Ken Sundheim, president and founder of KAS Placement, a recruiting firm that also helps smaller companies with sales force realignment, a tactical way for smaller firms to quickly gain mass amounts of market share, was recently featured on Business Insider discussing revenue blocks small businesses must overcome. Sundheim regularly writes for Business Insider, a website that […]
Shelly Sun, CEO and co-founder of BrightStar Care, a national healthcare staffing firm, was featured on a recent episode of CBS’ “Undercover Boss,” which aired Apr. 17. Sun went undercover as a caregiver, certified nursing assistant and licensed practical nurse, according to CBS.com. Her husband, J.D., also went undercover as a caregiver. “I am grateful to […]
So you’ve made the decision to start a staffing agency. What now? Owen E. Richason IV of Demand Media offers a step-by-step guide to successfully starting a staffing agency on the Small Business section of the Houston Chronicle’s website. Richason outlines four steps: determine your start-up costs, register your staffing business, obtain financing and develop […]
Jonathan Lucas, chief sales officer for CIT Trade Finance, a leading provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies, recently released his “2011 U.S. Factoring Overview,” the latest in a series of executive Q&As featured in CIT’s “Executive Spotlight” series. Lucas says suppliers are looking to factors as a source of capital. “Factoring is also attractive […]
The Yakima Herald-Republic, a daily newspaper in Washington state, recently featured an article highlighting the benefits of temporary workers as a way to hire employees with minimal risk. The article features several temporary workers who are happy with their employment in the industry and also reinforces the trend that hiring at staffing firms is considered a […]
A recent Christian Science Monitor article reports April showed a promising increase in job growth, with companies hiring at the fastest pace in five years. “Overall, this is a very healthy job number,” Scot Melland, CEO of Dice Holdings, says in the article. Dice Holdings runs specialized career websites in the technology, financial services and healthcare […]