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4 Reasons You Need to Build a Strong Talent Pipeline

As a business owner or manager, you likely know that your employees are the key to your success. But if you’re still relying on the old, reactive “business as usual” model when it comes to recruiting and hiring, you could land yourself and your organization in hot water. That’s because things have changed a lot [...]

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5 Ways to Turn Off Your New Hires

You just spent months sourcing potential recruits, pouring over resumes, conducting interviews, and evaluating the hard and soft skills of dozens of candidates. You’re probably glad the hiring process is over. So – after you’ve invested all that time and energy – why in the world would you make a new employee feel like a [...]

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Fight Back! How to Power Through Your Midday Slump

Does this sound familiar? At work, you're going full steam ahead all morning, crossing things off your to-do list and feeling productive. You take a quick break for lunch and figure you'll dive right back into your work and power through the afternoon. But somewhere between 2 and 3 p.m. you find your attention wandering [...]

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4 Rules of Recruitment Advertising You Shouldn’t Break

In this day and age, there are countless ways to communicate with others--job seekers included. And an effective recruitment strategy will make use of a finely balanced mix of channels throughout the process. In the early stages of talent attraction, one way to get your company name and employer brand message in front of target [...]

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PrideStaff Expands in Tempe With New Accounting and Financial Staffing Division

TEMPE, AZ, May 4, 2012 -- PrideStaff, a national staffing organization, is pleased to announce the expansion of their existing office in Tempe, AZ.  PrideStaff Financial, a PrideStaff division specializing in Accounting and Financial Staffing, will offer expanded services for companies seeking accounting and financial specialists. “We have seen a significant increase in demand in [...]

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