The Watercooler

The Watercooler Blog is full of workplace tips and trends related to employee retention, engagement, interviewing and more. The Watercooler is frequently refilled, so gather ‘round often.

Boosting Morale for Temporary Employees

It’s not uncommon for temporary employees to feel a little awkward in the workplace. Especially in an environment where staff has been together for many years, it’s easy for a temp to feel like the odd person out. While everyone else is familiar with each other’s personalities, working styles and probably even personal lives, a [...] Read More

What to do When an Employee Violates Your Social Media Policy

Like it or not, social media is now part of our daily lives. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn make it possible for employees to externalize their professional lives and broadcast it across the Internet.Sometimes this type of free speech online runs up against certain limitations in the workplace. For example, many [...] Read More

Target Facebook Posts for Your Intended Fresno-Based Audience

Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. FourSquare. Pintrest. Yelp. Tumblr. The average person views hundreds of social media posts daily.Trying to reach an audience in a vast sea of up-to-the-minute social media posts can be a challenge for any business.That said, there are a number of highly effective ways to reach a specific target audience simply by tweaking [...] Read More

The Strengths of Using a Staffing Firm

It’s a common misconception that staffing firms are just for hiring temporary workers as “fill-ins”. In today’s economic climate, however, there are many other excellent ways to utilize staffing firms. Countless businesses rely on staffing firms as strategic partners to keep their workforce as strong and efficient as possible. Here are just a few of [...] Read More

Talent Benchmarking

If your organization is like most, your employees fall into one of three categories: ·         High performers ·         Average employees ·         Workers who are barely…

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PrideStaff Makes ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing® Client and Talent List

PrideStaff, a leading national staffing franchise organization, today announced they have each been named to ClearlyRated’s 2013 Best of Staffing® Client and Talent List. Presented in partnership with CareerBuilder, the fourth annual Best of Staffing list provides the only statistically valid, objective, service quality benchmarks in the industry and reveals which staffing agencies are delivering [...] Read More