After 20-odd years in the recruiting and staffing space, I now find myself in the surprising and exciting position of being on the edge of my seat, eagerly awaiting what will come next. Last week, I started a new position as the senior vice president and general manager at Monster, the global leader in connecting…

I am honored to be considered an expert in the staffing industry. After 30 plus years focused on this business; I imagine it’s partly due to osmosis. As I get closer to the end of my career, I look back with such fond memories. In the people business, it has always been about the people….

A perfect hire is a boon to any organization. At the other extreme, a bad hire can bring the inverse result to the organization: It can not only impede productivity; it can even result in drawing the organization into legal issues associated with wrong hiring. Problem employees create employee problems, which is why HR professionals…

Leading provider of interim healthcare leadership staff to country’s largest hospitals Jay Somera, Founder and CEO, remains President and leading the Company  American Healthcare Staffing Group (“AHSG”), a leading provider of temporary healthcare staffing services and a BelHealth Investment Partners (“BelHealth”) portfolio company, announced that it has acquired Thaxton Barabe (“Thaxton” or the “Company”), a…

Every company needs to be able to access skilled workers in the 21st century. With the rise of the Internet, employees with advanced abilities and needed skills have become a more valuable commodity. When it comes to their ability to access skilled employees, small to mid-sized companies are facing a difficult problem in 2017. There…

Foundation Health Partners, operator of the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital, needed to swiftly implement a workforce management solution following its divestiture from Banner Health. Foundation Health turned to Kronos Incorporated to quickly deploy its Workforce Central suite of solutions in the Kronos (News – Alert) Cloud, while maintaining workforce productivity during the transition phase. News Facts…

AMGtime announces that they will be attending multiple conferences in 2017 throughout the country, for numerous industries. AMGtime will be showcasing their innovative time and attendance software, biometric hardware, and much more. AMGtime will be exhibiting at multiple shows across the nation in 2017. At these events, attendees will learn about AMGtime’s innovative solutions such…

Fastweb (www.fastweb.com), the leading website for scholarship and financial aid information and a member of the Monster network, honors students of Asian-Pacific heritage during Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month by highlighting a wide range of scholarship opportunities to help them reach their educational goals. May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the…

Donald Trump barnstormed his way into the White House in part by positioning himself as the “jobs president.” In his inauguration speech, he famously described America as a land of “rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the nation,” and promised to create 25 million new jobs in the next decade. Another campaign promise included cutting…