Congratulations to Lynne Marie Finn, Superior Staff Resources' CEO/President, for being recognized by the Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) organization. Ms. Finn was awarded the WIPP President's Award during the 2011 Annual Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. Read the official press release below and learn more about WIPP at their website www.WIPP.org Williamsville, NY (October…

The Chicago-based Acara team had a wonderful time at the Women’s Business Development Center’s 25th Anniversary Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference, held on September 14th. The event hosted various workshops during the day and featured Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel as the keynote speaker during lunch.  His honor stressed the need to cultivate job growth through safe streets, a…

This year’s International Supply Management (ISM) Conference in Addison, TX featured a new attendee in staffing solutions. For the first time in the event’s history, team members from Superior Staff Resources’ Dallas office were on hand to network with the ISM’s various attendees, including Procurement Managers  of companies such as Energy Future Holdings, Core Logic, and…

Superior Staff Resources, Inc. -- a certified women-owned, national workforce solutions provider -- was awarded Sonoco's 2011 Supplier of Growth Award.

Work Nexus, a best-in-class Vendor Management System (VMS), has recently been named by Staffing Industry Analysts' (SIA's) 2010 Customer Loyalty Survey as a top-ranking VMS provider. Work Nexus delivers uniquely-configured workforce automation to many Fortune 500 companies and is designed for organizations seeking enterprise-wide management and optimization of contract and direct labor, independent contractor (IC)…

The right VMS can streamline an organization’s business processes while providing significant cost savings, but it’s not always guaranteed.  Your VMS should be configured to target your specific business concerns, provide real-time reporting to optimize functionality, and reduce administrative tasks to better allocate time.  Your business needs are sure to continuously evolve—can your VMS keep…

Acara has launched a weekly candidate- and customer-appreciation drawing.   From now until August 13th, we will be giving away $50 AMEX gift cards. On Monday, August 16th, one lucky winner will be randomly drawn for our grand prize:  a $500 AMEX gift card.  Past weekly winners will be eligible for this grand prize. Visit the…

There are many reasons why it makes sense to bring on temporary labor.  Companies can “try out” temporary employees before making direct offers, on-board strong talent for short-term projects, reduce costs associated with benefits and HR administration, etc.  Still, there are risks associated with contract labor use:  namely, co-employment risks. We’ve all heard the phrase…

Welcome to the Acara’s blog!  Here, you will find the latest information related to the workforce solutions industry, and we work to keep you apprised of emerging best practices in the ever-shifting world of talent management. Topics that we cover include the following subcategories and all service aspects that they touch: Contract/Temporary Labor Payrolling Services…