If you are running your own back-office for contract placements, you will need to start using a new version of Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) soon. Employers are required to have an I-9 completed for each new hire to verify…

If you are a recruiter, you are quite familiar with the phrase “cultural fit,” but in most cases it’s coming from a client who wants to make sure a new hire will fit in with the existing team. But cultural…

If your clients are planning to sponsor a foreign worker on an H-1B visa, you might want to advise them to start preparing now. H-1B visas allow employers to hire foreign workers with specialized knowledge or technical expertise, such as…

In our last blog post, we discussed how the housing market is making it difficult for recruiters to find candidates willing to relocate. But even when selling a house is not a factor, relocating is a huge commitment for workers…

Despite the fact that housing prices are finally rising, recruiters are still having trouble filling positions that require relocation. Relocation always has the potential of being a hard sell. After all, you are trying to convince someone to uproot themselves…

While Washington struggles to come up with comprehensive immigration reform, the Senate has introduced a bill to help foreign professionals set up shop in the United States. The bipartisan Startup Act 3.0 would create 75,000 “entrepreneur visas” that would be…