Interviewing for Interpersonal Skills

By the time you start scheduling interviews, you have narrowed down your candidates quite a bit. You’ve passed over anyone whose experience and education is not up to snuff. You’ve even done a bit of sleuthing on the candidate’s social media accounts to look for red flags. Likely, the resumes you are left with are… Read more »

Communication: Becoming a Better Leader Through Active Listening

What is the most important quality for a leader to have? There are plenty of opinions out there, but good communication skills usually rank highly on everyone’s list. What’s often forgotten is that communication is about more than just being able to get your point across. Listening is the “bigger half” of good communication. Do you… Read more »

Should You Hire Based on Enthusiasm?

It’s a problem just about every hiring manager has faced: Candidate A is fresh out of college, with no work experience to speak of, but is very enthusiastic and knowledgeable about the company. Candidate B has all the experience and qualifications you could ask for, but seems less than eager about the job. Who do… Read more »

What Do Your Employees Want?

As a manager, do you know how to keep your employees happy? Most employers think what employees really want is money and job security. In reality, what usually tops the list for employees is appreciation and independence. The best way to be sure you are giving employees what they want is to simply ask! Employee… Read more »

The 4 Things Every Job Interview Should Uncover

Whether in a clinical, office or industrial setting, hiring a new employee requires getting to know dozens of candidates in a short amount of time. Judging a person with the limited information from a resume and interview is a tricky task. To help narrow your scope, consider the following four things you should learn about… Read more »

How Can a Staffing Partner Help Me?

Want more hours in the day? Want less stress and more success? Want happier employees? If these questions have you rolling your eyes and muttering “don’t we all,” then it’s time you were introduced to hiring the Staffing Partners’ way. Once you’re working with a professional staffing agency, you’ll wonder how you lived without one… Read more »

Two Great Candidates? How to Pick

It’s the classic rock and a hard place. Which is worse, having no good candidates for your open positions, or having two candidates who are equally qualified, with neither a clear winner for the job? Choosing between two excellent job candidates doesn’t have to put you in a tight spot if you’ve got a few… Read more »

Must-Have Leadership Traits to Look For in All Candidates

Disaster and opportunity have one major thing in common: They both appear when you least expect them. For managers, that means you can lose a great leader with little or no warning, and gain a great leader where you least expected to find one. Have an eye toward leadership abilities in mind when hiring manufacturing… Read more »

How to Prepare Your Team for a Change

When you’re a manager or HR person, one of the most difficult aspects of your job is often leading your flock through a stormy time. Turnover, new hires, new reporting systems — anything that shakes up the status quo adds to your workload and often results in disgruntled employees. Make transitions easier for your staff… Read more »

Build Loyalty Among Light Industrial Workers

Managers in the light industrial trade all agree that hiring and retaining great employees is one of their biggest challenges. Yet few understand why creating a loyal light industrial workforce is such a unique challenge. Part of it’s the nature of the job, and part of it’s the nature of the corporate culture. Overcome the… Read more »