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We’ve been busy recruiting, consulting and educating business people about the advantages of long-term, part-time staffing models. Regardless of the size of your business or the industry there is money to be saved, risks to be averted, and efficiencies to be gained by thinking out of the box with IO.
Take a look at some of the people we’ve been working with and the places we’ve been lately. It just may surprise you.
Cindi Filer Speaks at HLB Gross Collins December 12
Cindi Filer, Founder and President of Innovative Outsourcing, will speak on the topic of Human Resource issues for small to medium-sized businesses. During this lunch meeting planned for December 12th, the HLB Gross Collins team will learn more about today’s perfect storm these businesses are facing in today’s sagging economy.
Coupled with heightened litigious tendencies and the new laws out of DC, this creates a “mine field.” Additionally, business owners have opted to do without HR professionals due to lack of staff funding, leaving these businesses vulnerable due to a lack of knowledge.
During this 20 minute presentation, Cindi provides:
- Information on recently passed HR legislation.
- Hot buttons on what small businesses can do to help mitigate risk with little budget or time.
- HR initiatives all small businesses can use, such as performance management, and “How to keep our best employees when I can’t give them a raise.”
Would this information benefit your business, too? Contact Cindi and book your speaking engagement today.
Innovative Outsourcing Achieves Record-Breaking Staffing Placements
October 10, 2011 – MARIETTA, GA – Innovative Outsourcing breaks company record for staffing hires in a single month.
Innovative Outsourcing, a flexible staffing company based in Atlanta, Georgia, placed more high level, part-time professionals in a single month than ever before proving that flexible personnel positions are the growing business trend.
Breaking all previous company records, Innovative Outsourcing sourced 17 highly qualified, extremely experienced part-time professionals across various industries in a single month. Although Innovative Outsourcing has enjoyed tremendous success as the first long-term, part-time staffing company in Atlanta, never before has the business world viewed alternative staffing positions as a viable option until now. Companies who, 10 years ago, did not consider long-term, part-time positions in their staffing plans are, today, eagerly seeking out high-level professionals on a long-term, part-time basis to minimize their financial and legal risks. They also eliminate the worry of letting personnel go should they need to ramp down their staffing numbers.
“I’ve had a great experience with IO. They helped me understand the resources I needed as well as helped me mold my organizational structure. The differentiator is their genuine concern for putting the right people in place to make sure we grow,” states Laurie Bacopoulos, CEO Cobblestone Consulting, Inc.”
Innovative Outsourcing is eager to help companies of all sizes remain financially and legally stable during uncertain economic times by keeping our associates on our payroll and maintaining insurance bonds, tax requirements and HR compliance on them. IO staffing experts sit down with each client to research what skill sets, personality types and experience are needed before starting our search. With an average of 30-40 hours spent per client, Innovative Outsourcing sources three candidates that we then send for the client interviews. Needless to say our business clients are more than impressed with our placement accuracy and professionalism.
“We are very serious about matching staff to our clients needs,” states Cindi Filer, president of Innovative Outsourcing, “and we are happy to help companies find the people they need to grow their business without taking the financial and legal risk of hiring full time. Many companies are turning to us who’ve never considered flexible staffing before and it is very fun to watch them discover the amazing talent they can get for an hourly rate.”
With a shaky economy still looming Innovative Outsourcing is ready to resource its impressive staffing base for companies who need skilled professionals but can’t afford to hire full time.
Cindi Filer Speaker Packet now available
Cindi’s Expertise is FREE! – Innovative Outsourcing’s CEO Cindi Filer specializes in speaking on various business planning topics, including the changing HR laws and finding work/life balance. She is available to come to your office or next function. Simply email her at moc.gnicruostuo-evitavonninull@relifc.
Innovative Outsourcing Launches Client-Friendly Website
July 7, 2011, Atlanta, GA – Innovative Outsourcing, a privately-owned, part-time staffing company, launched their redesigned website today. The site, which resides at www.innovative-outsourcing.com, provides business tools and information on long-term, part-time staffing benefits, as well as documents more than 15 years of superior customer service in Atlanta. Produced by Lawson Cox of Prescott Alexander, the new site offers pertinent staffing and human resources information for Georgia-based businesses, as well as video testimonials from some of Atlanta’s top business owners.
“We are so excited about the launch of our new site,” states Cindi Filer, owner and president of Innovative Outsourcing. “We’ve been doing this for more than 16 years and we still have executives who ask us why they didn’t know about us sooner. This new site will enhance our efforts to get the word out about all the great things IO is doing and it will allow visitors to maneuver easily through the information to quickly find what they need. Prescott Alexander did a great job.”
With interest in alternative staffing options increasing daily, Innovative Outsourcing’s ‘out of the box’ staffing models are in high demand. The need to grow business without risking the financial and legal repercussions that accompany full-time staffing models is a necessity for many companies. Innovative Outsourcing has been meeting those needs for more than a decade and is considered an Atlanta trailblazer in the part-time staffing arena. With a 98% satisfaction rating IO can safely say they’ve mastered the process.
Join the hundreds of smart business owners who dare to think ‘out of the box’ for their staffing needs. Visit www.innovative-outsourcing.com to find out just how productive you can be.
Innovative Outsourcing was founded in 1997 as a privately-owned company headquartered out of Atlanta, Ga. Cindi Filer, president and founder of IO, pooled her extensive corporate knowledge and developed a highly-qualified, part-time staffing pool seeking long-term, part-time positions. Cindi found part-time staffing options appealing to many business owner while, at the same time, extremely desirable to many experienced workers. Since then IO has placed more than 450 associates in long-term, part-time positions and has maintained a 98% satisfaction rating. Filer is a member of NAWBO and Vistage and sits on the board of the Georgian Club.
GA HB 87 Immigration Law
Innovative Outsourcing specializes in staying current on changing Human Resources laws. Whether local or national, new and amended, HR laws remain a top priority for our HR team. We offer HR evaluations and consultations whether you have 5 or 500 employees. We take the time and effort out of staying in compliance. Call us today to find out more.
In the meantime, take a look at this HR update.
The ‘Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011’ expands Georgia’s current E-Verify requirement and will phase in mandatory E-Verify usage for many private businesses through the following approach:
- Private employers in Georgia with 500 or more employees must use E-Verify for new hires on or before January 1, 2012.
- Private employers in Georgia with 100 or more employees but fewer than 500 must use E-Verify for new hires on or before July 1, 2012.
- Private employers in Georgia with between 11 and 99 employees must use E-Verify for new hires on or before July 1, 2013.
- Private employers in Georgia with 10 or fewer employees are exempt from the law.
The law, which passed both houses of the Georgia Legislature by overwhelming margins, will also expand police powers to investigate the immigration status of suspects, penalize those who transport or harbor illegal immigrants, and make it a felony to use fake identification to get a job.
“The use of E-Verify means everyone plays by the same rules – and it protects employers by giving them a federal stamp of approval on their workforce,” Governor Deal stated in the press release . “This also protects workers because those who live in the shadows of our society lack legal protections and they’re vulnerable to fraud and abuse.”
E-Verify is a free, web-based employment eligibility verification system from the government that checks employee information on the Form I-9 against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) databases. A December 2010 report from the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) showed that E-Verify immediately confirmed the employment eligibility of nearly 97.5 percent of 8.2 million new hires entered in the system during fiscal year 2009.
Contact Karen Moss, SPHR
Human Resources Consultant for Innovative Outsourcing, Inc.
404 217 9846 voice
moc.gnicruostuo-evitavonninull@ssomk
Presentation by NAWBO Member and President of IO, Cindi Filer
Cindi presented the group with ideas on how to utilize part-time, onsite and offsite staffing as well as evaluate how these can be effective alternatives to permanent full-time staffing solutions. Other important points from Cindi’s presentation included:
- New and upcoming HR-related legislation and the potential impact related to hiring decisions. Some of these are very important for the SMBs in particular and, in some cases, actually serve as an incentive to use the type of employment options offered by IO.
- It was emphasized the absolute requirement for all employers to maintain detailed documentation as part of each individual employee record – permanently!
- The differences between exempt/non-exempt employees as well as permanent vs contract labor can fall into a grey area creating compliance issues for the business.
Cindi Filer speaks at WorkMatters
Innovative Outsourcing is a true staffing resource for our clients; not just a staffing firm. Cindi Filer, and the rest of our management team, stay on top of new legislation and industry trends in order to provide you with the best possible solution to meet and exceed your business needs. Cindi’s expertise frequently places her in the spotlight as a featured speaker across metro Atlanta. Check out her recent presentation for WorkMatters on Finding Your Sweet Spot in Business (audio and slides are available online)
Innovative Outsourcing Featured on CNN
On the heels of a government report indicating that 52,000 temporary jobs were added nationwide last month, CNN ran a story about contingent employment. On Sunday, December 13, 2009, CNN contacted Innovative Outsourcing President Cindi Filer requesting an interview with a company associate. Later that afternoon, Innovative Outsourcing Associate Naima Cherot was interviewed on camera and did an outstanding job of detailing the benefits of contingent part-time work. The live interview was broadcast nationwide at 4:40pm.
Listen to our rave review on Star 94 FM’s “Chix Pix”
Shannon’s pick – “My ‘Chix Pix’ was inspired by this week’s ‘Ladies Room’ on career vs. stay-at-home moms. A local agency called Innovative Outsourcing was created for the sole purpose of helping moms find careers on a part-time basis–alleviating the need to make a choice of working vs. being a stay-at-home mom. Some examples are bookkeepers for 15 hours/week, controllers for 10 hours/week, executive assistants for 25 hours/week and more. It’s just one more way for a mom ‘TO HAVE IT ALL!’”
Listen to the audio: IO_audio_from_Star_94_FM.mp3
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Interview
Cindi Filer and IO staff member Veda Bush were recently interviewed for an article focusing on the part-time job market in Atlanta. Follow the link below to read the full article, published on Sunday, August 9, 2009.
AJC – Moms, Retirees Re-entering the Workforce – August 9, 2009
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