TOCONIS PERSONNEL SERVICES, INC. has been staffing Merced's businesses since 1981, and has produced STAFFING TIMES bi-monthly for about half of that time. It began as a project by Pamela Toconis as a way for local businesses to be aware of current Human Resource issues, and as a way to promote some local people who are currently available for work.

We felt that this was an appropriate time to reinstate the newsletter and do our best to broaden its distribution through email.

Anyone who has placed an ad in the local newspaper for an open position knows the sad reality: there are far too many people looking for work, and there are many great people available who would be an asset to a company, no matter what industry.

It is definitely an employer's market and smart decisions now will directly affect a company's position in the coming years... which hopefully present us with a swift return to normalcy.

For those not familiar with STAFFING TIMES, all candidates represented are immediately available at the time of publication, and in most cases could be working for you the day you read about them. They also represent only a fraction of the screened and available candidates.

I hope you find value and opportunity in the issues we present and take advantage of our available personnel!