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Google's Shadow Workforce

Small Business Labs

Bloomberg's Inside Google's Shadow Workforce covers the use by Google of what they call TVCs, or “temps, vendors and contractors" According to the article about half of Google's workforce is comprised of TVCs.    We've recently covered a number of studies confirming this.

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Establishing a Digital Presence

Recruit CRM

This article covers the bare minimum necessity of a startup. As mentioned in my earlier article a website can be created nowadays with free tools online, or can even be outsourced at a couple of hundred dollars. I will dedicate a separate article later to the choice and use of technologies by a recruitment agency.

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What can we learn from watching the Crystal Ball?

Job Advice Blog

Companies are hedging their bets by hiring temps instead a steady workforce. The article talks about “labor on demand” and this is on all levels and not only low paying jobs. The article is predicting that as soon as the economy will show signs of improvement the better employees will jump ship to a company that pays better.

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More Canadians Becoming Freelancers

Small Business Labs

  From the article: "The jobs that are coming back are part-time and temporary. The latest data show that there is an ongoing loss of full-time and permanent jobs. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

The Small Business Blog

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? autoresponder-marketing.simplycast.com Jason Vickers Stefan, Thanks for the great article. You want the whole tree." 1 week ago More updates.

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

Robert Reich's NY Times article Entrepreneur or Unemployed covers this trend.    Although he doesn't use the term, Reich's article focuses on the growing number of necessity-preneurs.    The CNN article focuses on the growing use of temps.  Web/Tech women work/life balance

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

First, what you have been up to recently that is exciting, fun or new, why and what sort of job you are looking for, and your contact information and an online link to your resume or a social media profile (more on this later). If I read a business article about someone in Los Angeles, I look them up and add them.