March 22, 2007
Vol 5 No 6

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A Focus on Long-Term Careers in the Contingent World

Bernadette Kenny is the staffing industry's first "chief career officer," a newly created position at industry giant Adecco's North American operations designed to provide leadership and guidance on workforce retention, development and recruitment.

Read more about Bernadette Kenny.

	CONTINGENT STAFFING
	Rethinking Temp-to-Perm New labor market conditions may undercut the temp-to-perm approach for employers who need skilled workers. The temp-to-perm strategy is still effective for some positions, but increasingly counterproductive for skilled positions in candidate-driven markets. Read more about the changing temp-to-perm market.

	Discussion
	Temp Contract A member writes: "Do any of you hire temporary employees direct (not through an agency)? If so, do you have them sign a contract of any sort?" Join the discussion.

Workforce Metrics

Heavy Recruiting in Technology

Percentage of technology companies reporting planned increase or decrease in headcount for 2007, by company size

Planned increase	Company size (employees)
	Up to 100	100 to 1,000	More than 1,000
Increase
21% or more	37%	30%	27%
11% - 20%	23	27	9
1% - 10%	27	32	18
No change	7	8	27
Decrease
1% - 10%	3	0	14
11% - 20%	3	0	5
21% or more	0	3	0

Source: Culpepper

Executive Search Sources

Percentage of executive search firm placements filled by each source, 2006

Networking	63%
Firm's r�sum� database	16
Internet job postings	11
Online r�sum� database	8
Online referral services	2

Source: Execunet

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A Focus on Long-Term Careers in the Contingent World

Temp Contract A member writes: "Do any of you hire temporary employees direct (not through an agency)? If so, do you have them sign a contract of any sort?" Join the discussion.

Temp Contract

A member writes: "Do any of you hire temporary employees direct (not through an agency)? If so, do you have them sign a contract of any sort?"

Join the discussion.