MSA Happenings
MSA and HRC are excited to announce our 3rd Annual Golf Tournament and Gala! Join us at the Sandy Burr Country Club on Monday, June 24, 2013. Sandy Burr Country Club is an exceptional facility that features beautifully manicured grounds with the areas inest 18-hole course. The tournament will be a scramble format with plenty [...]
Jim Ayraud is the CEO and Founder of Next Level, Inc., a Sales Management Consulting Firm. Jim will be leading three Executive Roundtables for CFO, COO or Business Owners who believe that working on their internal operations is critical to their success and the success of their company. Join a select group CFO, COO or Business [...]
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2013 Best of Staffing
August 11, 2012
2013 Best of Staffing Now Open For the last two years, MSA has partnered with Inavero to learn about our membership satisfaction and ways to improve. As the leading provider of client and talent satisfaction surveys, Inavero does more than any firm worldwide and has served as the American Staffing Association’s exclusive research partner since 2006. Sign [...]
Assurance Staffing E-zine Articles
April 22, 2012
Monthly web magazine of articles related to the staffing industry. Link to the e-zine: http://www.assuranceedgeonline.com/staffing/
Jobless Claims Fall Again
February 10, 2012
Jobless Claims Fall Again Wall Street Journal (02/09/12) Jeff Bater U.S. jobless claims fell by 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 358,000 in the week ended Feb. 4, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday. The unexpected decrease that gave further indication the jobs market is improving. The previous week’s figures were revised up, to 373,000 [...]
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Massachusetts Staffing Employee of the Year Announced
October 26, 2012
Kim Madden of The Davis Companies is the 2012 Staffing Employee of the Year Staffing Companies in Massachusetts nominated 11 employees as their nominee for the 2012 Staffing Employee of the Year. All the nominees for this award are winners. They represent their staffing companies with their clients and contribute to the success of the [...]
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Massachusetts Staffing Association Wins National Awards
October 23, 2012
The Massachusetts Staffing Association was honored at Staffing World® 2012, the annual convention and expo of the American Staffing Association, held Oct. 9-11 in Las Vegas. MSA received a Chapter Superior Merit Award for its outstanding programs and chapter efforts, and a Legislative Superior Merit Award for its outstanding legislative efforts during 2011. MSA past [...]
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USCIS Releases New E-Verify Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program Enhancements Employment
September 21, 2012
USCIS Releases New E-Verify Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program Enhancements Employment Screening Resources News (09/17/12) Tom Ahearn U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released a number of new enhancements for the E-Verify electronic employment eligibility verification program. A new Quick Audit Report will permit businesses to report their E-Verify activity to federal, state, or local [...]
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2013 Best of Staffing
2013 Best of Staffing Now Open
For the last two years, MSA has partnered with Inavero to learn about our membership satisfaction and ways to improve. As the leading provider of client and talent satisfaction surveys, Inavero does more than any firm worldwide and has served as the American Staffing Association’s exclusive research partner since 2006.
Sign up today for Inavero’s 2013 Best of Staffing competition, presented by CareerBuilder. Participating in Inavero’s fourth annual Best of Staffing competition will put your firm in the running to be honored for your remarkable client and talent service. Best of Staffing offers an objective way to learn more about your service delivery.
What is Best of Staffing?
Join Inavero for a free webinar to learn about Best of Staffing and why winners outpace industry revenue growth 2 to 1.
• August 23rd at 10am PST (1pm EST)
• Click here to register
MSA members receive a 10% discount on the Best of Staffing Premium, Plus, or Enterprise Packages, which include scores and responses from all surveyed clients and placed talent. If your firm makes the top-rated list, you’ll receive full rights to use the Best of Staffing logo. Go to Bestofstaffing.com/signup and enter the discount code: ASA.
Assurance Staffing E-zine Articles
Monthly web magazine of articles related to the staffing industry. Link to the e-zine:
Jobless Claims Fall Again
Jobless Claims Fall Again Wall Street Journal (02/09/12) Jeff Bater
U.S. jobless claims fell by 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 358,000 in the week ended Feb. 4, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday. The unexpected decrease that gave further indication the jobs market is improving. The previous week’s figures were revised up, to 373,000 from 367,000. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had expected claims to climb by 3,000 to 370,000. The four-week moving average of new jobless claims decreased by 11,000 to 366,250, coming in at its lowest number since April 2008.
Unemployment Decline Masks U.S. Labor Force Drop: Economy
Unemployment Decline Masks U.S. Labor Force Drop: Economy BusinessWeek (02/08/12) Alex Kowalski
Although the U.S. unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.3% in January, the U.S. Department of Labor reports that the number of working-age people in the labor force hit a 29-year low. The working-age population rose 1.51 million, but 83% of those people were not in the work force. The work force participation rate tumbled to 63.7% in January, as 88 million people age 16 and up were unemployed and not seeking work.
Even so, some U.S. Federal Reserve officials, including James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, view the economic data as favorable, and staffing firms have reported growth since the end of 2009. Carl Camden, president and chief executive of the staffing firm Kelly Services Inc., says, “The ongoing economic uncertainty will help create a greater awareness of temporary staffing benefits and a secular shift in demand for temporary workers.”
Must Have Skills For Job Seekers In 2012
In 2012, creativity and adaptability are among the key skills needed to land and keep a job, as staff levels remain lean and employers expect workers to respond to a wide variety of demands.
Ideas To Beat Eternally Stagnant Recruitment
Recruiting never seems to change much. Even with computers, smartphones, cheap video, big bandwidth and years of accumulated experience, the way we search for people and select them looks very much the same as it looked 50 years ago. The question is: Why haven’t these tools and technologies made any significant difference?