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ADP National Employment Report Shows Service Jobs Growth
Non-farm private employment declined by 22,000 jobs in January 2010 compared with December 2009, but according to HR outsourcing firm Automatic Data Processing (ADP), that figure actually represented some good news. “The January employment decline was the smallest since employment began falling in February 2008,” said Joel Prakken, chairman of Macroeconomic Advisors, in a statement.…
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CompTIA Certification Change Creates Problems
In December, the Computing Technology Industry Association decided lifetime A+, Network+ and Security+ certifications were going to retroactively require renewal every three years. The response from the IT community was particularly thorny, and rightfully so. Why the changes? According to Ars Technica, CompTIA was getting its accreditation process evaluated by several larger accreditation organizations, including…
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Technology Service Providers in Recession Where Do You Fit
Technology Service Providers in Recession Where Do You Fit No Title Lower PricingWork order prices in 2009 fell about 30 percent compared to work orders in 2008. OnForce reports now that work order pricing has been stabilizing for the past three quarters, indicating that we’ve hit bottom. No Title Fixing the OldBusinesses looked to…
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Online IT Marketplace OnForce Gets Some Competition
Online IT services marketplace OnForce just got a new rival, and one that has a history of serving the staffing needs of IT solution providers. SmartSource, a Chicago-based IT recruiting company that caters to solution providers’ temporary and permanent staffing needs nationwide, has launched Tecdirect.com—an online marketplace for temporary IT staff. The self-service marketplace is…
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IT Staffing Firm Sees Spike in Requests for Temporary IT Workers
Has the demand for IT solution provider services really picked up? Absolutely, according to Joe Iovinelli, CEO of Chicago-based IT permanent and temporary staff recruiting firm SmartSource, which caters to IT solution providers. “What we’ve seen the most are companies needing staff augmentation services,” Iovinelli tells Channel Insider. “With unemployment at nearly 10 percent, companies…
