Best Practices: Prepare for Holiday Staffing Needs

With winter on its way, you know to prepare for changes in weather. While you’re preparing for winter, don’t forget to prepare for your holiday staffing needs. Increased customer demand in many industries is typical during the holiday season. Many of your employees will be traveling to celebrate the holidays with family and friends, leaving… Read more »

What Resume Style is Best for Me?

In the world of recruiting and employment searches, a good resume is your foot in the door. Its job is to create interest and make the recruiter want to meet you. The question is how do you create an attractive resume? There are two common resume styles used today: chronological and functional. Chronological resumes, as… 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 »

How to Discuss Your Previous Job During an Interview

One of the most challenging aspects of a job interview is the inevitable questioning about your previous jobs. From interviewers who ask how much you made at a previous job to the ones who want to gossip about your former employers, there are so many landmines associated with questions about your former jobs that it… Read more »

When Is the Right Time to Start Hiring?

Summer is here — time for vacations, sunburns, and getting everything in place to hire employees to fill your 2016 holiday staffing needs. No, don’t read that sentence again, you read it right the first time. When it comes to filling anticipated hiring needs, the time to act is not a month before the holiday… Read more »

Can I Quit Without Giving Two Weeks’ Notice?

When you’ve got a great job offer, or are just ready to leave a job you don’t love, you may find yourself asking do I really have to give my job two weeks’ notice? Well, no, you don’t have to give notice when you leave a job, but if you want to continue to get… Read more »

Safety Hazards for Light Industrial Workplaces

Losing time and money to workplace injuries is frustrating not just for the spent resources, but for the knowledge that the losses are often preventable. Identifying common safety hazards in your light industrial workplace can not only help you avoid workers’ compensation claims, it can also help you maintain a safe, healthy workforce. Staffing Partners’… Read more »

Resume/CV Writing for Nurses

Tags: nursing resume basics; writing a nursing resume; resumes for nurses; nursing CV; resumes for new nursing grads; nursing career change and resumes From the newly pinned nursing graduate to the established nurse looking for a change of job, having a resume ready for potential employers is essential to your career. But if you’re new… Read more »