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4 Résumé Myths Exposed
Writing a résumé is stressful. There is enough advice and helpful tips out there to choke a horse. In fact, the amount of tips, tricks and hints can be so overwhelming that the average person simply checks out of the entire process. Another problem is that there are many myths floating around in the form […]
Let's Debunk 4 Myths About Partnering with a Staffing Firm
Blogs have been written lately with the idea of debunking staffing industry myths – but from a job seekers point of view. I thought it would be interesting in this edition of The Snelling Blog to address some of the myths that swirl around our industry – but from a client’s point of view. What […]
When You Work As a Temporary, You Need to Know Who's Your Boss
Temporary employment in the U.S. is on the rise, and the people “in the know” expect this trend to continue. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in the “temporary help services industry” is up 8.7% from January of this year (alone). Compare this to the job growth among all private employers (we are […]
A Manager's Guide to Co-Employment Law
Co-employment is not a dirty word, although Microsoft’s upper management might disagree. In 2000, the company was involved in a class action lawsuit – Vizcaino vs. Microsoft – in which a group of contingent workers sued for access to employee benefits. The court held Microsoft liable and cost the company approximately $97 million. The case […]
5 Simple Things To Do To Reduce Stress During the Job Search
The stress of looking for a new job can be overwhelming. To say that you are experiencing pressure to become actively employed is the understatement of this new decade. The loss of income is stressful enough, but the hit your self-worth takes can be debilitating. However, there are things that you can do to alleviate […]
A Partnership is Always Better Than a Transaction
Excellence in the way a company recruits and manages its employees – its human capital – can make the difference between long-term success and failure. Many HR professionals think that they can provide this level of excellence – this value proposition- by creating a self-sufficient, functionally aligned internal executive recruiting group that is set up […]
4 Ways to Show that Having Qualifications is Different than Being Overqualified
Up to 80% of recruiters have admitted in surveys to stereotyping an “overqualified” candidate as being a bad match for their posted jobs. The idea behind it is that if a candidate has too many qualifications or too much experience or a more senior title, he/she will be unhappy, unmotivated or quit as soon as […]
5 Benefits of Hiring Someone Overqualified
Whenever you post a new job, you probably receive dozens of resumes from a wide variety of candidates. One may stand out; his or her experience, education/credentials, title, and skills placing her high above the rest of the pack. They may look like the perfect candidate for the job, but you hesitate because they appear […]
5 Tips to Make the Onboarding Process a Smooth Transition to Your New Job
As mentioned in the most recent issue of The Snelling Blog, onboarding and orientation are not the same. They are different, but (in many cases) they are used in conjunction with one another to ensure a smooth transition for the newly hired employee. Most of us are familiar with the definition of an orientation. Every […]
4 Ways Orientation and Onboarding Differ
Many companies do not distinguish between onboarding and orientation. This is a mistake; the words are not synonyms. They represent two distinctly different sets of activities, goals, audiences and timelines. To explain it as succinctly as possible – orientation is an event; onboarding is a process. Orientation focuses on the information that the new hires […]
