This Thanksgiving we give thanks for your trust, community and collaboration as we collectively impact the world, putting people to work one job at a time. In 2020 MeeDerby launched MeeDerby Gives Thanks, where we made donations in the name of our clients and partners to a charity of their… Read more »

Congratulations to Robin Mee on being named to the 7th annual Staffing Industry Analysts Global Power 150 – Women in Staffing 2021 List! Robin Mee in 1988 founded executive search firm MeeDerby, which serves the staffing industry itself, and today serves as president. MeeDerby for more than 10 years has operated remotely. With 15-plus… Read more »

Robin Mee, President and founder of MeeDerby, sat for an interview with Diane Doyne, PCM, CDMP, TerraFirma Marketing‘s Vice President of Client Services, to discuss the lessons learned from 2020 and the future of staffing. We have shared the full publication below: In this edition of Leading Edge, we talk with Robin Mee,… Read more »

The Great Resignation continues — or does it and is it really something else? Job openings are self-explanatory, but quits may require some explanation. Quits are voluntary and many consider this metric as a sign of labor market strength — people quit their jobs when they optimistic about their prospects… Read more »

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 »