Breaking Down the Recruiting Stereotype Finding a recruiter or a great staffing agency to partner with when hiring for those “tough to fill” roles can be a bit like blind dating- you’re never sure what you are going to get. One seldom finds a perfect match on the first, second or even third try. To [...]
The New Age Workforce How to Manage Millennials: Those born between 1980 and 1999 are now the largest segment of the workforce, surpassing 33% of workers in 2015 according to Pew Research Center. My previous blog made note of the volumes of discussion and writings musing about this key segment of our population. The irony [...]
Can your Social Media Activity Impact your Ability to get a Job? We’ve visited this subject in the past but it is so important, it warrants a second look. The number of social media products we have access to seems to grow every year. There have never been so many ways to have your voice [...]
Falling Asleep on the Job...Literally Do you start your day at the office chugging a cup of coffee or tea trying to keep your eyes open long enough to be productive? Sadly, you are not alone. Millions of Americans suffer from lack of sleep and it can affect everything from work productivity to relationships, to [...]
Possible Social Media Impacts to your Job Search With all the social media tools available today, people have never been more empowered to make their voices heard. Something important just happened? Share it on Facebook! Have a novel thought or clever insight? Tweet it! And why not? We can meet new people and have some [...]
Providing Your Two Weeks' Notice with Professionalism Resign with Grace: Congratulations! You’ve just landed that new career opportunity you’ve been seeking. Things are looking up; your career is moving forward. You’re excited about the new challenge. You’ll be taking on additional responsibilities with the opportunity to learn new and interesting things. All you have to [...]
Staffing vs. Recruiting Staffing for IT, engineering and manufacturing job openings describes the process whereby candidates with specific skills are interviewed and hired to fill an open position with an operating company. It usually involves contacting and communicating with known candidates that possess the necessary background and skills required to successfully complete the project or [...]
Ensuring Success with Your Recent Millennial Hire Much has been written about the difficulty in attracting and recruiting millennials. Likewise, there are volumes of articles, blogs, books and tweets about perceived difficulties in managing, motivating, retaining - in truth, understanding millennials in the context of a traditional work environment. Millennials experience, like all employees, begins [...]
Interviewing is the time to Sell your Skills and Experience Our Eagles won the Super Bowl! Best news to hit Philadelphia in quite a while! It was also great listening to the players and coaches share the fun they had all year in their quest to bring the Lombardi Trophy to the City of Brotherly [...]
Tips for Finding the Right Recruiter Manufacturing Recruiting: As an operating company you should do a little homework before you begin to work with a staffing firm or a recruiter to fill your engineering or manufacturing job openings. You should seek an established firm. One with years of experience, preferably in your industry, but that [...]
