This is it!  Early Bird Registration for the 2013 Top Echelon Network Fall Conference has arrived! For many Network recruiters, it couldn’t arrive soon enough.  There are already 26 recruiters signed up for the conference, which is scheduled for Thursday,…

This is it!  Early Bird Registration for the 2013 Fall Conference will be available by the end of this week! Actually, registration will probably be available in the Members’ Area at the end of the business day tomorrow, July 25….

From Staffing Industry Analysts to the Associated Press (AP), there seems to be one hot topic this summer: contract staffing. The word is that contract hiring is going to continue increasing throughout the rest of 2013, as it becomes more…

Employers all across America took a collective sigh of relief last week when the Obama administration announced that the employer mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be postponed until 2015.  But the decision could leave some recruiters…

The 2013 Top Echelon Network Ohio Golf Outing is less than two weeks away!  So this is the last time I’ll be able to remind you about it in The Pinnacle Newsletter Blog! WHAT : 2013 Top Echelon Network Ohio…

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), the healthcare reform law often referred to as Obamacare, is being credited for a spike in contract staffing, which is at its highest level since 2006 and is outpacing traditional, direct hiring. The Bureau of…

First the good news: the economy is growing and companies are adding jobs. The bad news?  The growth is slower than everyone would like and has slowed since the beginning of the year. Why?  Well, as ADP CFO Jan Siegmund…

Part of building a successful company begins with hiring qualified employees who fit into your company’s customs. Good hiring decisions help position a company for success.  Poor hiring decisions can lead to inefficiency, increase your exposure to risk, and jeopardize…

New York City has become the latest area to pass a law banning what has been called “unemployment discrimination.” So just what is unemployment discrimination?  It refers to denying candidates employment based solely on the fact that they are not…

Those who were lucky enough to make it through the recession without losing their jobs have a different problem, according to the publication Workforce. They are “Stressed & Pressed”  . . . and are about ready to jump ship. It’s…