If you’ve got an appointment with a staffing agency, you might be wondering what you should wear. Treat an appointment with a staffing agency as a job interview at a company. The staffing agency is the group you want to hire you to begin work. You want to dress as you would for a job… Read more »
When you you’re a human resources manager, one of your duties is keeping on top of compliance rules and regulations. Your company needs to abide by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules, sexual harassment policies, and antidiscrimination laws, among others. What’s the best way to ensure that the… Read more »
The success rate in hiring is important to any business. Briefly, the success rate is the number of people hired who are good employees: reliable and able to do their tasks well. How can you make your hiring more successful? Reducing Hiring and Firing Costs When you add up the time and effort expended on… Read more »
When you have a job interview, first impressions are huge. If you show up late with coffee spilled across your shirt, you may have lost the job before you even open your mouth. Why? Because the staffing agency and hiring manager are evaluating you for the job at every minute of an interview. They will… Read more »
When you’re hired by an employer, you need to care about the company enough to do a good job. Companies don’t need just another warm body to fill its order and make its warehouse run smoothly. They need to care. So, how do you show that you’re not just another warm body at work, but… Read more »
When you work for a staffing company, you work for the staffing company even though you’re at another company for your shifts. So it’s a good idea to know how day off requests work. If you want to take a day off, remember that both organizations, the staffing company and the one you work at, need… Read more »
Conflicts at work happen enough that it’s a good idea to know how to handle them when they come up. It could be anything from a coworker filling the refrigerator with some special diet ingredients so no one else has space to a supervisor being overly demanding and not understanding that you can’t get everything… Read more »
If you feel stressed at work, you likely have plenty of company. Sixty-five percent of Americans report that work is their top source of stress. One-third have chronic stress from their jobs. Stress, especially if you feel it all the time, can make you want to quit. But many of us, of course, need jobs!… Read more »
Creating and fostering a positive work culture is one of the most important things you can do to help your business. Why? A positive work culture will increase the productivity and loyalty of your employees. It strengthens morale and promotes teamwork. Here are 3 of the most impactful ways you can create a positive work… Read more »
For most people, job interviews don’t happen that often. If you’re just starting to look, you may feel that the last one was ages ago. If you’ve been looking recently, chances are still feel new at it. Interviews just don’t happen often enough for people to get experienced at it! As you interview, you want… Read more »