One of the biggest questions recruiters have when adding contract staffing to their business is how they will find contract staffing clients. 

The easy and unexpected answer is they don't have to run out and find a bunch of new clients to start getting contract job orders. Recruiters have told us that the best source of contract job orders is their current…

According to Glassdoor, 68% of job seekers use their mobile device to search for jobs once a week or more. 

As the number of mobile-dependent job seekers continues to grow, it's becoming increasingly important that…

For any number of reasons, you may have decided to run your own contract staffing back-office. Maybe you only have a few contractors. Maybe they are all in your home state. Maybe you have a large line of credit. 

While those are valid reasons, it's possible that handling the back-office tasks for all of your contractors is holding your firm back.  If you are interested in growing your…

It appears that Millennials are starting to earn their reputation as job hoppers. According to the recent Human Resource Executive Online article "A Mass Exodus of Millennials?" individuals in that generation are leaving jobs more often and in…

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), the healthcare reform law also known as Obamacare, is certainly keeping recruiters and employers on their toes. Just when you think you might have a handle on it, something changes. First, it was announced last month that the employer mandate, which will require employers with 50 or more employees to provide healthcare insurance to their full-time…

As the biotechnology industry grows, interest in contract staffing among both companies and workers in this area is also increasing, creating a hot new niche for contract staffing recruiters.

Biotechnology professionals are those who are involved in the use of living organisms to create certain products, such as engineered crops and pharmaceutical drugs.  These include a wide range analysts, scientists, engineers, technicians and specific titles such as biomedical…

There are a number of reasons recruiters should add contract staffing to their service offerings. It helps you generate more placements. It provides a steady stream of recruiter income that can help you weather economic storms. And the placement cycle with contract placements tends to be quicker than with direct hires.

But did you know that contract staffing can actually allow you to save dying direct placement job orders? Consider the following…