Leadership & Management | Recruitment & Retention

Manpower exec elected American Staffing Association chair

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Published Nov. 4, 2009 at 11:50 a.m.

Mark Toth, an executive with Manpower Inc., has been elected chairman of the American Staffing Association, a national industry trade group based in Alexandria, Va. (MAN) ...

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Employee confidence rises

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Published Sept. 4, 2009 at 2:26 p.m.

Despite rising unemployment, American’s confidence in the economy reached its highest level since December 2007, according to staffing company Spherion Corp ...

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Design Studios vs. Large Design Agencies: The Changing Landscape of the Design Industry

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When I was a boy I read a book about the history of battleships. That book illustrated how each generation of ships first grew larger and larger, yet then was superceded and obsolete by a smaller, more nimble type that allowed better maneuverability and survivability ... The design industry is no different. As we are closing the first decade of the new millennium, change has arrived and the design world is no longer dominated by large design agencies of 100, 200 or even 500 employees. We are now

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Manpower sponsors program for job seekers

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Published July 7, 2009 at 4:00 p.m.

Global staffing firm Manpower Inc. will sponsor JobCamp2, billed as a career tune-up event, to be held July 9 at the Potawatomi Conference Center in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley ...

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Law firms get 'no confidence vote' by peers

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Published July 2, 2009 at 1:43 p.m.

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Chief legal officers remain “deeply skeptical” of their peers at corporate law firms and whether they are serious about changing the pricing and staffing models prevalent today, according to a new survey this week from the legal research firm Altman Weil Inc ...

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What's the next local business to close?

Published Jan. 19, 2009 at 4:49 p.m.

Sometimes, it's surprising when a local business shuts down. Not many, for instance, expected Heinemann's to go out of business so abruptly. Other times, it's not surprising at all. So who's the next to go? Here are some ideas.

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Standing up against what's wrong for Milwaukee

Published Jan. 18, 2008 at 4:37 p.m.

I turned on the radio on my desk to hear Belling reading, verbatim, a blog I wrote for OnMilwaukee.com last week. The blog featured the comments of five prominent local chief executive officers speaking at the Public Policy Forum luncheon, where they trashed Milwaukee as a terrible place to do business.

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Steininger learns how cities work in America's biggest town

Published March 8, 2008 at 12:20 p.m.

Although Andrew Steininger isn't coming home just yet, he lives in New York City and is learning how cities work in America's biggest city. His experience in the office of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will likely serve us all, because Steininger hopes someday to return home to Brew City.

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Non-profit Spotlight: America SCORES Milwaukee

Published April 22, 2008 at 11:24 a.m.

One of the more unique after-school programs in Milwaukee combines soccer and poetry in an attempt to help inner-city students develop teamwork skills and self-confidence.