According to a recent Accountemps study, lack of communication between management and staff is the most common mistake managers make in the office. Specifically, 41 percent of the chief financial officers surveyed felt communication with lower-level employees could be improved. Second on the list was recognition and praise, which 28 percent cited as lacking. Managing…

If you have found that your recruiting firm isn't generating much revenue and is lacking the resumes and contacts needed to build a client base and grow, you may need to consider making some changes. One way to do this, according to worldwide recruiting network NPA, is to add contract work to the list of…

A recruitment agency is a welcome alternative to the tedious job hunting process, providing not only guidance but also a leg-up in the job market that wouldn't be had through blind phone calls or emails. According to the Nation Staff blog, recruiters hold the "hidden jewels" of the job market, such as undisclosed positions that…

According to the most recent jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department, the economy will have added 175,000 jobs by the end of April, The Associated Press reports. This is down from the average of 250,000 positions added each month from December through February, although it was slightly above March figures. One conclusion economists have…

A new service offered by LinkedIn aims to increase the efficiency of recruiting passive job applicants through a streamlined talent pipeline, 4-Traders reports. According to the LinkedIn blog, Talent Pipeline essentially organizes all of a recruiter's leads into one place. "No more scattered and lost leads across the recruiting team," the blog states. Now, records…

Temporary and contract worker employment rose 1.84 percent during the week of April 9 through 15, vaulting the American Staffing Association's Staffing Index up to a value of 91. The Index was at a value of 89 in March, and since the beginning of 2012, temp and contract employment has increased 22 percent. In April…

As part of the federal Job Creation Act that President Barack Obama signed into law in February, South Florida has begun hiring temporary workers and setting up employment centers to advise long-term unemployed residents, the Sun-Sentinel reports. At least 30,000 Broward County residents and 19,000 Palm Beach County residents on federal emergency unemployment benefits are…

March saw a 120,000 increase in payrolls as reported by the U.S. Labor Department, the smallest gains in five months, Bloomberg notes. What's more, despite a dip in the national unemployment rate from 8.3 percent to 8.2 percent, the reasons were predominantly due to people leaving the labor force rather than more people being hired.…

The American Staffing Agency recently reported that staffing companies in the United States employed an average of 2.8 million temporary and contract workers per day in 2011, the Columbus Dispatch reports. This is up 8 percent from 2010. What's more, the news source states that the number of temp jobs available has risen steadily since…

Those in employee benefits administration should take note of a recent Purchasing Power white paper that found many employers are now using non-traditional voluntary benefits to offer financial safety nets for workers. Nearly half (44 percent) of surveyed employers that offer an employee purchase program do so to "fill financial gaps" for workers at a…