The Big Quit. The Great Reshuffle. No matter what you call it, the Great Resignation isn’t great for employers. Since 2021, record numbers of employees have quit their jobs—about 48 million to be exact. By March of 2022, it was common for about four million people a month to leave their jobs. During this same Read more »
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5 Signs Your Employees Are Overworked and What to Do About It
You have a retention problem. That may be the first sign that your employees are overworked. Overworking is a common complaint and it leads to burnout in workers—and since COVID, we’ve seen a lot of this. If you are an employer worried that you’re working your employees too are, you might be. But here are Read more »
It’s Never Too Early to Plan for Seasonal Hiring Spikes
In this job market, it’s important to plan ahead. There are shortages of workers in almost every category. However, you still may decide to take a “wait and see” approach. Maybe your busy season won’t be as frantic as last year. Maye your current staff could handle a little extra workload. Plus, you can always Read more »
Understanding Coachable Moments: How to Correct and Coach In a Professional Way
All of these old sayings can apply to how you should handle your workforce: You can catch more flies with sugar than with vinegar. Lead with the carrot and not the stick. You can lead a horse to water but can’t make them drink. These cliches are behind the idea that coaching an employee is Read more »
How Might You Promote Positivity and Positive Thinking Among Your Workforce?
There have been hundreds of articles written on the power of positive thinking. The experts have discovered that positive thinking has a powerful effect on our bodies and minds. This holds true both at home and in the workplace. Positivity brings about better coping skills, stronger collaboration, and even a more productive workforce. What is Read more »
The Key to Building a Collaborative Work Environment
Every manager knows that collaboration is the key to improving productivity in their team. The data shows that collaboration increases innovation as well as productivity. But the idea of getting everyone in your boat to row in the same direction is easier than actually implementing it in practice. This blog will help you understand the Read more »
How Might Leaders Promote Professional Growth and Development in 2022?
Your employees want to be engaged. But far too few of them are. Gallup’s research shows only 35% of the American workforce consider themselves engaged. The rest are just calling it in. With that said, the research also shows that your workforce wants meaningful work. So, how can you, as the employer, look for ways Read more »
Three Reasons to Partner with a Staffing Partner for Your Hiring Needs in 2022
You need help. Finding candidates in this market is challenging. You’re looking for talent, but the days of posting an advertisement and being bombarded with resumes are pretty much over. What should you do? We have three reasons why a staffing partner could be the best move you’ll make for the New Year. Reason #1: Read more »
The Key to Identifying Top Performers When Interviewing
The studies show us that top performers are up to 400 times more productive than the rest of us. Top performers are key to company productivity, so you want to fin as many as you can during the candidate selection process. But how can you find these overachievers? We have some tips that will help Read more »
Don’t Scare Away Candidates with These Mistakes
Wake up, hiring managers! It’s a candidate-driven market with way more jobs than people to fill them. If the candidate is experienced and working in high-demand fields such as healthcare or technology, they can pretty much write their ticket into just about any job they choose. The old ways of interviewing aggressively no longer work Read more »