SearchPath going public. The company says it is “the nation’s fast-growing talent acquisition professional services firm, with more than 60 offices opened in its first 30 months.”
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As a kid, I remember watching tv (yep, black and white) while staying up late on the weekends. I’d always get scared to death every time I saw the short commercial that came on and said: “It’s 10:00pm, do you know where your children are?” Anybody remember that? I thought the only reason they ran [...]
Addison buys HireSynergy.
For its 25th anniversary, Express does its part to banish the word “personnel” from the business lexicon.
It was a bad day for Spherion and its stock, which was down a sharp 11% Thursday. Pessimists may see it as a sign of a bad recession; optimists (me) are saying, “wait a second, it’s still doing well over half a billion dollars in revenue in three months.” We’ll know more on the 29th.
The search giant is running a new campaign for itself, called “The Art & Science of Talent.” Meanwhile, it redid its website in keeping with the new theme. Korn/Ferry’s emphasizing what most every HR/recruiting/talent/OD/related consulting company and their brother are emphasizing … that they handle the full-life cycle of talent acquisition and talent management — they don’t just [...]
Alan Lee, who has been involved in recruiting (and downsizing) at Coca-Cola and NationsBank, and Gregg McCormick, a Gartner VP, share how their experiences in tough economic times have shaped their views on the use of contract recruiters vs. full-time recruiters. Lee: In the downsizing at The Coca-Cola Company, we did have some contract recruiters on our [...]
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 [...]
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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