Are you constantly having to hire, train, and replace employees? Is your turnover rate higher than it should be? Turnover can affect a business in many ways. It can delay production, impact customer service issues, and stress veteran employees, who may be pulled away from their duties to train new hires. All of these things [...]
It’s the Lowest Unemployment Rate in a Decade Thanks to Great Jobs! Baby boomers are finally retiring. Employers can’t find the talent they need and jobs stay vacant for months, reducing productivity and negatively affecting morale. Poor morale means employees look for work elsewhere—and they’re finding it. It’s a candidate market. So, is your [...]
Veterans make great members of your company team. They're often hard-working, extremely motivated, and willing to go the extra mile for your company. In many cases, veterans are willing to put in extra time or effort that other employees not be. They also have strong leadership skills, a great sense of teamwork, and the ability [...]
They say that good help is hard to find, but restaurants that are always recruiting never have that problem. Why? Because they know where good help comes from. You can't just put out a 'Now Hiring' sign and expect a flock of perfect chefs, waiters, and hostesses to descend from high heaven to bless you [...]
The higher up the ladder you go in a company, the more frequently you'll find that open positions are never advertised to the general public. As a general rule of thumb, the closer to the executive ranks a job is, the less likely you are to see it posted on an internet job board or [...]
“Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.” — Author Unknown Executive Order 10925 Executive Order 10925, signed by President John F. Kennedy on March 6, 1961, required government contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without [...]
Are you a baby boomer that still has a passion for working? Do you like to keep your mind and body stimulated with the tasks involved with being in the workforce? Does age or society try to dictate that it’s time to retire, yet your heart says otherwise? If this sounds like you, then you [...]
Hiring a veteran is a beneficial proposition for any business because veterans have been tested for multiple years in a high-stress environment that no civilian workplace can compare with and they are hard working and committed employees. You're nearly always getting a dependable employee when you hire a vet, and it's good to be aware that there are some potential tax and financial benefits from hiring a veteran.
In 2015 there were 53.5 million plus millennials in the field working, and the predictions are that by 2020 millennials will comprise 46% of the workforce. So, what does this mean for the employer or CEO?
Research by Forbes magazine reveals that the financial consequence of each bad hire is around 30 percent of their annual wages. Staffing agencies mitigate these risks by sourcing, screening and offering only the best candidates to their clients. Staffing agencies are knowledgeable of the industries they serve and maintain a keen understanding of the current [...]
