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 »
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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 »
Identifying a Strong Clerical Candidate
Is your clerical candidate proficient in all Word applications? Have you seen examples of their written work? These are a couple of examples of how to screen your clerical candidates. Clerical skills literally run the world. Out of all the applications most companies use, they probably go back most frequently to Office tools like Word Read more »
How to Find Accounting Candidates Quickly
We’re in the thick of a staffing shortage again and you need an accountant. It’s a challenging time for employers seeking any kind of talent, let alone skilled workers from the accounting field. Accounting handles critical components for your business, from taxes, billing, payroll, and more. It’s not a function you can do without for Read more »
Reducing the Carbon Footprint at Your Warehouse
Sustainable Logistics International makes a good point, “With climate change becoming an increasingly bipartisan issue, the PR value of operating green and efficient warehouses is substantial.” Reducing the carbon footprint of your warehouse will also reduce operational expenses on your bottom line. No matter what you think about the issue, making your warehouse a little Read more »