BSI News and Economy

BSI & BP2 rank #3 in the Daily Camera

Justin Kraft, Marketing Coordinator
November 4th, 2011
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Colorado based staffing firm Bolder Staffing, Inc. (BSI) and its high-level career placement division, Bolder Professional Placements (BP2), announced today that it has been ranked #3 of the top 25 Women-owned businesses in Boulder and Broomfield counties. The list is organized by the Daily Camera and is compiled annually. This is the first time, since its inception in 1992, that the Broomfield based firm has reached the top three in this list.

For the past 100 years, the Daily Camera has been Boulder County’s No. 1 source for news and advertising information. The Camera delivers to 123,300 consumers every week and nearly eight-of-10 Boulder Valley adults read.

BSI is the regional job-market expert (Entry to Mid-level Temp, Temp-to-Hire, Direct Hire, and Payroll services for All Industries). BP2 recruits for a wide variety of professional, technical, and executive positions in the Front Range including Denver and Boulder.

“Our dedication and relationships with our clients allows us to achieve great heights,” says Jackie Osborn, CEO and President at BSI & BP2. “We are proactive in our client’s needs and understand their urgency.”

BSI and BP2 has developed an innovative approach to staffing and recruiting, including a focus on internet marketing, relationship based client interactions, transparency in communication, temporary staff employee recognition programs, and unique approaches to finding qualified candidates.

“Being unconventional in how we operate gives us great flexibility,” adds Justin Kraft, BSI & BP2 Marketing Coordinator. “We always try to be ahead of the curve on technology and ideas to help serve our clients and find them the best possible employees.”

ABOUT BSI & BP2: BSI and BP2 is a top rated staffing resource for clients and employees in the Boulder/Denver Metro area. Offering employees a wide range of job opportunities, and clients a qualified and talented pool of candidates, the BSI and BP2 staff has a depth of experience and a wide community network born from 30+ years of experience in national recruiting and Human Resources. They are proud members of both the American Staffing Association and ?.

If you would like to read more about the top 25 Women Owned Businesses go to http://bit.ly/women25dailycamera.

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Bolder Boulder and Contributing to the Community

Justin Kraft, Marketing Coordinator
May 27th, 2011
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This coming weekend is the 2nd largest 10K race in the United States, the Bolder Boulder. This will be my first time running this race, and I felt it necessary to write a little about why I am running, and how to give back to the community. Not only do such activities provide us with health benefits, but they can also provide community contributions.

It feels great working for a company that gives back to the community! Many companies have ways of giving back, but as an employee do you give back? BSI and BP2 are involved with a great charity called “There with Care.” As my employer, they have set the tone for our culture. They inspire us to give and come up with ideas to help. My way to give back is to run the Bolder Boulder and take sponsorship donations going toward There with Care.

This forum allows me the opportunity to express my desire to get as many people as possible involved with charities. Whether you have time to volunteer, or just give donations, it is important to help those less fortunate. Maybe you can eat out one less time and give that $5 to a charity. It’s so simple if you think about it, and you will feel better for doing it.

We would love to hear of some ways that you give back to your community.

If you are interested in sponsoring my running in the Bolder Boulder please go to my donation page. Make sure that you put ‘Justin Kraft’ in the tribute information section so that we can track what we raised.

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The Real Life Social Network

Tami Palmer, BP2 Division Director
August 27th, 2010
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I was recently made aware of this slideshow and found it to be a fascinating socialogical study on how our “real life” social networks are migrating into the on-line world.  While the presentation is geared towards social media developers, I think it’s worth a flip through for anyone who’s trying to navigate this new world of social media.  Some interesting tidbits from the presentation: our brains can only keep track of 150 network connections at any time and 80% of the phone calls we make are to the same 4 people.

http://www.slideshare.net/padday/the-real-life-social-network-v2

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The Hire Act

Nancy Chapple, Treasurer
April 29th, 2010
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Government programs…do they really work?  Well, BSI is about to find out.  The Hire Act, passed earlier this year, seems like it could be pretty darn helpful, now will anyone qualify so we can actually save money?  I’ll let you know.

Here is how part of the Act works; a candidate must certify that they have been unemployed for the last 60 days.  Your job must be a new position, i.e. you are not hiring for a position that you’ve just fired someone from.  If you can meet those two standards, then you can receive a tax credit of 6.2% on your quarterly 941.  Not a bad savings.  The program only goes until the end of  2010.  After that no more, so you have to be quick if you are going to take advantage of the program.

Now, of course there are more details, this is the government after all, but if you are interested in the details let me know.  I would be happy to share more information with you.  Contact me at nancyc@bolderstaffing.com.

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So what does a jobless recession mean to you?

Nancy Chapple, Treasurer
March 8th, 2010
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In the course of my reading I have come across a fair amount of numbers and statistics. Some numbers came from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and some have come through the American Staffing Association (ASA). The Denver Post has had their share of statistics too.

Here’s what I like about all of them…they all contradict one another. Let me give you an example: The BLS said that “temporary help increased by 52000 new jobs (2.7), seasonally adjusted, from December to January- making it the strongest January in 20 years.” They go on to say, “Nonseasonally adjusted BLS data, which estimate the actual number of jobs in the economy, indicate that temporary help services employment declined 7.2% from December to January.” Does that make sense?

Another study I read says, ”Because staffing is a leading employment indicator, the overall seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment fell by 20,000 in January, with most of the job losses occurring in construction and in transportation and warehousing.” OK I get that, but then the next line is, “The overall unemployment rate fell from 10% to 9.7%. Shouldn’t the unemployment rate go up if overall jobs went down?

I guess the only study that is really important is the one you are living, if you have a job, then the jobless recession is not so bad. If you are looking, call our office and we’ll see what we can do.

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