Sentric To Host Best Practices Webinar on Workforce Management
Sentric, Inc. - a leading provider of payroll, time, and workforce management solutions, is hosting a webinar on effective workforce management best practices. The event is aimed at educating users on the importance of adopting a solid workforce management strategy instead of relying solely on technology. Entitled, "SentricWorkforce Open House: Workforce Solution Best Practices," the event...
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Sabotage! When Co-Workers Aren't Up To Snuff
Recruitment is a detail intensive process. It takes time, dedication, concentration and an acute attention to detail. In this business, the small mistakes can mean the difference between closing a deal and closing a client. If you're not committed to doing the best job every day something has got to give. But what happens if you're bringing the "A" game every day...only to deal with...
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Is Outplacement your Stepping Stone?
Outplacement is designed to be a "stepping stone" to a new job. However, outplacement can actually be both a blessing and a curse for the recently laid off employee. On one hand, the outplacement service provides a support structure that helps displaced workersget back on their feet. On the other hand, these very same ex-employees, now job seekers, may find themselves immobilized by a system...
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Filing an I-9: a Recruiter or Company Responsibility?
Before even looking at the musts and cans, the dos and don'ts, or the whos, whats, hows and whens of filing a Form I-9, the U.S. government's employment eligibility form, it is important to know whether completing it is your responsibility as a recruiter, the responsibility of the company hiring the candidate, or a responsibility you both share. The Authoritative DOJ Handbook for...
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Top 100 Ideal Employers Ranking Reveals Most Attractive Recruitment Brands
Universum, a global leader in employer branding, has recently released their employer rankings for the 2011 U.S. undergraduate survey of ideal employers. The findings reveal students' perceptions on the top organizations to work for and helps employers discover where they stand amongst competitors. The survey results are useful for a number of audiences - including students, employees,...
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Free Applicant Tracking System Launches
Moore's law appears to apply to applicant tracking systems as well as computer processing power. The bar is continually raised; the features available only in expensive enterprise recruitment software last year are available in entry-level software today. It's a healthy process that indicates that both the demand and market for recruiting software is robust and growing. SmartRecruiters, a San...
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OSHA Fines Florida Hair Care Companies for Unsafe Formaldehyde Exposure
Earlier this year, the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued warnings to a number of hair care product manufacturers and distributors concerning unsafe working conditions. Salon users and stylists using certain products were found to be unwittingly exposed to formaldehyde and were suffering from the adverse health effects of chemical exposure. Now OSHA...
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Customer Service Provider Brings Over 200 Jobs Back to Tulsa
Alorica, a leading provider of outsourced customer contact management solutions, is set to hire over 200 customer service workers at their Tulsa Eastgate call center. The new hires will provide customer support services for a major wireless carrier. The massive hiring process will begin immediately and continue throughout the rest of the year. Job seekers are encouraged to apply online or...
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Four Popular HR Bloggers to Speak at Halogen Conference
Four widely read and influential HR and recruitment bloggers - Kris Dunn of the HR Capitalist, Mike Haberman of Omega HR Solutions, Chris Havrilla of Recruiter Chicks and Cathy Missildine-Martin of Profitability through Human Capital -will close out the first night of the Halogen Software User Conference with a panel discussion on attracting and retaining top talent. The 6th annual event will be...
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How to Get Hired If You're a Recent Graduate
You've just graduated from college... Congratulations! Now put away the champagne, it's time to get a job. Your first task as a recent graduate out of school is to understand your marketability as a job candidate. A college degree and a firm handshake will only get you so far in the real world. You'll soon discover that recruiters, employers, and hiring mangers are looking to hire experienced...
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5 Ways Contingent Labor is Killing your Company
Ah, contingent labor: a word beloved almost as much as human capital or incentivize... In 2011, the joys of temp labor have finally been brought to the professional masses. So much so that we all seem to be contingent laborers, strangers passing each other in a corporate night(mare). It's not that there is no care for the collective spirit of the employees that make up a company, it's that at...
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When Candidates Attack!
Being a Recruiter can be a lot of fun...in a very bad way. Most Recruiters have a few horror stories that are hysterical, though maybe they didn't seem so at the time. In a business where we deal with people day in and day out, most often strangers, there are a number of variables at play. As Recruiters it's our job to identify the unknown, address it and quantify it. But sometimes...
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