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Articles by Joyce Routson

Joyce Routson is a San Francisco Bay Area business writer and editor. She covered the employment services industry for the past five years as managing editor of Staffing Industry Report. Previously she covered industries ranging from healthcare to wine for a variety of regional and national publications.
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Manpower, Kelly Earnings Drop

by Joyce Routson February 5th, 2008

Weak U.S. temporary employment growth and economic uncertainty, along with restructuring charges, impacted fourth-quarter earnings at two of the world’s largest staffing companies. Both Manpower and Kelly Services reported lower net income for the quarter ended Dec. 31. Both companies reported operating profit gains in the double digits, and per-share earnings were above analysts’ expectations. Manpower [...]

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Bonuses, Stock Options Boost Recruiters’ Pay

by Joyce Routson January 16th, 2008

Salaries in the third-party recruiting industry didn’t rise much in 2007, but stock options and equity ownership played a bigger part in overall compensation. Those are two of the findings in a research report from staffing-software maker Bullhorn. In a field where commissions and bonuses make up a large part of a recruiter’s pay, it appears [...]

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