A recent article by Harvard Business Review focuses on how employers can retain their Generation X talent, but it appears that many workers from this generation may be better suited for contract assignments. According to the article, 70% of Gen Xers surveyed by…

Ever wonder what is meant by the term “contingent worker?”  If so, a recent blog post by Staffing Industry Analysts does a good job of defining it. According to the blog post, contingent worker is a term used to refer collectively to…

Do your clients know how to hire for attitude? According to Mark Murphy, author of Hiring for Attitude, employers’ inability to successfully assess candidates’ attitudes during the hiring process is the reason why so many fail so quickly.  In a recent Forbesinterview,…

Most people in recruitment expect that when the economy recovers from a recession, there will be a spike in the use of contractors.  But is contract staffing’s current growth just a knee-jerk reaction to the recession, or is it something…

The Information Technology industry added 13,300 jobs in January, bringing the total number of IT jobs in the U.S. to an all-time high of 4.1 million, according to Staffing Industry Analysts. Citing information from TechServe Alliance’s index of IT Jobs, the…

A common question we often hear from recruiters is “How do I determine a markup for my contract placement?” Mark-ups are also referred to as multipliers.  For those of you who are not familiar with this term, a multiplier is the…