Even before the lockdowns in 2020 caused unprecedented disruptions in the workplace and unemployment rates, businesses were scrambling to find and keep employees. A lot of things played into the shortage including wages, the lack of skilled workers, and the increased desire for a more flexible… Read more »
Today’s job market is hot, and there’s a job out there for you. By the time you sift through countless job descriptions, tailor your resume for each position you apply to and keep track of responses and rejections, just looking for a job can be frustrating and seem like a fulltime job, in and… Read more »
Remember story problems from math class? You’d learn about a concept (say fractions), then after doing a bunch of rote practice equations, you’d eventually graduate to word problems: “You have six bananas and Sally took half. How many bananas do you have now?” Read more »
Relationship building is key to any business. It’s true for sales. It’s true for networking. And it’s true with your staffing agency. Read more »
Managing a workforce is challenging under any circumstances. Temp workers provide a special challenge. Read more »
It’s common advice that just happens to be true: Networking is key to building your career. Getting the best opportunities often involves knowing the right people. Read more »
You've heard a lot about staffing firms, but you're still skeptical. You like your employees. You trust your hiring and training procedures. Everything has worked out fine for your business. What's the point of bringing in strangers? Read more »
It may seem like showing your employees a YouTube video might be a strange way to motivate them (other than the ones where cats get absurdly scared of cucumbers). But you can find a lot of clips in the TED Talk series that could encourage improved performance or lead to a more concrete discussion… Read more »
Let's be honest, interviewing job applicants can be a pain. No offense to the eager, fresh-faced hopefuls who just want to impress, but hearing similar answers to the same questions for hours on end can be tedious. Anything that can be done to weed out the most unpromising applicants is an… Read more »
Most of us make a resume for the first time as we finish school. From there, even as our careers progress over years or even (yipes) decades, we usually stick to the same resume model. We may update, we may tweak, we might improve, but we never get around to completely rewriting, even though we… Read more »
