Contract staffing continues to drive the economic recovery as nearly a third of the jobs created in June were contract positions, according to the latest U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Situation Summary. Contract staffing accounted for 25,000 of the 80,000 jobs…

One of the hottest areas for contract staffing now is healthcare. To help recruiters capitalize on the opportunties in this industry, Top Echelon Contracting (TEC) has worked with our insurance underwriters to expand the types of healthcare positions that recruiters…

Did you know that Top Echelon Contracting has its own Contract Staffing LinkedIn Group for Recruiters? It’s called “Contract Staffing for Recruiters” and gives recruiters a place to find and share information about contract staffing.   By joining the group, you will have access…

If you are running your own back-office for contract placements, there are certain things you need to do when a contractor starts working to ensure you have accurate payroll records and that you are in compliance with any applicable employment laws. For…

When adding contract services to your existing direct-hire recruiting business, you must first decide if you are going to handle the back-office tasks (payroll, benefits administration, employment paperwork, invoicing, etc.) in-house, or if you are going to outsource them. Many…

The unemployment rate may be slowly going down, but there is one number that seems to keep going up: the number of Americans who have been out of work for six months or longer. The number of long-unemployed individuals increased from 5.1…