SUNRISE, Fla. — Interim HealthCare, the nation’s largest combined provider of home care and healthcare staffing services, announced the completion of conversions of the San Diego/Escondido, Fresno, Sacramento and Modesto/Stockton branches into franchise operations. Previously, operating under corporate ownership, the change reflects the continuous growth of the 42-year-old company and a strategic move to becoming [...]

DENVER, Colo. — “The first rule is to compete in all 8 segments of today’s job market,” advises Bob Gerberg of ITS, at the firm’s Denver headquarters. “ITS is best known for providing all the openings, leads and contacts a job seeker will need,” he added, “but in our advanced strategies section we instruct job [...]

DENVER, Colo. — ITS Gives 5 Proven Rules For Job Hunters: “When you’re invited for a job interview, it pays to be prepared, and part of being prepared is knowing ahead of time how you’re going to do certain things that will give you a competitive advantage,” contends Bob Gerberg of ITS, at the firm’s [...]

DENVER, Colo. — “Over 100,000 key employers now hire primarily from their own websites,” according to Steve Madden at the Denver headquarters of Job Market Access Center (JMAC). “For some major firms it is the only place they will ever advertise their openings. So if you’re interested in leading firms like these, you will need [...]

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — With national unemployment rates climbing, job seekers relying on traditional career search methods are discovering it is more difficult in today’s environment to find new positions. According to Taylor Wingate Group, a professional career management organization headquartered in San Diego, California, the majority of positions today are landed through networking. Taylor [...]

DENVER, Colo. — “It’s important for job seekers to understand, if they can get news that a company is about to launch a new product, for example, or recently enjoyed a lot of growth in a particular division, or just won a big contract, these news items are signals that the employer will likely be [...]

TEMECULA, Calif. — Written Inc. has developed a breakthrough technology which has led to the first significant improvement to the 150-year-old science of handwriting analysis. This week, the company released the latest version of their personality assessment tool, Candidate Insight(TM).

AUSTIN, Texas — HCI International Austin, a leading executive career management and marketing firm, says that small talk is essential during the first few minutes of the interview. Topics range from whether the applicant has had any trouble finding the location, the weather, sports or photos displayed in the interviewer’s office.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — KGA Inc., a human resources consulting firm based in Framingham, Mass., has hired Betsy Pratt as its account executive. According to KGA President Kathleen Greer, the newly created position involves overseeing approximately half of the company’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) accounts, as well as improving upon and building new client relationships.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Interim HealthCare, one of the nation’s largest home care and health care staffing companies, proudly recognizes the important role Social Workers play in home care, hospice and hospitals throughout the year and during National Social Work Month.

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. — It’s the worst-case scenario: a dangerous outbreak, a devastating man- or nature-driven disaster. KGA Inc., a Greater Boston human resources consulting firm, appreciates the potential for a crisis to affect not only its clients, but also its own internal operations. On January 14, KGA Inc. tested a plan to ensure the company remains operational in the event a pandemic or catastrophe prevents employees from accessing its headquarters.

KIRKLAND, Wash. — In uncertain times, older, experienced employees are the ones companies want to keep. But these seasoned people may leave of their own accord. Or they may start taking time off. Why? “A large percentage have aging parents who break a hip or develop dementia, suddenly needing constant attention,” says Mario Sestito, Director of Business Development for LTC Financial Partners, the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance agency.

SUNRISE, Fla. and ROCK HILL, S.C. — Interim HealthCare Hospice of Rock Hill, South Carolina, provider of home health hospice care services is pleased to announce that they have recently received their Hospice Medicare certification. Interim HealthCare of Rock Hill is a locally-owned franchise which is part of a national home care and staffing company with nearly 300 offices throughout the United States.

AUSTIN, Texas — deverus, the leader in background screening technology, has recently released one of the latest must-haves in the industry, I-9 verification automation. For those companies that want to stay in compliance with ever-changing laws and regulations, I-9 data verification automation is essential.

WILKES-BARRE. Pa. — Howell Benefit Services, Inc. (Howell), with offices in northeastern and central Pennsylvania recently introduced “HowellDIRECT(TM),” a turnkey, web-based employee benefit solution for small and mid-size employers. The product was released on the internet this month and is available to employers in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.

BOSTON, Mass. — Managing millennials has become a hot topic around the water cooler and a newly-released book questions if your company has what it takes to compete in the 21st century. Intern Bridge, Inc. announces the release of “Total Internship Management: The Employer’s Guide to Building the Ultimate Internship Program” (ISBN: 978-0-9799373-9-2).

KIRKLAND, Wash. — On December 4 at 1:00 PM, LTC Financial Partners (LTCFP), the nation’s most experienced long term care insurance brokerage, will host a seminar for executives, human resource managers, and business reporters. The event will focus on an issue of growing urgency for companies of all sizes: how to get the most from their most experienced people, their older employees.

AUSTIN, Texas — HCI International Austin, a leading executive career management and marketing firm, says that most jobseekers commit serious errors at their first interview for a new position that ruin their chances of later negotiating a good salary. A careful strategy must be adopted so that when negotiations begin the candidate is ideally situated.

DALLAS, Texas — SAS International Dallas, a leading executive career placement management and marketing firm, states that inadequate preparation is the main way job seekers ruin their chances at interviews. Too many job seekers write wonderful resumes and then blow it during the interview.

HOUSTON, Texas — Prospective employers often use phone screenings to determine who gets through the door for an in person interview. In a competitive employment market, job seekers need to know just how important a phone call can be. According to TCMI, a leading executive career management and marketing firm headquartered in Houston, any contact with a potential employer is an opportunity to make a positive or negative impression.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Interim HealthCare is partnering with W, the woman’s show in an upcoming 30 minute television special program that explores the challenges and choices people face when themselves or loved ones need special care at home due to medical problems or aging. With the focus on the most requested choice - remaining in their home - the special program takes a look at home health care, how it works, who provides it and the many services that are available.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. and LAS VEGAS, Nev. — At this week’s annual meeting of the DirectEmployers Association in Las Vegas, Doug Berg, Chief Gigster of HotGigs, Inc. will present a case study reviewing the results achieved by a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company that implemented HotGigs’ Jobs2Web career site optimization solution.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — HotGigs Inc., an innovative provider of staffing solutions and services, announced that it achieved a membership milestone on the HotGigs Staffing Exchange, when Minneapolis-based business planning and management consultant Craig Kalscheur registered as the 100,000th consultant member. Kalscheur joined HotGigs on the recommendation of fellow consultants.

AUSTIN, Texas — deverus Inc., the leader in background screening technology, today announced the signing of the first client onto the MX Advance version of their newest and most innovative software for background screening, enterpriseMX. After being on the ZipTuit platform with deverus for the past 3 years, A&A Screening Solutions will now be operating on enterpriseMX Advance and will benefit in many ways from the numerous strategic features included in this system.

EVERETT, Wash. — Sales Talent Inc., a national executive search firm, opened its second office Sept. in Everett to provide consulting services to local and national companies. “Our philosophy is simply to align ourselves with growing, top-tier companies and develop long-term relationships with them,” said Chris Carlson, president.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Howell Benefit Services, Inc. (Howell) located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania recently signed an exclusive, multi-year service provider agreement with ADP Major Accounts Services, part of the Employer Services Division of Automatic Data Processing.