It’s hard to believe, but it is already time to start planning for the end of the year. If you are like most recruiters, you want to close as many placements as possible before the ball drops on 2014. This may…

(Originally posted 12/20/2012, updated 10/21/2014) Getting your contract staffing marketing message out is not as hard as it may sound. You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars in advertising or hire an outside agency to help.  Every communication you…

As the economy finally bounces back from the recession, companies are now facing another challenge: the loss of some of their most experienced and knowledgeable workers due to Baby Boomer retirements. With 76 million people having been born between 1946 and…

(Originally posted 9/28/2009, updated 11/3/2015) Why Bother with Contract Staffing? Contract staffing played a significant part in the recovery from the Great Recession. Even now that the economy has (for the most part) bounced back, it’s still a large part of…

Attention recruiters placing traveling contractors: The per diem rates under the High-Low Substantiation Method have been increased for Fiscal Year 2015. “Per diem” literally means “per day.” It is a daily rate that employers may choose to pay employees on business travel…

(Originally posted 10/5/2009, updated 10/14/2014) There are many benefits associated with making contract placements, most of them geared toward what it can do for you and your firm financially, both in the short-term and in the long-haul: 1. Earn more money….