector might be taking real estate’s place.
Based on recent numbers, staffing analysts are saying that demand for nurses and other health professionals has increased by almost 50 percent over the previous quarter, accelerating a trend that has been going on all year. A recent report from The Conference Board, an international economic think tank, noted that online healthcare job listings posted the largest gain of any other economic sector in October – over 26,000 more jobs, in fact. The report also states that health care vacancies outnumber job seekers 2 to 1.
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011 by Tim Giehll
Since I looked back at 2010 in a recent post, I’ll look ahead in this one. And I’ll admit, reading U.S. News and World Report’s annual “50 Best Careers” list got me thinking about staffing challenges and staffing solutions in the year ahead.
According to the article, just about any healthcare position – especially those involving direct care, including massage therapists and dental hygienists – is a safe career bet in 2011. Not surprisingly, technology-related positions will continue to be “hot careers” – although some may be surprised to see “meteorologist” and “hydrologist” alongside “biomedical engineer” and a handful of computer-related positions on U.S. News’ list. Business professionals like financial analysts and public relations specialists are expected to be in demand, along with a smattering of other workers (including translators, technical writers, and court reporters).
Friday, December 17th, 2010 by Tim Giehll
Over 80 million professionals use LinkedIn to exchange employment information, ideas and opportunities.
80 million! That sounds like a great HR database…but only if you know how to easily find what you’re looking for. Searching for individuals and companies is easy enough on LinkedIn, but if you want to be efficient and effective at finding good candidates, there are a few tips and tricks you should know.
1. Create a strong company and career page on LinkedIn. LinkedIn has always had the reputation of the professional or ‘networking network’ and therefore job seekers have used it as another job search engine.
Thursday, July 15th, 2010 by Tim Giehll
After attending the HR Thought Leadership conference in Atlantic City in June, I came away with a bunch of insights from attendees and other speakers about the Future of Human Capital Supply Chain Software. I heard from a number of corporate HR executives that there is a HUGE market globally for the “replacement” of first generation 1.0 Talent Management systems over the next few years. This is being driven by the explosion of Web 2.0 technologies and the dis-satisfaction that many corporate HR users have with their “over-sold” current 1.0 talent management solutions.
In general, the Top 5 Future Capabilites Include:
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 by Tim Giehll
For awhile now there have been two camps of thought concerning how to best help Corporations improve the management of their contingent workforce spending. At first, there were stand alone VMS (Vendor Management Software/Service) companies that applied technology to this business issue, Over time the large Staffing firms jumped in and through their MSP (Managed Service Provider) offerings and the acquisition of some of the VMS technology companies, they have been able to effectively help their largest corporate clients better manage the flow of contingent spending. Who is right and who is wrong ???
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 by Tim Giehll
Last week, while attending the Consulting Summit in Chicago ,hosted by Brian Cuthbert and Joe Kornik of Consulting Magazine, I had the opportunity to talk with some of the world’s leading HR and Supply Chain consulting firms. I had the chance to speak with Kathryn Hayley (CEO) from Aon, Rajeev Jain of Hewitt, Maryanne Faschan of HP, Carrie Greenbaum of Alix and Susan Kantor of PRTM. After talking about the revolutionary aspects of Human Capital Supply Chains, all my discussions focused on how Consulting firms should begin to engage with their corporate clients about the benefits of implementing a Human Capital Supply Chain environment. The discussions were lively and it reinforced for me the true transformational nature of a new idea such as Human Capital Supply Chains.
Monday, April 19th, 2010 by Tim Giehll
In a recent report by research firm Staffing Industry Analysts, it was found that the percentage of companies using Vendor Management Systems ( VMS ) jumped from 34 percent in 2007 to 63 percent in 2009. Staffing Industry Analysts also predicted the rate would climb to 81 percent in 2011.
Thursday, February 25th, 2010 by Tim Giehll
In a recent Supply Chain research report distributed by TEC at www.technologyevaluation.com , they described the 3 main technologies used by manufacturing and distribution companies to automate their businesses and streamline their processes. They explain how these decision support systems worked together to guide and protect them through the up-swings and down-turns of the economy. These 3 “mission critical” systems included ERP (enterprise resource planning), SCM (supply chain management) and APS (advanced planning and scheduling).
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 by Tim Schram
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
- Olympic Creed
I’ve been a huge Olympics junkie ever since the 1984 Los Angeles Games in my home state of California. I think maybe the Team USA site sums it up perfectly for me when talking about Olympic values and the Games:
Sara Moss is co-founder and CEO of The Code Works Inc., a technology consulting company focused on the staffing and recruiting industry. Sara and her team develop actionable technology strategies to enable their client’s business goals.
