Labor Forecast Predicts 12.3% Increase in Demand for Temporary Workers for 2021 Fourth Quarter, Signaling Further Signs of Recovery  — Industry Consulting Firm G. Palmer & Associates’ Quarterly Forecast Assists in Previewing Near-Term Hiring Patterns —   Newport Beach, California, October 14, 2021, — Demand for temporary workers in the United… Read more »

And the results are … Last week, and several times this week, we surveyed our subscribers asking if and how the ending of the enhanced unemployment benefits impacted their staffing operations. Although we did not get the number of responses we hoped for, there were enough to report them back… Read more »

Following the important American Staffing Association webinar, “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Continuing the Conversation,” Eric Gregg of ClearlyRated put together a two part blog breaking down the whole conversation. This conversation was between panelists Robin Mee, Leslie Vickrey, DeLibra Wesley (She, Her) and Eric Gregg. In part 2 of this blog, Gregg broke down the 7 Lessons from the webinar: 1.… Read more »

A few weeks ago Robin Mee participated in an American Staffing Association webinar, “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Continuing the Conversation” hosted by Eric Gregg and featuring DeLibra Wesley (She, Her) and Leslie Vickrey. In the webinar, the panel discussed DEI within the staffing industry along the recent data released in ClearlyRated’s “State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Staffing” report.… Read more »

Staffing Industry Analysts have put together a vast report on “Women in Leadership in the U.S. Staffing Industry.” Among its findings, women do appear to hold the majority of internal staffing roles but are still underrepresented in executive and board member roles. Women of color are even less represented in these… Read more »

Another way to look at those who are on temporary layoffs compared to permanent job losers. Several times during our pandemic-related analyses, we examined the different trends with those on temporary layoffs and those who permanently lost their jobs. More importantly, how are they changing. This month instead of emphasizing the… Read more »

We are bringing together individuals with like minds to support the movement of Women in Business & Delivery from across the country – have you found the right thought leadership organization? On behalf of MeeDerby, we would like to invite you to the upcoming “Women Business Collaborative Summit” for which… Read more »

Tune in next week on 8/31 at 3pm EST for the “American Staffing Association Direct Hire Staffing Series, Part 2: Getting a Deal to the Finish Line” Featuring our director, Kim Whiteley of MeeDerby, along with fellow industry experts John Bengal of The Reserves Network and Lori Malett of Hatch Staffing Services, this webinar “will teach recruiters how to get deals… Read more »

How jobs have returned … and how much further they need to go to return to where they were … We started this year with our report of the December 2020 employment situation looking at how some staffing-centric industries / sectors have recovered by November — or had started to recover —… Read more »

Sue Jagan just celebrated her four year anniversary with MeeDerby this past weekend! Congratulations Sue!! To capture the moment we asked her a few questions:   1. Could you introduce yourself? I am Sue Jagan, 4 years with Mee Derby, 15 years of staffing industry experience, based out of the… Read more »