Each year I attend several staffing industry conferences. I tend to find that the best and most useful thing about conferences is the chance to catch up with clients and competitors, many of whom are also friends. That said, the learning, insight and advice available at the formal sessions can be excellent too and I […]
Finding the perfect IT staffing firm can be a daunting task. Where to start? Who to talk to? What is fair pricing? These are all questions that may not have simple answers.
As part of our continued growth and expansion, we are delighted to announce the opening of our Southern California office. With the office opening, we expect to strengthen our position as a leading provider of staffing services with core competencies in IT contract staffing. “We are excited to expand our operations to a vibrant market […]
Over the past few weeks, while I wrote about job creation and career development, others were writing as well. I am at the 2011 TechServe Alliance Conference and Tradeshow in Phoenix this week, which leaves me with less time than usual to share my own views. Instead, I thought I’d share a few articles that […]
We are having a very special career fair on Monday. Take a look, and Happy Halloween! 🙂
Recently, ATR was honored by Wells Fargo with its Community Support Award for our efforts in the Charlotte, Minneapolis, and San Francisco communities over the past six years. We were also recognized by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) receiving its inaugural Hall of Fame Award for our support in 2010-11.
So you landed a great job. It’s at a great company with good pay and awesome coworkers. The commute is even ideal. It’s everything you ever hoped for, except for one thing. It’s a contract job. You are not what is considered a permanent employee of the company. You are an employee of a contract staffing […]
Last week I attended the American Staffing Association’s Staffing World 2011 conference in New Orleans and heard a particularly interesting speaker, Zachary Karabell, an author, money manager and economist. He talked about media coverage and the effect it has on confidence – consumer, business, market, etc. One of his main points was that hearing that […]
There is an old saying in marketing, “If you’re doing the same thing as your competitors, you’re screwed.” Well…maybe that’s not exactly how the saying goes, but you get the picture. In any competitive situation you simply do not want to be lumped in with your competitors. It’s not easy to do, but when done […]