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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Dictionary
Services
Long-Term and Contract Help
A staffing firm supplies employees to work on long-term, indefinite assignments. Employees are recruited, screened, and assigned by the staffing firm.
Managed Services
A staffing firm assumes full responsibility for operating a specific customer function (e.g., mail room) on an on-going basis.
Payrolling
The customer recruits workers but asks a staffing firm to hire and assign them to perform services. Or workers currently employed by the customer are placed on the payroll of a staffing firm. Payrolling is distinguished from PEO arrangements in that the workers generally are on temporary assignments and make up a small proportion of the customer’s work force.
PEO (Employee Leasing)
A business places all or most of its workforce onto the payroll of a staffing firm and the staffing firm assumes responsibility for payroll, benefits, and other human resource functions.
Placement
A staffing firm brings together job seekers and potential employers for the purpose of establishing a “permanent” employment relationship.
Temporary Help
A staffing firm hires its own employees and assigns them to support or supplement a customer’s workforce in situations involving employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and special projects.
Temporary to Hire
A staffing firm employee works for a customer during a trial period in which both the employee and the customer consider establishing a “permanent” employment relationship.
Skills
Health Care
Physicians, dentists, nurses, hygienists, medical technicians, therapists, home health aides, custodial care workers, etc.
Industrial
Manual laborers, food handlers, cleaners, assemblers, drivers, tradesmen, machine operators, maintenance workers, etc.
Information Technology
Consultants, analysts, programmers, designers, installers, and other occupations involving computer sciences (hardware or software) or communications technology (Internet, telephony, etc.)
Office-Clerical
Secretaries, general office clerks, receptionists, administrative assistants, word-processing and data entry operators, cashiers, etc.
Professional-Managerial
Accountants, bookkeepers, attorneys, paralegals, middle and senior managers, advertising and marketing executives, and other nontechnical occupations that require higher skill or education levels.
Technical
Engineers, scientists, laboratory technicians, architects, draftsmen, technical writers and illustrators, and other individuals with special skills or training in technical fields involving math or science (not including information technology).