About 51 percent of workers laid off in the past year have been rehired for full or part time positions, according to a post on the Hiring Site, the HR blog published by CareerBuilder.com.
The blog, which is working with the USA Today, conducted a survey of 900 workers who were laid off in the past year as part of their study.
Employers will be affected by this increase, as well, the blogger wrote:
* While many job seekers are willing to negotiate a lower salary, this may be temporary, as indicated by the nearly 4 in 10 workers who’ve indicated that they plan to look for new jobs as the economy improves, making it crucial that you start thinking about a talent compensation strategy to ensure you’re offering the salary that is not only fair to your organization, but also competitive enough to attract new employees and compel your current ones to stay.
* And while offering competitive compensation can go far in attracting and retaining talent, you also need to think about the intangible benefits employees crave, such as career growth opportunities and work/life balance. Learn more about ways to retain your best talent.
* Perhaps you only want to consider local candidates, but if you’re having a tough time getting the right talent in your area, think about how 42 percent of workers report that they would consider relocating for a job opportunity, and consider expanding your geographic talent search.
* Finally, as the need for talent increases, don’t discount former employees as talent sources. (Even if your open positions differ from those the former employees occupied, consider the 64 percent of workers who made use of their transferrable skills by taking jobs in a different field). After all, former employees are already familiar with the culture, have established relationships and may have an easier time making the transition to a new role in a familiar environment than someone completely new.
Read the entire article by clicking here.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
National Hiring Program Provides Incentive for Hiring Unemployed Workers
The job market just got a little bigger for employers. While the recession trend for hiring has ignored unemployed workers, a new bill President Barack Obama signed into law last month encourages employers to give those workers a look.The bill, titled the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, contains more than $17 billion in tax credits aimed at stimulating the hiring.
Under the HIRE Act, an employer would not have to match the 6.2 percent Social Security portion of a qualified employee's wages in 2010. To qualify:
* an employee must be hired between Feb. 3, 2010 and Jan. 1, 2011
* the employee cannot be hired to replace an exisiting employee
* the employee cannot be related to the employer
* the employee must not have been employed, working more than 40 hours, in the two months leading up to the hiring.
Employers can also receive a tax credit on their 2011 return for each new employee retained for 52 weeks.
The idea is to ensure job creation, rather than job filling. So think about that in the coming months.
Here are some links to Web pages with more information on the program.
SHRM: Job Law Provides Tax Breaks
Chicago Tribune: Tax Credits Encourage Hiring
The Bill's Text
Health Care HR Survey Results
As part of our involvement with the Society for Human Resource Management, we conducted the following survey for the Portage County chapter's March newsletter.
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Other: Wellness Options harryw@cornwelltools.com
Nicotine testing, Wellness plan aleggiero@rmh2.org
See below crowe@mantaline.com
Added Wellness Program diannas@cornwelltools.com
Comments:
We have an active Wellness program. Health assessments are done annually. Lunch & Learn sessions. Walking trail inside our building. Outside walks in good weather. mmellinger@deltasystemsinc.com
We switched from being Self-insured to fully insured. We also increased deductibles crowe@mantaline.com
Other responses to "If your company is offering programs to encourage better health, what are you offering?"
Other: Weigh-ins and lectures (1st year)
Comments:
Decreased "Wellness" rates for those who do not use nicotine. aleggiero@rmh2.org
Responses to "If your company is changing the type of insurance that it provides, what is the change?"
Policy with higher deductibles for Emergency/Urgent tturcotte@nbdint.com
Portage County HR Association Set for April Meeting
Dear Friends:
Please join us for our next Portage County Human Resource Association (PCHRA) meeting on Wednesday, April 21st at 11:30 A.M. at the Maplewood Career Center (Conference Room A) 7075 St. Rt. 88, Ravenna.
PCHRA is Portage County’s primary forum for networking among area human resource professionals.
Our meeting agenda is as follows:
11:30A.M. Networking/Registration
Noon Chapter Business and Announcements
Lunch: $12.00 Members, $14.00 Non-Members and Guests
Speaker: Judging a Book by Its Cover
Vicki Prussak
Wellness Coach
Sponsor:
Please be sure to RSVP to Kelly Jurisch at kjurisch@partaonline.org (no phone calls please) no later than Monday morning April 19th. Upon receipt of your reservation, you will receive a confirmation. Reservations made but not kept must be billed.
As always, you are encouraged to attend all PCHRA meetings and to bring a guest who may benefit from the professional interaction and program.
PCHRA 2010 annual membership dues are $36.00. Membership applications and membership renewal invoices are available at the meetings. PCHRA memberships are held per person not per organization.
Kelly Jurisch
President, PCHRA
Please join us for our next Portage County Human Resource Association (PCHRA) meeting on Wednesday, April 21st at 11:30 A.M. at the Maplewood Career Center (Conference Room A) 7075 St. Rt. 88, Ravenna.
PCHRA is Portage County’s primary forum for networking among area human resource professionals.
Our meeting agenda is as follows:
11:30A.M. Networking/Registration
Noon Chapter Business and Announcements
Lunch: $12.00 Members, $14.00 Non-Members and Guests
Speaker: Judging a Book by Its Cover
Vicki Prussak
Wellness Coach
Sponsor:
Please be sure to RSVP to Kelly Jurisch at kjurisch@partaonline.org (no phone calls please) no later than Monday morning April 19th. Upon receipt of your reservation, you will receive a confirmation. Reservations made but not kept must be billed.
As always, you are encouraged to attend all PCHRA meetings and to bring a guest who may benefit from the professional interaction and program.
PCHRA 2010 annual membership dues are $36.00. Membership applications and membership renewal invoices are available at the meetings. PCHRA memberships are held per person not per organization.
Kelly Jurisch
President, PCHRA
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Tip of the Month: Check Out Our Past Tips
We at Ryan Staffing are starting to see an increase in volume. The increase is coming from the growth of existing clients as well as new clients or those we haven’t heard from in quite some time.
As a result, we would encourage you to take advantage of the links to past “TIPS” provided on our sidebar. You may not have paid attention to them the first go round because you weren’t using temps and the info contained in them may be finally timely.
Or, you can believe that I was just too lazy to come up with a new “TIP” this month. Either works for me!
Here are some links to our past tips:
As a result, we would encourage you to take advantage of the links to past “TIPS” provided on our sidebar. You may not have paid attention to them the first go round because you weren’t using temps and the info contained in them may be finally timely.
Or, you can believe that I was just too lazy to come up with a new “TIP” this month. Either works for me!
Here are some links to our past tips:
Monday, April 12, 2010
Tim's Talking About Hiring Trends, Extra Costs and Our Unsubscribe Button
Looking Up?. . .Maybe
According to CareerBuilder.com 20 percent of employers plan to increase employment in 2010 up from 14% last year. And they report that 25 percent of employers polled rate employee morale as low.
Through its partnership with USA Today, CareerBuilder.com publishes regular reports on employment. The blog, called The Hiring Site. I recommend checking the site out.
Source: Q2 2010 U.S. Job Forecast
Costs Going Up
Are you feeling good about the passage of Health Care Reform? I’m not, but not for all the normal reasons.
You see, I’ve always been a pay as you go kind of guy. Be it the business or personally we’ve always self financed everything or did with out.
That’s why the enormous Federal debt being piled up by the Government only to be expanded by Health Care Reform is very troubling to me. Consider the following:
In 1966 Medicare cost $3 billion and was projected to cost $12 billion by 1990. The actual cost in 1990 was $107 billion.
Then they want us to believe that we can save $500 billion over 10 years by cutting waste, fraud and abuse. This suggests that we’ve ignored all these problems in the past.
The President said the other day, reform will save $1.3 trillion. This can’t be true because the money saved on Medicare will be funding new spending.
Government run Health Care already exists in Massachusetts. That states insurance program has seen costs rise 42% or almost $600 billion. Insurance costs there are the highest in the nation.
Everyone except our Politicians seem to understand that you can’t live on borrowed money forever.
The question seems to be are we too late??
Click us Away
We received a very “stressed” e-mail last month from a reader urgently asking to be removed from our mailing list. The reader took great exception to the inclusion of what was termed “political commentary” as being inappropriate.
As a matter of interest our letter is not meant to be political in anyway. We do take positions against issues that are bad not only for our business but others as well. We plan to continue to speak out against such things as Health Care Reform, Card Check, Healthy Families, etc., because they are bad for business.
My point here is that nobody needs to get upset over our content. All you have to do is click the “unsubscribe” button and you’re gone forever. After all, that is what it’s there for.
Editor's Note: The Corner Stool blog has always been pro-comment. Any reader who does not agree with our opinions can post a comment on any of our stories. -- CR
Your temp help bill could go up $1.05 per hour due to Health Care Reform. . . .Good or Bad?
Perhaps because it will impact our longevity more than that of your place of business I have been eagerly seeking info on how Health Care Reform will impact the temp help industry.
The big question is will all temps have to be covered by an employer provided Health Care Package?
This is an important issue to those that utilize a contingent workforce strategy in manning their facility. As we all know, you are ultimately as the consumer of temp help going to have to pay the cost of Health Care for temps through higher bill rates, or stop using temp help all together.
Most temp help suppliers of clerical and light industrial personnel do not cover these workers under any Health Care Plan. While the employer mandate does not kick in until 2014 and it could change several times, over by then, we have seen one analysis of its impact on the industry.
Under current interpretations those of us in the staffing industry that do not provide coverage would face a monthly assessment of $167.00/month per full time temporary ($2000.00/year). The definition of full time is vague. One view is that it will mean any worker that averages 30 hours per week worked. The assessment would not apply to those working less than this in any given month. Hence, if you used a temp for only one week there would be no assessment.
Under this scenario the user of temp help would probably see an increase to their bill rate of about $1.05/hour plus sales tax. This might seem like a lot but when you put it in comparison to what you spend on your full time employees Health Care it could be a bargain.
This obviously is a best guess estimate of what the additional cost could be in 2014. At least it’s a start on how this new law will impact temp help users.
Stay tuned……
Call Us Old Fashioned But We still Like Some Face to Face Time
Technological advancements are the biggest changes the staffing industry has experienced in the past decade. iPhones, Webinars, PDAs, Blackberrys, Twitter.
Cell phone and e-mail have replaced land line phones, fax machines, classified ads and face to face business meetings.
According to CareerBuilder.com 20 percent of employers plan to increase employment in 2010 up from 14% last year. And they report that 25 percent of employers polled rate employee morale as low.
Through its partnership with USA Today, CareerBuilder.com publishes regular reports on employment. The blog, called The Hiring Site. I recommend checking the site out.
Costs Going Up
Are you feeling good about the passage of Health Care Reform? I’m not, but not for all the normal reasons.
You see, I’ve always been a pay as you go kind of guy. Be it the business or personally we’ve always self financed everything or did with out.
That’s why the enormous Federal debt being piled up by the Government only to be expanded by Health Care Reform is very troubling to me. Consider the following:
In 1966 Medicare cost $3 billion and was projected to cost $12 billion by 1990. The actual cost in 1990 was $107 billion.
Then they want us to believe that we can save $500 billion over 10 years by cutting waste, fraud and abuse. This suggests that we’ve ignored all these problems in the past.
The President said the other day, reform will save $1.3 trillion. This can’t be true because the money saved on Medicare will be funding new spending.
Government run Health Care already exists in Massachusetts. That states insurance program has seen costs rise 42% or almost $600 billion. Insurance costs there are the highest in the nation.
Everyone except our Politicians seem to understand that you can’t live on borrowed money forever.
The question seems to be are we too late??
Click us Away
We received a very “stressed” e-mail last month from a reader urgently asking to be removed from our mailing list. The reader took great exception to the inclusion of what was termed “political commentary” as being inappropriate.
As a matter of interest our letter is not meant to be political in anyway. We do take positions against issues that are bad not only for our business but others as well. We plan to continue to speak out against such things as Health Care Reform, Card Check, Healthy Families, etc., because they are bad for business.
My point here is that nobody needs to get upset over our content. All you have to do is click the “unsubscribe” button and you’re gone forever. After all, that is what it’s there for.
Editor's Note: The Corner Stool blog has always been pro-comment. Any reader who does not agree with our opinions can post a comment on any of our stories. -- CR
Your temp help bill could go up $1.05 per hour due to Health Care Reform. . . .Good or Bad?
Perhaps because it will impact our longevity more than that of your place of business I have been eagerly seeking info on how Health Care Reform will impact the temp help industry.
The big question is will all temps have to be covered by an employer provided Health Care Package?
This is an important issue to those that utilize a contingent workforce strategy in manning their facility. As we all know, you are ultimately as the consumer of temp help going to have to pay the cost of Health Care for temps through higher bill rates, or stop using temp help all together.
Most temp help suppliers of clerical and light industrial personnel do not cover these workers under any Health Care Plan. While the employer mandate does not kick in until 2014 and it could change several times, over by then, we have seen one analysis of its impact on the industry.
Under current interpretations those of us in the staffing industry that do not provide coverage would face a monthly assessment of $167.00/month per full time temporary ($2000.00/year). The definition of full time is vague. One view is that it will mean any worker that averages 30 hours per week worked. The assessment would not apply to those working less than this in any given month. Hence, if you used a temp for only one week there would be no assessment.
Under this scenario the user of temp help would probably see an increase to their bill rate of about $1.05/hour plus sales tax. This might seem like a lot but when you put it in comparison to what you spend on your full time employees Health Care it could be a bargain.
This obviously is a best guess estimate of what the additional cost could be in 2014. At least it’s a start on how this new law will impact temp help users.
Stay tuned……
Call Us Old Fashioned But We still Like Some Face to Face Time
Technological advancements are the biggest changes the staffing industry has experienced in the past decade. iPhones, Webinars, PDAs, Blackberrys, Twitter.
Cell phone and e-mail have replaced land line phones, fax machines, classified ads and face to face business meetings.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Appliance Rebate Program Begins
The second major consumer stimulus program started last month for Ohioan.
It went from Cash for Clunkers to Money Wads for Washers. Would you prefer Resources for Refrigerators? How about Green Stuff for Gas Water Heaters?
Nothing has the same ring as the title for the energy-efficient car rebate program from last fall. And that's not the only difference between this program and the controversial car program.
First, there will be a cap on the number of rebates allotted. There will be 89,335 rebates will be issued for the state to accommodate the $10,469,000 budget.
Second, the state is running the program, not the federal government. Maybe this will help cut down on confusion. In Texas, car dealers told me they had problems reporting the clunker deals because the system overloaded. So hopefully a state run program will run smoother.
Third, the consumer, not the retailer, is responsible to reply for the rebate. Any one interested needs to go to the program's Web site, apply for the rebate and fill out the proof of recycling form.
So the program is more efficient, but more difficult. My guess is that less people will utilize this as opposed to the clunkers' program.
It went from Cash for Clunkers to Money Wads for Washers. Would you prefer Resources for Refrigerators? How about Green Stuff for Gas Water Heaters?
Nothing has the same ring as the title for the energy-efficient car rebate program from last fall. And that's not the only difference between this program and the controversial car program.
First, there will be a cap on the number of rebates allotted. There will be 89,335 rebates will be issued for the state to accommodate the $10,469,000 budget.
Second, the state is running the program, not the federal government. Maybe this will help cut down on confusion. In Texas, car dealers told me they had problems reporting the clunker deals because the system overloaded. So hopefully a state run program will run smoother.
Third, the consumer, not the retailer, is responsible to reply for the rebate. Any one interested needs to go to the program's Web site, apply for the rebate and fill out the proof of recycling form.
So the program is more efficient, but more difficult. My guess is that less people will utilize this as opposed to the clunkers' program.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
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