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Costly Mistakes in Managing a Contingent Workforce
One of the biggest mistakes businesses (especially small businesses) make is mismanaging their contingent workforce. Bringing on a temporary staff or hiring contract workers can be the perfect solution when your business is growing. You get the help you need during (what might be) a sporadic growth cycle, without having to manage a large full-time […]
Benefits of Using a Staffing Firm During Your Job Search
There are many reasons that job hunters should leverage a human capital management (i.e. staffing) firm as part of their job search strategy. These firms employ millions of people. According to the American Staffing Association, 2.8 million people are employed by human capital management companies every day. These same companies hire 12.9 million temporary and […]
Benefits of Using a Staffing Firm for Direct Hire Placement
When the time has come to expand your business, you have two choices: manage the hiring process “in-house” or partner with a reputable human capital management (i.e. staffing) firm. This fundamental decision usually comes down to cost for most business owners. However, thinking of “cost” as a simple, tangible, easily calculated metric is not accurate. […]
Making a Compressed Work Schedule Work for Your Life
Many people – probably including some people you know – swear that a compressed work schedule allows them to better balance their personal and professionals lives. Doctor appointments can be made (and kept); trips to the grocery store or warehouse club store can be made outside of peak shopping times; even exercise can be worked […]
Flexible Work Solutions for Hourly Industrial Workers
For hourly, industrial workers meeting the demands of both work and home can be a bigger challenge than for the workforce at-large. They are the least likely to have the flexibility to get children to school/childcare, take the car to the shop or even go to the doctor. However, hourly workers do need some solutions […]
Helping the Long-Term Unemployed Break through Negative Perceptions
The long-term unemployed are not a protected class in the United States. In September, 2011, the President proposed legislation that would make it unlawful to refuse to hire applicants solely because they are unemployed, but that legislation has not passed. Long-term unemployment is a serious issues…no one is denying this. One of the characteristics of […]
Is Working with Family a Dream or a Nightmare?
Many American corporations can trace their roots back to small, family-owned businesses, when young workers became apprentices to their older relatives and learned the “ins and outs” of running a business. In 2007, ¼ of the companies that responded to the US Census Bureau’s Survey of Business Owners were family owned. If your family owns […]
Working with Family Requires Communication & Common Goals
Many small business owners look to employ family members – seeing it as an easy solution, given the difficulties and time that it takes to build a quality business team and the fact that family members may be unemployed. Is this a good idea? Many experts advise not hiring family unless they possess a specialized […]
Background Checks and Your Legal Rights
Whether you are hired or promoted for a job may depend on the information revealed in a background check. Today, job candidates, current employees and even volunteers may be asked to submit to background checks. Employers check potential and current workers for several reasons. The things an employer wants to know about you can vary […]
Background Checks and Employers' Responsibilities
Bad hiring decisions can make or break many small businesses. According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, approximately 25% of responding employers stated that each bad hire costs them $50,000. Smaller employers cannot absorb these costs as easily as large corporations; therefore, background checks should be a mandatory part of the hiring process for smaller companies. […]
