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What Is Flexible Staffing?
Rising labor costs, especially those associated with workers’ compensation insurance, health benefits and unemployment taxes, have led to an increase in flexible staffing arrangements. But what are the components of a “flexible staffing arrangement? The term does not have a set standardized meaning; it is an umbrella term that describes many different types of employment […]
What It Takes to Be a Great Employer
“Employment engagement” is essential to the success of any business and is one of those “hot” terms talked about in workshops, webinars, blogs and other forums. But what is it? Quite simply, employee engagement has been globally defined as an employee’s degree of positive or negative emotional attachment to his/her organization, job and colleagues. It […]
Developing Mental Toughness During the Job Search
The American Sociological Association recently released a study that found that a focus on career and productive job search methods are two of the main ingredients young adults need to get and keep jobs in today’s volatile marketplace. There are other factors that determine a person’s ability to hold a job, but these two characteristics […]
Hiring the Right People
When hiring new employees, most employers only consider qualifications listed on a resume or a LinkedIn profile. They look for only those people with the best Education Experience Certifications Skills This is a mistake, because you can teach employees what you need them to know, and you can give them the experience you want them […]
Seasonal Hiring – More Than Just a Holiday Phenomenon
With the end of the holiday seasonal hiring period, I thought this would be the perfect time to discuss seasonal businesses/shifts. Seasonal hiring does not only exist during the holiday season. Seasonal businesses range from tourism-oriented companies to tax preparation services. However, a larger range of industries experience extreme seasonal shifts, and their needs are […]
Spanning the Generations – The New Workplace Dynamic
The weak economy has caused many people to put off retirement and stay in the workforce much long than originally planned. Combined with the approximately 100,000 new workers entering the workforce every month, a new workplace dynamic has emerged. For the first time in recorded history, there are workers spanning four different generations in the […]
Benefits of Temporary Employment
Even though the U.S. economy is predicted to grow faster in 2012, experts do not believe that this will fully extend to the job market. The predicted economic growth is not expected to push the unemployment rate down much – perhaps as little as 0.2% before the presidential elections in November. Economists anticipate barely enough […]
Generations in the Workforce: It Goes Beyond Boomers and Millennials
For the first time in recorded history, today’s workforce is comprised of members from four generations. This dynamic is unprecedented and has been dissected as the cause of much workplace strife. Research shows that different generations can be characterized by certain sets of attitudes and beliefs, but today’s workplace realities are a little more nuanced, since […]
Preparing for 2012 – Staffing Industry Trends for the New Year
Happy New Year!! This is the time of year that we look back at the highlights of 2011 and marvel at how far we have come. But it is also the time that we look ahead to 2012 – to analyze the trends and events that are going to shape the year to come. In […]
Accomplish Anything: How to Set and Achieve Goals
Goals are great – they help you get organized, commit to important decisions and realize your dreams. But unless you know how to properly define and achieve them, you’re more likely to fail than to succeed. Don’t be a New Year’s resolution statistic! Before you make a single promise to yourself, read this article. In […]
