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Some positions and corporate situations pose special challenges to hiring managers. If you’re finding it difficult to hire great candidates for high turnover positions, have corporate situations such as hiring freezes or short-term staffing needs, or are overwhelmed when it comes to selecting the best candidates for your open positions, it’s time to consider hiring… Read more »
Some temporary employees love the excitement of moving from one placement to another, but if you’re the kind who’s looking to settle down, don’t assume that temporary employment is not for you. Turning a temporary job into a permanent position is easier than you think, provided you know the best strategy going in. Don’t Move… Read more »
All managers have felt that “needle in a haystack” feeling of sifting through stacks and stacks of resumes and job applications to no avail. If that feeling is common for you, it’s time to take recruiting advice from the experts — attracting top candidates to your organization is simple, as long as you know how… Read more »
As an employer, there is little more frustrating than employee attrition. Hiring new employees for the same positions over and over costs you money and valuable staff time. It’s even more frustrating, however, when you suspect that the fault may not lie completely with your new hires. If you’re not thinking of how you can… Read more »
When it comes to getting a job after several months or longer of unemployment, your prospects can seem dim. Statistically speaking, the long-term unemployed are too often the pariahs of job seekers, dismissed by potential employers as unemployable or out of touch with today’s job culture. If you’ve been out of work for a long… Read more »
The job advertisement says all applicants need management experience — you were responsible for wrangling schedules and time cards at your last job, so that counts…right? Or maybe the job you want requires a bachelor’s degree, and though you completed all the credits, you didn’t actually graduate due to an outstanding bill — close enough,… Read more »
Getting poor response to job advertisements? Unimpressed by the quality of your recent applicants? Experiencing new hire dissatisfaction? Hard to believe, but you can trace almost all these problems back to your organization’s job posts! Creating effective job advertisements can be the difference between uninspired applicants and the star employees you’re looking for. When your… Read more »
Interviewing for a job is hard work, but it can seem even harder when employers give you little to go on but the same old generic interview questions. Believe it or not, employers get tired of hearing the usual pat answers to these common questions, too. If you’re not thinking outside the box a little,… Read more »
You rely on your staffing firm for your organization’s most important asset: your employees. So it only stands to reason that you want your relationship with the staffing experts you trust to be a good one. If you want to stand out as a star to your staffing firm, here are five ways to really… Read more »
As a healthcare professional, you may be embarrassed to admit that you’re still a little confused about the Affordable Care Act. Don’t be — keeping track of what the Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers you, why it’s important and what it means for you as a temporary employee can be confusing. Here’s the lowdown: What… Read more »
