MSA Happenings
May 10 Sell Profitably to a Price-Conscious Buyer ASAPro Webinar 3–4 p.m. Eastern time Qualifies for ASA CE Highlights Things are not the way they used to be—and they never will be again. Your clients are now more demanding and less loyal, and they are watching the bottom line closer than ever before. Today’s client [...]
Dominate Your Niche—Become a True Market Specialist Highlights Companies increasingly rely on staffing firms to be trusted advisers—not just in the generalized world of recruiting, but also in the client’s specific market. Market insight creates greater market influence. Greater influence enhances credibility. Stronger credibility increases your brand as a true consultant and adviser. Learn [...]
Wednesday May 16, 2012 from 8:15 AM to 10:00 AM EDT Unemployment Issues Affecting Staffing Companies How a company’s rates are established How to monitor claims How to protest claims Other issues specific to staffing companies Speaker: Stuart Rubin UCRC Since 1991, Stuart Rubin has successfully managed all state unemployment matters for hundreds of employers [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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American Staffing Association (03/20/12) Stephen Dwyer Late last week, a revised version of HB 1393 was passed out of the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development. As originally drafted, HB 1393 would have prohibited staffing firms from charging permanent placement and conversion fees with respect to certain employees, potentially required in-state offices, and [...]
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South Shore Staffing President Ed McDaid Elected to Board of Directors at South Shore Chamber of Commerce
February 29, 2012
The Canton company founder was elected to a three-year term. February 18, 2012 Ed McDaid, founder and President of the eight-year old firm South Shore Staffing (www.southshorestaffing.com), has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of South Shore Chamber of Commerce. In this capacity, he will work with the Chamber’s Directors [...]
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2012 Boston Magazine Five Star Wealth Managers BOSTON MAGAZINE NAMES THE MURPHY INSURANCE GROUP ADVISERS TO ELITE FIVE STAR WEALTH MANAGER LIST FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR Braintree, MA – February 2012 – Boston Magazine has published their list of FIVE STAR Wealth Managers for 2012. This elite group represents less than 2 percent of [...]
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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).