Top Echelon Contracting has mentioned in previous blog posts how temporary/contract and manufacturing hiring seem to be leading the way in this very slow economic recovery. Well, BMW’s plan to hire more than 500 contingent workers, as reported in The…

Recent articles posted on the Web regarding companies who are making current employment a requirement on their job postings have drawn a lot of attention and discussion over the past few weeks, including a recent blog post by Top Echelon…

The numbers get thrown around in the national news media all the time.  Nearly eight million jobs lost during this recession… with only about 600,000 of those jobs recovered… and the national unemployment rate expected to hover around 10% for…

Gone are the days when temporary/contract workers could only be found in low-level clerical jobs. Contractors are now working in nearly every industry and level of employment, all the way up to C-suite executives. As mentioned in a recent www.recruitingblogs.com…

Failing to verify employees’ I-9s by their third day at work is a “substantive” violation that can not be corrected in order to reduce or eliminate penalties, according to a recent decision by the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing…

I raised many questions in my previous blog post, too many questions, perhaps.  So to show that I’ve not learned my lesson, I’m going to raise some more. In that post, I analyzed a CNNMoney.com article titled “Say Good-Bye to…