How to Ask for a Job Reference

Managing Through Good and Poor Employee Performance Staffers

Who should you ask for a job reference? How do you ask? Will they say yes? Do employers even look at job references? What do they ask your references? Applying for jobs can be stressful from start to finish, and securing good references is particularly tricky. A potential employer’s call to your references could make… Read more »

New to the Working World? Tips for Getting Started

Is Your Application Process Pushing Away Top Talent_ Staffers

Are you new to the working world? Looking for your first job out of high school or college is daunting, but we have some tips for getting started. Keep your materials organized When you’re applying for a lot of jobs, it’s easy to lose track of what materials you need to send to what company…. Read more »

Staffing Needs: Choosing Temp or Direct Hire

Staffing needs

You may find it difficult to determine whether or not you should hire someone permanently or temporarily. A staffing firm can help you make the right decision. Here are some pros and cons to hiring temporary vs direct hire employees. Staffing Needs: Pros of Hiring a Temporary Employee You can hire employees for specific tasks… Read more »

Make Sure Top Candidates are Applying to Your Job

Is Your Application Process Pushing Away Top Talent_ Staffers

So, you have an excellent opportunity at your company, and you’ve made sure to advertise it in the right places. You’ve written a terrific ad that showcases not only the job itself but your company and the benefits you offer. However, you’re not receiving applications from top candidates. Where did you go wrong, when you… Read more »

The Future of Management

Experts predict that management will change over the next few years. According to Harvard Business Review, many managerial tasks will become automated and that “up to 65% of the tasks that a manager currently does has the potential to be automated by 2025.” Moreover, as jobs become remote, the need for management and the type… Read more »

How to Identify Your Staffing Needs

Looking for your next top performer? Want to evaluate an employee before making a full-time hiring decision? Interested in outsourcing some of the paperwork associated with being an employer. Staffing services come in a variety of forms to meet many different business needs, including the ones above. Staffers knows that if you’re new to the staffing world,… Read more »

When is the Right Time to Bring Up Salary Budget?

If you get an interview for a job, it’s hard to pinpoint the exact right time to ask your hiring manager about salary, but its one of the most important pieces of information you need to know about the job. A company’s budget may be a determining factor in your ability to accept the job,… Read more »

How to Create an Effective Staffing Strategy

How to Manage through the Good and Bad

Staffing the right employees is essential to a company’s success. However, employees are a big investment in themselves – an investment on which you will want to see a discernible return. Despite this, an alarming number of businesses do not currently have a staffing plan in effect. You would never forego your company’s financial plan,… Read more »

Should I apply for a Reach Job? We Have the Answer

Apply for a reach job with these tips

It happens all the time: you’re searching for a job, and you find the perfect position. Only there’s one problem. You don’t quite meet all the requirements listed in the job description. This is a reach job. Should you walk away, or take a chance and submit an application? We suggest you do the latter, and we… Read more »

How to Avoid Talent Gaps in Your Company

Working hard to recruit and retain quality employees is essential for any business. Even so, most diligent companies sometimes find themselves seeking top talent to fill the shoes of a previous employee. However, no manager can fully prepare for every aspect of what the future may hold for a company’s workforce. In actuality, the single… Read more »