The Well-Rounded Benefits Package: It’s Not Just About Money

Money isn’t everything to your employees. They want a benefits package that proves you care about their well-being—their physical, financial and mental well-being. Research attests that employee engagement and satisfaction increase with better benefits, so if you want to retain and attract better people, make sure you’re giving them what they want. So what do… Read more »

Don’t Ignore These Great (Free) Staffing Resources!

As part of our partnership with our clients, we offer several great resources that will help them hire smarter, lead more effectively, and meet their goals. We offer similar services to every candidate who works for us—or hopes to someday! Have you checked them out recently? If you didn’t know about them, here’s a quick… Read more »

How to Free Up More Time in Your Work Day

How many times have you wished you had more time to get your work done? How can you work smarter, not harder? If you’d like to be more effective on the job, here is a proven, successful strategy to help you become as productive as possible without adding more hours to your day. It’s called… Read more »

Best Practices for Using Temporary Staffing

Why do you use temporary employees? To fill in for absentee full-timers? To help you complete special projects? To handle peak seasons? More importantly, how do you use temps? Are you using them to best of their abilities and getting the most return for your investment? Answer that last question with a resounding “Yes!” by… Read more »

How to Gain Competitive Advantage Through Staffing

Especially if you’re in a competitive industry and looking for a way to gain an edge, remember this: a company is only as good as its people. Your employees are the root of any competitive advantage. They are the ones who you hope will come up with more efficient processes, develop innovative products, and deliver… Read more »

Helping Your Team Find Purpose in Their Positions

Why is it important for your team to see that their work has meaning? Because most people need to know that their job exists for a reason, and they want to know that their work helps others or makes the world a better place. And if they understand this purpose, they’ll be more engaged and… Read more »

Affordable Ways to Build Company Culture & Morale This Summer

Keeping employee morale up can be a tough job in the summertime. It’s warm and sunny outside, and many employees go on vacation, so those employees who are showing up to the office every day can feel like they’re missing out. What can you do to keep spirits—and productivity—high during the summer months? Here are… Read more »

Why Should You Work With a Staffing Firm?

If hiring the right people was easy — and not time-consuming and expensive — you wouldn’t need staffing firms. But recruiting and hiring does take a big chunk out of your work hours and your budget. Here are just five of the many benefits of using a staffing agency: 1. Cost Savings How can paying… Read more »

“Sorry, You Can’t Ask That” – Five Legal Alternatives to Illegal Interview Questions

If you work for a large corporation with a well-staffed HR and legal department, you’ve probably been trained in how to conduct a job interview without asking the wrong questions—or asking the right type of questions in the wrong way. But if you own your own company or are a hiring manager in a small… Read more »

The Pros and Cons of Personality Tests in Hiring

Personality testing has been a popular tool with recruiters for years. Those who like them say they can be used to better assess a candidate’s cognitive skills and ability to ‘fit’ with the company culture. Those who disapprove say personality tests are far from infallible and may also impinge on an individual’s privacy. So what… Read more »