Job Candidates Are Not Always Their Social Media Postings
Now that social media has gained a real prominence in our society and in the workplace, employers are using it more and more to check out job candidates. Career counselors are telling those looking for jobs to be careful regarding what they put on their Facebook pages or what they tweet on Twitter because potential Read more »
Post-Interview Follow Up
Looking for a job is an arduous and time-consuming process. It takes a lot of effort. But when that effort begins to pay off, remember the work is not done until you have a definite job offer in hand. That means don’t slack off too soon – follow through with all the details. You may Read more »
Maintaining a Great Relationship with Your Staffing Service
If you want to increase the chances of having a successful relationship with your staffing firm, here are a few things to keep in mind when your company makes a request for contingent employees. The first tip for making things go as smoothly as possible is to make sure you notify the staffing service as Read more »
Temporary Workers and Employer Liability
One of the regulatory traps that businesses sometimes fall into when they use staffing services is the employment classification of contingent workers. Many times a business that uses contingent workers from a staffing firm takes on certain responsibilities for the workers, responsibilities usually associated with “regular” employment. By doing this, the company allows itself to Read more »
Temporary Employee Benefits
For many of those who are looking at staffing services to find work, an important consideration is the kind of benefits they offer. Many staffing firms offer a variety of benefits, including health insurance, as a way to recruit and keep workers. One international staffing service, for example, offers up to five different healthcare plans Read more »
The Changing Status of Employment
The makeup of the American workforce is undergoing a sea change, fueled in part by the current weak economy Companies and workers need to adapt. According to Doug Berg, a workforce expert, the United States is in the middle of a big shift in the workforce, especially in the technology area. The way things have Read more »
Tips for Onboarding New Employees
In the past, orienting a new hire was usually relegated to some lower-level worker in the human resources department, and after that brief introduction to the company, the new employee was on his or her own. Now, however, things are different because businesses realize the importance of getting a new employee up to speed, making Read more »
Preparing for Life After Work
In today’s super competitive business arena, even those who are considered giants of their industry are no longer considered to be in a safe position – and sometimes are even the first to be relieved of duty. For many senior executives, the time when they will be eased out the door is approaching – and Read more »
Made a Mistake? Here’s What to Do
Sooner or later, every person in a position of leadership is going to make a mistake, one that will also entail the obligation of an apology. We’re only human. It might involve a snafu on the job, some action that was taken or not taken, or something that was said that shouldn’t have been. Once Read more »
Seven Steps to Mental Well Being
We have lots of ways of measuring our physical well being that help us determine when our bodies are healthy and when we are pushing them too much. But what we don’t have is a good measure of our mental well being, and it’s something we need because we’re pushing ourselves like never before. We Read more »