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Reveille and Hyperbole:
TempWorks
Software, a leading provider of innovative and fully
integrated staffing software solutions, today announced news that several of its
customers appeared on the second-annual Staffing Industry Analyst's list of
America's Fastest Growing Private Staffing Companies, with one client ranking in
the top spot. First Team Staffing Group, based in Anaheim, CA, took the number
one position on this year's list, boasting an outstanding 196.5 percent growth
rate from 2001-2005. Thirty-two companies made the grade to get on this year's
list. In addition, three other TempWorks customers ranked on the recently
released list. Making the cut was Hire Dynamics LLC, a rapidly expanding
Georgia-based firm with a 69.1 percent growth rate. Dynamic Staffing Inc.,
located in Roseville, CA, appeared on the list with a 37.9 percent growth rate.
Chase Staffing Services, an Atlanta-headquartered firm making the list for the
second time, also ranked on this year's list of Top 100 companies over 100
Million, joined the group with a 27.1 percent growth rate.
LiveDeal.com, (),
one of the nation's leading free local online classifieds sites, announced it
has formed a relationship with SimplyHired, the world's largest search engine
for jobs. With this relationship, all five million job listings on
SimplyHired.com will be available on the LiveDeal site. Now, even more employers
and job seekers across the U.S. can access the millions of job listings through
LiveDeal's leading local online classifieds platform. Employers and job seekers
can also post listings independently on LiveDeal.com. In the month of August,
more than 1.4 million unique visitors went to LiveDeal.com, seeking everything
from jobs to pets to vehicles, furniture and appliances.
On-demand enterprise workforce management
software firm, Workstream Inc., has
debuted a new data center and infrastructure, to host its Workstream
TalentCenter suite of applications. Workstream believes that an effective and
secure control environment for the hosting and software infrastructure becomes a
critical piece to effective solution delivery, with the industry movement to
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) hosted model.
You Should Know:
Cayman Islands:
Where will the people come from?
Both the Chairman on the Immigration Work Permits Board, David Ritch and the
Chief Immigration Officer, Franz Manderson have become the hot celebrities of
the media in recent weeks as they become the most sought after guests on radio
talk shows as the count down continues to the end of the consultation period on
the new amendments to the 2004 Immigration Law. On the numerous occasions that
the two men have appeared, the question of numbers has arisen time and time
again and Mr. Ritch has often been heard to say that the whole immigration issue
is a matter of numbers. (cayman
net)
Global:
Yale Student's Resume Video Raises Wall
Street Eyebrows
Thousands of Ivy Leaguers circulate their resumes each year to New York's
investment banks, but few garner as much attention as Aleksey Vayner, who last
week submitted an 11-page resume and video to UBS's human resources department.
By the week's end, the Yale University senior's video had raised scores of
eyebrows and sparked much laughter in nearly every firm on Wall Street. Mr.
Vayner identifies himself on his resume as a multi-sport professional athlete,
the CEO of two companies, and an investment adviser. The video depicts him
lifting a 495-pound weight, serving a tennis ball at 140 miles an hour, and
ballroom dancing with a scantily clad female. Finally, Mr. Vayner emerges
enrobed in a white karate suit and breaks six bricks in one fell swoop. (NYSun)
Google Catches Flak for Its Hiring Procedures
Lengthy process turns off some IT pros, developers
Bolstered by the $4.2 billion it raised in a second stock offering in September
2005, Google Inc. has been on a hiring spree and is still looking to fill more
than 1,000 positions. But for some software developers and other IT workers,
Google's arduous and secretive hiring process has started outweighing the
glamour and perks it offers. And now, the search engine vendor says that it is
taking steps to simplify and shorten its hiring procedures. The existing process
didn't help to sell one systems administrator on the idea of working at Google.
The systems administrator, who asked not to be identified, said he and a number
of his co-workers at an e-commerce company in the San Francisco Bay area were
called by Google recruiters on their home phones or personal cell phones during
the summer. He went for an interview at the company, where he met with multiple
software engineers. He said they were friendly but declined to answer basic
questions about the position, the technology he would work on or even the amount
of hours he would likely work. (Computerworld)
Gaps in the Multi-Generational Workforce
HR leaders should advise learning executives on workforce shifts
A study unveiled by IBM and the American Society for Training & Development
reveals that only 16% of organizations have prioritized workforce demographic
issues in company education initiatives. The study says too few organizations
have taken action to meet the challenges, either by addressing the retirement of
Baby Boomers, or streamlining the learning curve for new employees. However,
there are steps that you, not to mention the remaining 84%, can take to reverse
this trend. (ERE)
A Global Spin on Staffing
When Jeffrey Joerres became CEO of suburban Milwaukee staffing company Manpower
in 1999, he had a simple message for the company's board: "We're getting the
[expletive] kicked out of us." Overly focused on building market share, the
company had neglected key trends in the global labor market like outsourcing and
information-technology staffing-and was paying dearly for it. Profits were
flat-lining, and the stock price was in a free-fall. So Joerres, a former high
school basketball star, put the company in a full-court press for international
profits. He opened over 1,000 new offices, made key acquisitions, and
diversified the company's services. And today Manpower rides the waves of the
global labor pool-outsourcing, contract work, layoffs-to considerable success.
Since Joerres took the reins, operating profits have nearly doubled to $436
million. And while the S&P 500 has advanced only modestly over the past seven
years, the company's stock has jumped 185 percent. (USNR)
Japan:
Temp agency faked rail worker resumes / JR
East: Up to 36 safety advisers have 'bogus' qualifications
A Tokyo temporary employment agency falsified the resumes of at least five
temporary workers to allow them to work as qualified "construction safety
supervisors" at East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) construction sites, The Yomiuri
Shimbun has learned. The agency, Construction Service (CS) located in Nakano
Ward, sent the five to a JR East contractor, under the pretense that they met
the requirements laid out in JR East's internal rules, the company said
Saturday. Under these rules, candidates must typically have at least five years
of railway construction experience, reduced to three years experience if they
are college graduates who majored in civil engineering or architecture. Yet the
five people sent by CS were found to have little or no relevant experience,
despite the fact they were engaging in jobs to ensure the safety of railway
construction workers. (The
Yomiuri Shimbun )
US:
Holiday hiring already in full swing
The holiday shopping season is still more than a month
away but now it's open season for holiday hiring. Tis
not quite the season in many people's minds, but for a
lot of businesses, holiday hiring is in full swing.
That's good news for job seekers like Tiffany Gomes.
"It's a lot of help wanted signs everywhere," Gomes
said. "That's why it's making it so convenient to get a
job anywhere because the holidays are coming up and they
need as much help as possible." (News14)
CEO Turnover Sets Record in September
A new survey says many more CFOs will have to
get used to a new boss this year.
Many CFOs lost their strategic partner last month as a
record 152 CEOs left their positions, breaking the prior
of record of 148 set in May, according to Challenger,
Gray & Christmas, an outplacement firm. The September
record works out to 7.6 CEO exits per business day. A
total of 1,112 CEO changes have occurred this year, up
10 percent from the 1,014 changes announced through
September a year ago, setting the stage for 2006
becoming the biggest CEO turnover year on record,
according to the study. (CFO.com)
Turning Around Turnover
Hiring the right employees from the get-go.
When turnover is reduced and retention is the norm,
retail businesses thrive. If an operator can find a
sure-fire way to identify job applicants who are able to
do the job and actually be happy on the job, many later
attempts at increasing staff retention will be rendered
unnecessary. Today, more store-owners are finding a way
to do just that with hiring systems that include
standardized prescreening tests. Savvy operators are
making the hiring process easier, less time-consuming
and more effective by establishing a systematic and
objective approach. The key is turning conventional
thinking upside down: You must think of the hiring
process as weeding out the least likely to succeed
before selecting those who look like a fit. Most
employers are typically trying to select 'in'—they have
their list of questions they want a candidate to answer
a certain way so the person is a fit. (Convenience
Store Decisions)
Anteo Group Continues Exponential
Growth of ERP Consulting Practice
Anteo Group, an award-winning
Enterprise Java Staffing and ERP Consulting Company
announces continued revenue growth for its ERP
Consulting practice. The growth in ERP Consulting
Practice, which has exceeded 200% over 2005, can be
attributed to synergies resulting from strategic
acquisitions and the addition of several new clients.
"We are excited that we have been able to grow in a
mature market that has recently gone through
consolidation," stated Rob Prinzo, Vice President of
Consulting. (TechLinks)
Seminar to offer tips on how to
develop PR strategies
The Pensacola Chapter of the Florida Public Relations
Association will have its October chapter meeting Oct.
19 at the Pensacola Civic Center. Greg Mercer, chief
people officer for American LubeFast, will give a
presentation titled, "The rise of internal PR: How to
turn your greatest expense into your greatest profit." (Pensacola
News Journal)
GSA Chief Human Capital Officer
The Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO)
manages GSA's programs, policies, and operations in
support of the President's Management Agenda and the
strategic management of human capital. Additionally, the
CHCO provides human resources system support under a
cross-servicing arrangement to approximately 11,000
employees from the National Archives and Records
Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, the
Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Railroad
Retirement Board, the National Credit Union
Administration, and various presidential boards and
commissions. As an agency, GSA has developed a Human
Capital Strategic Plan that contains seven key goals:
- Ensure strategic and
organizational alignment
- Ensure continuity and quality of
executive leadership
- Compete for and retain a
workforce that is talented and effectively deployed
- Promote a diverse workforce
- Create a culture that motivates
employees for high performance
- Promote a culture and climate of
knowledge sharing and continuous learning and
improvement
- Provide a working environment
where associates can be most productive
(GSA)
ChangeWave Research: Baby
Boomer Work, Leisure, Savings & Retirement Report
Results show Baby Boomer Professionals are Saving More,
Working More and Worrying more - Nearly half of these
Baby Boomer professionals say they are still worried
about saving enough for retirement. As the first members
of the Baby Boomer generation turn 60, those working in
the business and technology professions report they're
saving more than they did five years ago. Nonetheless,
nearly half say they are still worried about saving
enough for retirement. By a two-to-one margin (52% to
26%), Baby Boomer professionals are currently saving
more money per month than they did five years ago,
according to a new survey of 2,466 ChangeWave Alliance
members aged 42 and over. The July 18-24, 2006
ChangeWave Research survey focused on Boomer work,
leisure, savings and retirement plans (FinanceVisor)
Deep Release:
Gulf Coast Economic Recovery Remains Mixed
Storm-Damaged Mississippi Coast and Southwestern Louisiana Recovering
Faster than Flooded Areas of Greater New Orleans
Employment statistics, sales tax collections, large
construction projects and other key economic indicators point to an accelerating
recovery in many Gulf Coast communities damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita
in 2005.
Economic growth driven by construction and manufacturing in
Pascagoula, Miss., and Lake Charles, La., parallels the aggressive recovery
patterns that most regions encounter following a major natural disaster. Yet
despite these improvements, the economic impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
continued to negatively affect key cities in the Gulf Coast region through the
second quarter of 2006.
Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina, widespread lack of flood
insurance and the ensuing slow-paced development of programs to aid housing
repair or replacement are key reasons for slower recovery in two parishes,
Orleans and St. Bernard.
These results are reported in "Advancing in the Aftermath III:
Tracking the Recovery from Katrina and Rita," a study by noted economist Dr.
Loren C. Scott and sponsored by Capital One, N.A.
Construction helps drive recovery
Economic recovery is accelerating in heavily damaged
Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss., where programs have been implemented to assist
homeowners and businesses rebuild. By contrast, planning such aid programs took
much longer in the New Orleans area, where flood waters that lingered for weeks
heavily damaged large portions of Orleans and St. Bernard parishes. Residential
grant programs in those areas were only recently finalized and the distribution
of funds is just beginning in New Orleans.
"Much of the recovery to date has been driven by construction
in communities where money is available for repair and replacement of damaged
structures and housing is available to accommodate an expanding work force,"
Scott said.
On Mississippi's Gulf Coast, Scott pointed to casinos in
Biloxi-Gulfport and shipbuilding in Pascagoula as examples of progress. Scott
said that legislation allowing casinos to be built along the shore rather than
on the water and Gulf Opportunity Zone assistance programs provide strong
incentives to accelerate rebuilding and new casino developments.
"In the Lake Charles area, where there was storm damage but
little flooding from Hurricane Rita, the construction and manufacturing sectors
are moving ahead and creating positive results for the local economy," Scott
explained.
The report also cites University of New Orleans research
findings that construction projects in the New Orleans area which would normally
provide 28 years-worth of building activity are currently scheduled for
completion in just the next few years.
"Rebuilding public schools and other institutions is another
example of how construction leads recovery," Scott said. "But housing for the
work force is still an issue that must be resolved before construction can take
economic recovery to the next level."
Overall, the report states that large industries and
manufacturers, including shipbuilding operations and ports, have recovered
faster than small businesses. For example, in Pascagoula, Northrop Grumman's
Ingalls Shipyard has new Navy contracts, and its total employment is just 1,000
jobs short of its pre-Katrina employment peak of 13,000.
The quarterly economic study by Scott attempts to benchmark
the recovery of the hurricane-impacted regions of Louisiana and Mississippi. The
full report is available at www.lorenscottassociates.com. Scott is professor
emeritus of economics at Louisiana State University and president of Loren C.
Scott & Associates, Inc.
About Capital One
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One Financial
Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company, with more than
324 locations in Texas and Louisiana. Its principal subsidiaries, Capital One
Bank, Capital One, F.S.B., Capital One Auto Finance, Inc., and Capital One, N.A.,
offer a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small
businesses and commercial clients. Capital One's subsidiaries collectively had
$47.2 billion in deposits and $108.4 billion in managed loans outstanding as of
June 30, 2006. Capital One, a Fortune 500 company, trades on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 500 index.
Coming Soon:
2006 SHRM Workplace Diversity Conference
October 16-18, 2006
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9th Annual Talent Acquisition & Staffing Summit
October 16-19 2006
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October 18 - 20, 2006
New York Palace
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October 25 - 27,
2006
Red Rock Resort
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HR-XML Consortium's
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Oct. 25-26
Barcelona, Spain
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8th
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Design, Deliver & Evaluate Effective Training
November 13-16, 2006
Disney's Contemporary Resort, Orlando FL.
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Experienced
Alumni Recruitment &
Career Management Conference
November 17-18, 2006
The University of Houston
$215
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December 15 & 16, 2006
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