New BLS job data has confirmed that a 21 percent increase in social media employment will take place. This represents tens of thousands of new jobs that will open up in 2013.
Staffing & Recruiting
This summer, Facebook plans to launch its own job board which will aggregate the job postings of third-party providers, making them available for search by Facebook users.
The staffing industry led employment growth in June by adding more than 25,000 jobs, according to seasonally adjusted employment data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This is a guest post by Dan Fisher. Dan is founder and managing director of the Menemsha Group, a provider of sales training and consulting services to the IT staffing industry. He blogs about IT staffing sales best practices. You can reach Dan on LinkedIn and Twitter.
A recent study found that SME’s are investing in big data at faster rate than larger companies. Mobile devices and social media are prompting businesses to leverage big data to boost competitiveness.
This is a guest post by Mike O’Neil. Mike is the mastermind behind Integrated Alliances U, an e-learning LinkedIn Sales Training Program. Mike O’Neil is The LinkedIn Rockstar™, Forbes Top 25 International Social Media Power Influencer and internationally acclaimed LinkedIn authority.
The worldwide spend on enterprise application software is expected to total $120.4 billion in 2012, a 4.5 percent increase from the $115.2 billion spent in 2011.
A survey of 1,500 Elance customers found that 73 percent plan to hire more online contractors than in 2011. Within the next five years, 54 percent of respondents’ workforces will be online. Elance’s online, cloud-based hiring method gives them a competitive advantage over their competitors.
This is a guest post by Mike Cleland. Mike is president of Charted Path, a management consulting firm to the staffing industry. He blogs about strategy and business management for staffing. You can reach Mike on LinkedIn and Twitter.
It is projected that over 58 percent of companies plan to use temp employees over the next few years. Temp work will no longer be limited to administrative assistants. High-level professionals are increasingly choosing to work as temp employees.