Posts Categorized: Staffing and Recruitment
How to Search for a New Job While You’re Still Employed
Wanting to start 2019 off the right way with a new job? We hear you! There’s never a better New Year’s resolution than getting out there and finding a different, more meaningful career. However, you might be wondering how that could be possible if you’re already employed. You need to consider timing, interviews, exit strategy,…
Temporary Staffing is What You Need During the Holiday Season
The holiday season is incredibly stressful for many kinds of businesses for many different reasons. During the Christmas season, the United States’ retail industry generated over $3 trillion in 2013, and that number has undoubtedly risen with each new year. With the increase of both in-store and online purchases, places such as retail stores and…
Managing Staffing Shortages in Challenging Labor Market
For the past several months, there have been more job openings available in the United States than there are people to fill them, leading to labor shortages. According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on the last day of August, the number of job openings increased to 7.1 million, a new series high. This appears to…
Top 4 Benefits of Working With a Staffing Agency
It can’t be denied that the staffing industry is an important part of employment and recruiting. If you’re not sure if you should work with or hire through a staffing agency, here are somethings we think will pique your interest. Staffing agencies are “high-touch” Staffing agencies are one of the top five “high-touch” ways…
What To Do When Your Company Hires the Wrong Candidate
Are you and your company regretting a recent hire? Did the candidate not match your expectations? We know how grueling the hiring process can be; it only makes matters worse when the candidate you chose is not who you thought they were. Here are a few things you can do to try to make the…
Putting In Notice: How to Resign From Your Job on a High Note
Many years ago, working at the same company for your entire life up until retirement was the norm. Now, times have changed. You might find yourself in a position where you must leave your job to move on to bigger and better things. We understand: putting in notice is tough, especially if you really like…
Job Searching Disappointments Can Help You Improve For The Future
Job searching can be mentally taxing sometimes, especially if you have faced many rejections or mishaps along the way. Whether you are job searching on your own or working with a recruitment agency, there is always something to learn for the future. Remembering what you’ve learned, and applying them on the next go-around, can mean…
Top 6 Best Traits of Temporary and Contract Workers
Temporary and contract employees make the staffing world go around. According to the American Staffing Association, staffing firms in the United States employ more than three million temporary or contract workers in an average work week. It is no surprise that we, and many other staffing firms, are truly grateful for what these millions of…
7 Tips for Building Your Resume From Scratch
Lost your resume? Never even made one before? Wanting to make a new and better one from the ground up? You’ve come to the right place. Here are some beginner tips as well as helpful reminders when making your resume from a blank document or updating an old one. © Photographee.eu / Adobe Stock…
Looking For Work After a Long Break? Here’s What You Should Keep In Mind
The Job Market is Always Changing Even if you’re just toying around with the idea of looking for a job, always keep this in the back of your mind. If you’ve been recently laid off from a job you’ve held for years, and you just don’t know what’s going to happen next, always remember that…