Because the nature of contracting often requires contractors to live somewhere other than their permanent residence, those contractors can incur additional expenses most employees don’t have. In those cases, the contractor may be offered a daily “per diem” rate to…

We discussed in a previous blog post how Generation Y workers make excellent contract candidates because they are eager to travel and collect a multitude of work experiences rather than work for the same employer for their entire careers. Well,…

We’ve discussed previously how contract recruiters are using Social Media. Our main focus has on been on connecting to people on LinkedIn® because that seems to be the tool most contract recruiters we’ve spoken to use. But there are many…

I’ve talked numerous times over the last several years about the need for many of us to expand our candidate searches beyond the national active candidate boards, especially since they’re not paying off as they once were. More and more recruiters are…

If you are a contract recruiter running your own back-office, now may be the time to conduct an I-9 audit . . . before the government does it for you. In an article warning of the federal government’s newest enforcement…

Workers compensation can be one of the most complicated and frustrating things you have to deal with if you are a contract recruiter running your own back-office. According to a recent newsletter we received from World Wide Specialty Programs, an…