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 »

Each week we will be highlighting a testimonial written by our candidates/clients from ClearlyRated’s annual Best of Staffing survey in an effort to showcase our fantastic team! MeeDerby client Chris shared this great testimonial on December 1, 2020: “Excellent client and candidate management, I was delighted with the teams performance during… Read more »

Tune in next week for the first American Staffing Association Direct Hire Staffing webinar series featuring our very own Jennifer Tucker as she, John Ruffini, Michael Bitar, and Jackie Middleton, TSC, CSP discuss “how they grow their businesses and what best practices they follow.” This will take place on July 30th from 3-4 pm. We hope… Read more »

Labor Forecast Predicts 19.1% Increase in Demand for Temporary Workers for 2021 Third Quarter, Signaling Further Signs of Recovery Ahead — Industry Consulting Firm G. Palmer & Associates’ Quarterly Forecast Assists in Previewing Near-Term Hiring Patterns —   Newport Beach, California, July 15, 2021, — Demand for temporary workers in the… Read more »

Are jobs and employment going sideways … or just returning to “normal”? Several times last year during the pandemic — the last time was with the August 2020 employment report — we looked the different trends with those on temporary layoffs and those who permanently lost their jobs. Regardless, those… Read more »

  The recovery — by gender … Last month when the unemployment rate ticked up in April financial experts said it was because unemployment compensation was keeping potential workers home because they could do better by not working. This comment was reinforced by many of our staffing executive readers lamenting that… Read more »

  Today we are celebrating Walter Shedd’s two year anniversary with MeeDerby! Congratulations Walter! To capture the moment we ask him a few questions:   1. Could you introduce yourself? I am Walter Shedd, Recruiter at MeeDerby.  Today marks my 2-year anniversary and what an incredible two years it has been!… Read more »

  Are you in the right markets? Last month we examined how the trends with new business formations could provide some strategic intel (it may not be an acceptable Scrabble word but this is business, not a word game) for staffing companies to target their marketing efforts by sector. This… Read more »