Turn the Beat Around….at NJSA’s Executive Leadership Conference, April 28-29 at The Borgata, Atlantic City. 2010 is set to be a year of growth for the staffing industry, a trend that has preceded virtually every economic comeback in United States history. Now is the time to position your firm to lead the way to increased sales and market opportunity. Attend the Executive Leadership Conference – your best place for information that will help you understand key business trends, re-engineer your … Continue reading New Jersey Staffing Leadership Conference
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New Jersey Staffing Leadership Conference
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Staffing Software Firm Helps New Jersey Staffing Alliance Deliver Social Media Seminars
AST, which has been providing fully integrated staffing software solutions to the staffing industry for 25 years, has teamed up with the New Jersey Staffing Alliance (NJSA) to help put on a series of six seminars on “Web 2.0 and the Staffing Industry.” NJSA, founded in 1960, is an industry trade association of direct hire, contract and temporary staffing firms. NJSA represents members professionally engaged in all areas of personnel services including search, recruitment, placement and temporary help services. Edison, … Continue reading Staffing Software Firm Helps New Jersey Staffing Alliance Deliver Social Media Seminars
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Christie Warns of Tax Hike for Unemployment Fund
Last week Governor Christie warned New Jersey businesses that they can expect an increase of up to $1,000 per employee in their unemployment tax starting July 1 unless the federal government helps the state replenish the fund. Business taxes are increased by law when the fund’s balance dips below a certain level as measured every March. Christie says the fund will be $1.6 billion in debt by March. The Governor said his administration will ask the federal government to forgive … Continue reading Christie Warns of Tax Hike for Unemployment Fund
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Web 2.0 and The Staffing Industry
The 2010 Business Issues-Expert Resources seminar series, sponsored by NJSA Industry Partners, will kick off its first breakfast meeting on January 26 at the Sheraton Edison Hotel. This is a FREE EVENT for owners, managers and employees of staffing firms who want to utilize the various social networking tools available for sourcing clients and candidates. There will be five other breakfast/evening sessions on web-related and social networking topics – the most complete educational series on these important tools for … Continue reading Web 2.0 and The Staffing Industry
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Eleven Warning Signs of a Counteroffer
The candidate says he doesn’t believe his company will give him a counteroffer. The candidate says he will have to consider the counter if it is given to him. The candidate’s motive to move (‘I don’t like our policies here’) could still be ‘worked out’ by his employer when he leaves. The time it takes for a candidate to return your call is longer than normal. The candidate agrees to accept the offer, then asks for ‘one more thing’ after … Continue reading Eleven Warning Signs of a Counteroffer
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Why Hire the Disabled?
By Carl Capato A recent study conducted by the University of Massachusetts at Boston confirms that companies who hire people with disabilities achieve a higher placement in the public’s collective esteem than employers who either may not hire people with disabilities or don’t bring attention to their hiring policies with respect to people with disabilities. Among surveyed consumers: 92 percent felt more favorable toward companies that hire people with disabilities; 87 percent said they would give their business to … Continue reading Why Hire the Disabled?
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Does Your Email Campaign Work?
By Steve Isenberg Did you ever wonder why some email campaigns are successful and others are not? It’s really rather simple. A successful email campaign will focus on several key areas: a strong call to action, a compelling reason to act and the ability to drive traffic to your web site. If you can succeed in these aspects, you will have developed a successful campaign. Email marketing is the most cost effective way to reach your desired audience. One of … Continue reading Does Your Email Campaign Work?
Seven Secrets of Good Planning
By Scott Love I’ll never forget the most miserable hour of my day when I first started in the business. It was ‘plan time.’ This dreaded hour was spent hand-writing names and numbers of those people who I was going to call, and if I didn’t call them, then I’d have to spend an entire hour the next day hand-writing the same numbers and names over and over again. This was before computer databases existed and it was a miserable … Continue reading Seven Secrets of Good Planning
Weathering New Jersey's Competitive Job Market
In order to be a top recruiting professional right now you have to have a solid work ethic and sound technique. I’ve found that during good economic times these two things will make you lots of placements and during tough economic times they will keep you alive. Right now New Jersey recruiters are experiencing the toughest job market we’ve see in over a decade and no one knows exactly when it’s going to get better. So if it’s not going to … Continue reading Weathering New Jersey's Competitive Job Market
Where Are New Jersey's Jobs?
As an executive recruiter it is important to stay on top of the latest market trends and with 2009 well underway there are still many looming questions around what to expect from this new calendar year. Some people we talk to say that job recovery will begin as early as June and others are convinced that we will continue to lose Jobs in NJ going into 2010. Everywhere you turn there are more layoffs and jobs being cut that one has to ask; … Continue reading Where Are New Jersey's Jobs?
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