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Benefits.  Perks.  Extras.  Whatever you call them, they really make a difference in today’s changing job market.  Here are a few key ways the benefits we offer our on-time (temporary) employees directly benefit you and your organization:

• Attract the best candidates. Today’s job seekers are savvy.  Most know to choose a reputable staffing firm that provides extras like insurance, vacation pay and free online job search assistance (see below).  ABR Employment’s value-added services help us attract, recruit and retain Wisconsin’s top talent – and put them to work for you.
• Keep the best candidates. Some staffing services are plagued by extremely high turnover rates, which translate into a “revolving door” of temporaries for their clients.  The benefits, value-added services and free online career resources (via ABR JobConnect) we provide not only attract top candidates, but keep them working for us.  When on-time employees stay with us, they’re much more likely to stay working for you, delivering greater continuity throughout your assignments.
• Ensure workers stay healthy, focused and productive. The medical and dental benefits we offer allow our employees to take care of their health issues, while available disability and life insurance options give them peace of mind.  Our employees can also qualify for vacation and holiday pay, motivating them to earn the time off they deserve.  When employees are healthier and happier, they have better attendance records and stay more focused on the work they do for you.
• Access highly skilled workers. Free online computer training allows employees to develop their software skills – improving their confidence, proficiency and value to your organization.
• View a complete list of our employee benefits.

About ABR JobConnect

ABR JobConnect is our free online career resource that guides and supports job seekers throughout the entire job search process.  To the best of our knowledge, the majority of our competitors do not have this capability.  For example:

• Kelly Services only offers a monthly career tips newsletter to job seekers.
• Manpower only offers online training to registered on-time staffing employees.
• Aerotek only offers articles, videos and question-and-answer material to job seekers.

ABR strives to treat all job seekers with dignity and respect, and ABR JobConnect supports our mission to do that.  For example, if a candidate does not meet the ABR “Expectations of Excellence,” or if we are unable to place him, we can refer him to ABR JobConnect for job search support and assistance.

We invite you to refer the job seekers that do not fit your current hiring needs to ABR JobConnect.  ABR JobConnect helps your HR department and hiring managers:

• Eliminate the call backs from people you don’t hire.
• Position you as an altruistic company.
• Help all job applicants.
• Provide a resource for laid off or downsized employees.

ABR Employee Benefits – The Right Thing to Do

The economy is still tough and we realize that many people who come to us have lost their jobs and health benefits, too.  Admittedly, ABR offers benefits to gain a recruiting advantage and deliver the best results for our clients.  But honestly, the main reason we do it is because it’s just the right thing to do.

Ever feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information coming at you each day?

With the barrage of data pouring in from newspapers, TV, the internet, social media, RSS feeds, e-mails, voicemails and good-old-fashioned face-to-face meetings, finding the critical information you need amidst all the “white noise” can be exhausting.

Take the BLS Monthly Employment Situation, for example.  It contains monthly employment estimates for over 1,000 industries from its Current Employment Statistics program.  However, the changes in these overall employment levels tend to be delayed in the monthly labor reports – making it a lagging indicator of economic trends.

Sound like a lot of white noise?

Not entirely.  Temporary help employment numbers, which are part of the monthly BLS report, are generally considered to be a coincident indicator for overall employment.  This means that changes in temporary help employment tend to forecast subsequent changes in overall employment and coincide with changes in economic activity.  Why?  Many companies use temporary staffing as a means to quickly adjust their operations to meet fluctuating demands for their products and services.

Here’s how to get current data for temporary help services in the BLS report:

1. Go to the BLS Current Employment Statistics home page.
2. Then select either the HTML or PDF version of the “Employment Situation Summary.”
3. Data for temporary help services can be found in Table B-1 (page 30 of the report’s PDF version).

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