It’s National Safety Month -How Can an Employee Perception Survey Help Workplace Safety Culture?

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Emphasizing safety is paramount when it comes to any variety of industrial work or skilled labor. Keeping the workplace safe and happy is crucial for productivity, and also helps to maximize your bottom line. Unsafe behavior can be expensive: think damaged inventory, lost profits, injury compensation, even legal action. Avoid these concerns by creating a […]

5 Workplace Hazards to Watch For

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Employees are at risk, even in the tamest of office settings. It can seem easy to write off something like wrist pain or stray office equipment, but you have a responsibility to your workers. A great leader ensures that their employees are safe and comfortable when they arrive each day. Company environment can make or […]

Onboarding Doesn’t Stop After the First Day

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Welcoming newcomers to the team is a great way to make them feel involved for the first day on the job. But how do you continue the process past first introductions? Employee retention is essential – the last thing you want as a leader is to be trapped in a cycle of constant hiring with […]

Lower Your Time to Fill Ratio by Using a Staffing Agency

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It can be frustrating at times hiring people, especially when it takes weeks and even months to find the right person for each job. This is not something to take lightly because each person hired can impact the organization. It’s a candidate-driven market in Chicago and other regions with unemployment numbers down fewer available candidates […]

Why Don’t Your Employees Trust You?

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According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, only about one in three people have trust for their employer. In fact, the 33,000 employees polled believed they could trust a peer more (67 percent) than the company CEO (49 percent). Why should you care if your employees trust you or not? There are several reasons. • Employees […]

Is It Acceptable to Text Job Candidates?

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The job market is increasingly filled by younger candidates, those accustomed to using mobile devices practically 24 hours/day and seven days/week. Many younger job candidates are either currently employed full-time, or they are in-between jobs looking for that next great opportunity. But the truth is, they are busy and on-the-go most of the day. If you’ve […]

How to Build a Culture in a Large Company

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Nearly every business has an idea of what corporate culture should look like. But, it can be difficult to build a strong corporate brand in a larger company because everyone has different ideas of what it should be and people are often spread out in different regions. Building a strong culture is possible in a […]

How to Hire the Best Millennials

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Much has been said during the past few years about how to attract the best millennials, those employees who are now between the ages of 18-34. Millennials now comprise the largest percentage of the workforce at 36 percent. This highly talented generation of employees has brought a lot of value to the workplace, but they also come […]

Tell Stories to Improve Presentations

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Have you ever had to listen to a dry and long-winded business presentation? How about one where the presenter shared an interesting experience? What was the difference in how you received the presentation?  What do you remember from that presentation in the days, weeks, months or even years following? There’s a good chance you enjoyed […]

What’s the Best Decision – Paying Overtime or Hiring Temporary Workers?

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It should be the goal of every business to be smart when it comes to staffing costs. At times, it’s necessary for regular employees to work overtime to complete time-sensitive projects. These types of situations are basically unavoidable. With some careful planning, companies can save money and time by hiring temporary employees to augment current […]