Working With Staffing Firms

Working with Staffing and Consulting Firms – From Temp Position to Career!

“ U.S. temporary help payrolls rose by
26,200 jobs in April while total nonfarm payrolls increased by 290,000 jobs, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released…by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.”
Temporary Staffing=9% of new jobs • Source: Staffing Industry Analysts

Industry Statistics
Staffing is $70.5 billion + sector in the US!
Professional Services: $41 billion + (IT, engineering, marketing, legal, etc.)
Of local businesses ranked in Top 2010 of Inc. 5000 list, half are staffing
Sources: Staffing Industry Analysts & Fisher College of Business

Hot Sectors
Health Care
Federal Government
Education
Other Social Assistance
Entertainment / Gaming
Engineering

Hot Skills – IT
Programming / Developers – all areas
Data Management
Web Development
Networking
Wireless
High Level Infrastructure
Project Management
Source: Staffing Buyers Survey

Behind the Growth
Staffing buyer survey indicates savings of 9% through use of contingent labor
Flexibility / better resource management
Minimizes downtime / idle time
Reduced onboarding / severance costs
Improved risk management
Infuses new thinking into the organization
71% - 75% of Business Is Repeat Business
Source: Staffing Buyers Survey

Workforce of the Future
Companies maintaining core fulltime staff in critical positions (ie., their product or service)
Supplementing with contingent workers to handle additional work and non-core functions

What’s In It For You
Staffing is where companies look first for people to get projects done
Growth in staffing is precursor to full time employment growth
When ready to hire companies look at contingent workers first

What’s In It For You
More flexible working arrangements
Opportunity to do larger variety of work and projects
Learn about new industries
Make contacts inside companies

Staffing Market
Services
Commodity
Professional Services
Niche / Boutique
Solutions
Outsourcing
Strategy
Firms
Brokers
Staffing Firms (General)
Staffing Firms (Industry / Niche)
Consulting Firms
Integrators / Outsourcers
Business Consulting / Management Strategy

So, What Should You Do?
How To Engage
What It Looks Like From The Staffing Firm Perspective
How to Help Us Help You
How to approach and prepare
Staying in touch
Selecting firms
Controlling your resume

So, What Should You Do?
The Power of the Resume
Sample Position:
Senior Developer / Team Lead with 10+ years experience in development and enhancement of mainframe applications, and credit card system knowledge.
Individual will be responsible for ensuring technical development and testing tasks are completed in accordance with project schedule and quality
Heavy experience in credit card systems is required.
Ideal candidate will have led teams of 4 to 6 developers from a technology perspective.
Technology experience must include common mainframe technologies such as DB2, CICS, and productivity tools such as FileAid, Abend Aid, and QMF. Additional experience in distributed technologies is a plus.

What to Look For
10 Questions you should ask every staffing firm

“ Every job is a temp job”
… where could a temp job lead you?
Resources: Handout and CareerTrack Site
Rich Grunenwald: [email_address]
614-760-8646, www.comsys.com
Kristen Harris: [email_address] is creative.com
614-839-4897, www.portfolio is creative.com

Online Articles and Resources
Manpower / COMSYS
Training, blogs, salary surveys, career management
http://connect.mypath.com/mypath/index.jspa
Robert Half Technology – Career Resources
A variety of resources ranging from salary info to etiquette to market outlook
http://www.roberthalftechnology.com/careerresources
Worthington Career Services
Examples of strong resume’s
http://www.worthingtoncareers.com/
How Your Resume Can Get Attention
How Recruiters Review Resume’s in 30 Seconds Or Less
http://www.impacthiringsolutions.com/careerblog/2010/01/18/how-recruiters-read-resumes-in-10-seconds-or-less/
Working With Staffing Companies, Resume’ Advice, and other articles
10 Questions plus other relevant articles
http://richgrunenwald.blogspot.com/
Your Job Hunting Trip: Start with the End in Mind
http://applyandgo.com/blog/2010/05/your-job-hunting-trip-start-with-the-end-in-mind/
What Employers Look For: Performance Skills are Critical to Career Success
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/what-employers-look-for-performance-skills-are-critical-to-career-success-1326914.html

Working With Staffing Firms

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