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Inner Views
The Voice of the Northern New England Association of Personnel Services |
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I-9 Handbook
The Handbook for Employers, Instructions for Completing the Form I-9 was updated earlier this year. You can review the handbook here.
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Letter from the President
Dear Members:
I'm pleased to announce that NNEAPS will be chairing the New England Annual Conference next spring. NEAPS, a 5 state collaborative, is simply an acronym for "New England Association of Personnel Services". Members from Connecticut, Massachusetts and Northern New England (VT, NH, ME) Association of Personnel Services, come together, to make up this collaborative of professionals that meet every year in the spring.
Of these 3 associations, each year a different association takes on the responsibility of coordinating this massive undertaking along with a committee of about 9 very dedicated individuals in addition to working at their "real jobs". The conference is held each year for several reasons. Foremost it is held to offer a myriad of educational options for all levels of experience in one place and in a condensed time period. It offers the greenest recruiters an opportunity to get some new insight into profitable strategies and also the most seasoned recruiters and staffing professionals an opportunity to learn new and innovative material that will continue to push them ahead of their competition. The conference offers a fabulous opportunity to meet and network with other professionals from a multitude of states and career niches. It offers a forum to exchange experiences in a non competitive environment. It gives attendees a chance to HAVE FUN!
Each conference year a collection of speakers are hired to bring forth the information we hear you are interested in. We equally offer social themes around meal hours that give everyone a chance to cut loose and enjoy being away from home and office and relax from the everyday routine. Whether you come alone or in a large group - everyone is made to feel welcome.
As the Coordinating Association for the 2012 Conference we will be privileged to extra proceeds that will be used going forward to offer more local classes, legislative support, additional social options and more to you our NH, ME and VT members. To offer our members an understanding of how the conference benefits us - we are additionally given monetary points for any attendee that comes from our association. The more attendees we have, the more financially solid our association becomes. Historically we have funded many programs like our Owners Retreat, Annual Dinner, and several speaker seminars that are offered at a subsidized rate to you. The operating capital our association holds pays for lobbyists that watch pending legislature and that will fight for our industry as adverse impacts from outside forces come our way. This is all because of your participation in the conferences and your membership dues. State associations are non profit. In the last few years several state associations have closed due to lack of funds. Northern New England is still going strong thanks to your dedication.
The 2012 NEAPS is coming home next year to the Sheraton in Portsmouth, NH. We are now exploring the rich options that Portsmouth has to offer to enliven this great event. While we currently have started our roster of speakers that will be coming I would like you, our members, to share with me anyone you might be interested in hearing. We are very willing to explore any speaker recommended by you as a viable candidate for this events schedule. Equally, I'd like to hear from you about topics that may be of interest to you so that we cover your needs.
Put it on your calendar now, put it in the budgets for 2012, NEAPS Annual Conference 2012 will be held May 4,5th. The Sheraton has given us a very affordable room rate of $149 per night and at a minimum, a free Made in NH wine tasting is already in the works.
I look forward to hearing from any of you that may have questions and wishes in the coming months! Lets be the leading states in attendance in 2012!
Best to all of you for a fabulous summer!
Tracey Madden, CPC, CTS
President, NNEAPS
President, McIntosh Staffing Resources - Dover, NH
2012 NEAPS Conference Chair
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Save the Date
NNEAPS Owners Meeting
October 20-21, 2011
Stage Neck Inn
York Harbor, ME
The featured speaker is Rob Mosley, Senior Director of Training and Development for Next Level Recruiting Training. Previously, Rob was the Chief Learning Officer for MRINetwork Corporate where he was responsible for all training and sales development of 1,100 offices worldwide. Rob's knowledge of the search industry comes from 10 years with Merritt Hawkins and Associates, the nation's leading provider of clinical healthcare staffing & consulting services. |
LinkedIn IPO - Good News for Staffing Industry
Posted by Perrin Peacock June 14, 2011
LinkedIn's IPO a few weeks ago was a defining moment in staffing. I took it as a sign that we had reached an official turning point in the struggle to jump-start the economy. Yes, I know, we aren't there yet - some people say unemployment hasn't recovered quite yet at 9.1%. Although, I'd argue that if you consider that unemployment among college educated workers is 4.5%, that's near full employment.
So what does LinkedIn's IPO have to do with economic recovery or the staffing industry as a whole? Obviously, LinkedIn is not a staffing firm, but many staffing firms have come to depend on it as a resource and I think we will continue to see its prominence in the staffing industry. And we need to continue to hear good news where we can get it - especially with all the negative media hype out there.
Also, I'm hearing directly from IT and healthcare staffing firms that are doing very well. In fact I heard from several IT staffing firms that have offices with 100 job orders on the board! And they need to hire recruiters! Huh?!?! Did you say recruiters? YES! It's true. They have so many orders they need to hire more recruiters to fill them. And I heard that from several firms - not just one.
Bill Yoh reminded us that the staffing industry has made a truly remarkable comeback. Many key staffing firms having lost 30% of their year over year revenue have come blazing back and now the industry as a whole is back to pre-recession numbers - around $100 billion as an industry.
LinkedIn was founded just a few short years ago - in 2003. How about that for making an impact quickly? In fact, LinkedIn has recently revised its strategy with regard to the staffing industry. Now, they realize how important the staffing industry is to them. Sam Mandolfo told us that 40% of LinkedIn's revenue comes from hiring, recruiting, and staffing. And here's another stat that will blow you away:
LinkedIn did a poll and asked members if they would be annoyed or bothered if a recruiter they did not know approached them on LinkedIn about an open position. A staggering 95% of respondents stated that they were fine with being approached by a recruiter on LinkedIn as long as the position was appropriate for their skill set!
In summary, I think we all needed a significant event to solidify our official comeback as an industry. I predict that in the next year or two, we will look back to May of 2011 and point to the LinkedIn IPO as at least one indicator that we have emerged as an industry. We were the first to be negatively impacted by the recession and now we are among the first industries to recover and grow.
And as usual, the staffing industry leads from the front. We are a resilient group and we have weathered this storm. Now it's time to enjoy some better days ahead!
Perrin Peacock |
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Vendor Members
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Vendor Members Spotlight
Aflac is the nation's leading provider of short-term disability and other voluntary insurances (such as Critical Illness, Accident, Dental and Cancer). These coverages are made available to employees at their work site through payroll deduction -- at no cost to the employer. Aflac's clients are both large and small-- minimums group size is 3 (including owners/employers). Besides its traditional individual voluntary benefits, Aflac now also offers Group voluntary with guaranteed issue. In the Northeast, Aflac is introducing a NEW First Discount Card and Consult-a-Doctor program that reduces out-of-pocket medical costs for employees and lowers the claims and provider utilization history to help drive down major medical costs for employers. Finally, in partnership with Falcon Technologies, Aflac now offers AT NO COST complete automated enrollment solutions (both face-to-face and web-based) to employers.
Contact Rhonda Dresner at 412-726-3787 or email her at rhonda_dresner@us.aflac.com
Big Biller Recruiting Software (www.BigBiller.com), the leader in online recruiting software, is referred to in many ways . . . as recruiter software, an applicant tracking system (ATS) or applicant tracking software, and even recruitment software. Simply put, Big Biller is a powerful recruiting software package that helps recruiters manage the relationships they have with their candidates and clients, all with one purpose and focus-making more placements.
Top Echelon Network (www.TopEchelonNetwork.com) has helped recruiters make more than 20,000 placements since 1988. Members of the Network can post their job orders and candidates to our online split placement system to share information, set up automated alerts, and search open job orders and qualified candidates-all things that lead to the making of split placements. There are 1,000 experienced, successful recruiters in Top Echelon Network who want to make split placements . . . and they could make their next one with YOU!
Contact Mark Demaree at 330-455-1433 x172 or email him at mdemaree@topechelon.com
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Legislative Update
We will continue to send Legislative Updates & Bulletins as events unfold.
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Newsletter Submissions
Please feel free to contact Dana Hooper with ideas or suggestions for the NNEAPS newsletter. You can contact her at 603-964-3939 or dhooper@haywardhooper.com.
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IRS Changes Optional Standard Mileage Rate
Bowing to pressure from Congress and recognizing that gas prices have increased, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rates for the final six months of 2011. Taxpayers may use the optional standard rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business and other purposes.
The rate will increase to 55.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven from July 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011. This is an increase of 4.5 cents from the 51 cent rate in effect for the first six months of 2011, as set forth in Revenue Procedure 2010-51.
The new rates are contained in Announcement 2011-40 on the optional standard mileage rates. |
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"NNEAPS sponsored programs are a cost effective way to keep my recruiting and staffing team well trained and up to date on the latest trends"
Ed McKersie, CPC
Pro Search, Inc. |
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