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Q & A : What Staffing Option Can Help Me to Retain Clients?

In today’s complex employment and economic environment, a direct hire does not always meet a client’s needs. Offering a broad spectrum of staffing services that meets ALL your clients’ needs is vital to retain clients over time and continue acquiring new business. Fortunately, simply adding contract staffing to your business model – by taking on […]

Indiana launches website to entice international companies

INDIANAPOLIS | A multi-language website has launched to provide a resource to international businesses considering investment or job creation in Indiana. Indiana Secretary of Commerce Victor Smith says InvestIndiana.com is meant to be a conversation starter that illustrates the state’s commitment to helping international businesses meet their goals. The website targets private-sector leaders in countries […]

GE Continues to Invest in Indiana

LAFAYETTE, IN – January 29, 2015 – GE Aviation, a global leader in jet engine and aircraft system production, today announced plans for additional investment at the site of its new engine assembly facility in Lafayette, Indiana. The additional $15M investment in machinery and equipment will allow for maintenance, repair and overhaul capability for the […]

Jobs Machine in U.S. Created More Than Burger Flippers Last Year

The biggest private employment increase in 17 years was driven by gains among above-average paying jobs, dispelling the popular notion that the U.S. is turning into a nation of fast-food workers. Industries that pay employees more than the average for all workers accounted for 66 percent of total jobs created in 2014, based on data […]

BLS: Staffing Industry Continues on Growth Path

Staffing Firms Add 14,700 Jobs in December 2014 Staffing firms created 14,700 new jobs in December, up 0.5% from November and 7.8% from December 2013, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Year-to-year staffing job growth averaged 8.7% in 2014, compared with 6.4% in 2013. Nonseasonally adjusted BLS […]

Women of steel: More women finding home in steel industry

Mary Lynn Gargas-South was the lone female in a group of 200 salaried employees in her department when she started her career at ArcelorMittal predecessor Inland Steel in East Chicago 31 years ago. Gargas-South worked in a variety of areas, including power and utilities, operations, finishing, and product and process improvements. She was a hands-on […]