As the Obama administration continues to crackdown on the misclassification of W-2 employees as 1099 Independent Contractors, the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare) is upping the ante on misclassification penalties. Employers are often tempted to classify workers…

For many employers and recruiting/staffing firms, the delay of the employer mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or Obamacare) until 2015 may have felt like a temporary “get out of jail” card. But that doesn’t mean employers can just…

When it comes to social media and recruiting, LinkedIn® is no longer the only game in town. Recruiters are finding ways to use nearly every social network to improve their recruiting processes (even Pinterest! See blog post). The 2013 Recruiting…

For the past six-plus years, businesses have operated under a cloud of economic uncertainty. With the recently resolved government shutdown, continued political unrest, and the looming Obamacare regulations, it does not appear that black cloud will be going away anytime…

Looking for fall decor ideas? Pinterest is your site. Planning a wedding? Pin away. Looking for candidates? See you later Pinterest. While extremely popular, Pinterest is often looked at as just a fun, mindless way to pass time. Sure, it’s…

When adding contract staffing services to your existing direct-hire recruiting business, you must first decide how you are going to handle the back-office tasks. You can handle them yourself, or you can outsource them to a contract staffing back-office service….