Editor’s note: This article is part of a series highlighting speakers at the upcoming ERE Recruiting Conference. Click here to view other articles in the … Read more
A Judge Delivers Really, Really Bad News for Gig Economy Employers
On Monday, a U.S. District judge ruled that Uber, Postmates, and other companies operating in the gig economy could suffer “irreparable harm” … Read more
Retail Hiring Extends Beyond Store Workers
It’s that most wonderful time of the year for retailers, and sure enough, they’ve been on a hiring spree. In contrast to mixed results in the third … Read more
What’s Wrong With Hiring a Gig Workforce? Pretty Much Everything (Part 2 of 2)
You can’t read a business publication these days without hearing about the gig economy and how it can help companies. However, despite the hype, the … Read more
What’s Wrong With Hiring a Gig Workforce? Pretty Much Everything (Part 1 of 2)
The gig economy has become a hot workforce topic. However, despite the hype, the concept has numerous hidden management problems. Recently, executives have … Read more
The Odds Microsoft Buys Upwork Just Went, Um, Up
Microsoft doesn’t want to lose its hold on enterprise computing. It ousted IBM from that mountaintop many moons ago, and it’ll be damned if … Read more
End Your Seasonal Recruiting Problems — The Top 10 Proven Solutions
Why You Are Losing “The War For Seasonal Talent” Explained Managers who must recruit seasonal staff need to wake up and realize that the recruiting … Read more
Here’s Why The Upwork IPO Was a Real Snoozer After an Initial Spike
Upwork IPO’d today. With Glassdoor bypassing the public markets for a big payday, a lot of industry attention turned toward the popular freelancing … Read more
Here’s Why Snagajob Rebranded Itself as Snag
“People aren’t looking to snag-a-job, anymore,” said Snag CEO Peter Harrison. “They’re looking to snag-a-shift.” … Read more
The Freelance Workforce Isn’t the Same as the Uber Workforce
Most industries have heard the term “Uberization” — the idea that if you apply the Uber model to an industry, it will bring disruption, change, and … Read more
At Cisco, We’re Trying to Create Our Own ‘Gig Economy’ for Employees
As consumers, we’ve come to expect that when we want something, we can get it. Whether that’s a taxi, a grocery delivery, or your favorite ice cream … Read more
ADP Report: Employers Added 216,000 More Jobs This Month
Private-sector employers hired nearly 100,000 more workers this month than in October, adding 216,000 more workers, almost all of them in the services … Read more
Private Sector Jobs Grow By 147,000 In October
ADP said private employers added 147,000 new workers to the payrolls last month, the smallest private sector jobs increase reported by the payroll … Read more
4.2 Million More Workers Must Be Paid OT
The Department of Labor unveiled its much anticipated new overtime rule Tuesday night, declaring that 4.2 million more workers will soon have to be paid … Read more
The Force Awakens: Freelance Workers Will Soon Outnumber Employees
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away … All right, not that long ago in a country right here in the U.S. … Freelancing and temporary work was … Read more
3 Trends Defining Hiring Success in the Digital Economy
An organization’s ability to identify, attract, and plug in the most creative minds precisely when and where they are needed is the foundation for … Read more
Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Gig Economy’
It has been called the sharing, on-demand, and gig economy. It has been recognized as a revolution and has had that titled stripped in the same year. It’s … Read more
For Quality Hires, On-site Staffing Firms are Best
It is rare to find a large medical device manufacturing facility today that doesn’t take advantage of temporary labor. As the number of orders for products … Read more
Forecast: 2016 Hiring Just Like 2015
Hiring plans for 2016 look a lot like what companies expected last year, according to CareerBuilder’s annual job forecast. The recruitment services … Read more
2016 Job Growth To Be Like 2015
Hiring plans for 2016 look a lot like what companies expected last year, according to CareerBuilder’s annual job forecast. Customer service, IT and … Read more