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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Most companies allow their employees to bring their own smartphones and even their tablets to the office. But does that mean you can--and should--use them whenever you like? Obviously, each office should have its own policy for appropriate use, but there are several simple rules that all users should follow. Mobile devices should be used [...]
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Most everyone dreads dealing with performance appraisals. Let's be honest: performance reviews are a pain in the you-know-what. Employees don't like them and HR aren't fans either--45 percent of HR leaders didn't think reviews were good gauges of a worker's performance, compared to last year's 39 percent, according to a poll by the Society of [...]
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Whether you're happily employed or searching for a job, the new year is an ideal time to set or reset your career goals. The holidays provide some much needed time off to rejuvenate, refresh, and refocus, which can help you to hit the ground running, professionally, come the new year. Reflecting on 2012 Carve out [...]
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Lots of companies are adding an executive-level position of culture chief. Seems like a good idea, right? NOT SO! When done right, a culture exec can be a powerful role to marshal resources, but it runs a HUGE risk of communicating a top-down approach to culture--and that's not the way to go. What works better? [...]
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Want to make a big impact on your company--and your career--in 2013? Then it's time to put your human resources to the test. It's time to challenge your organization to do more, do it better, and really make the most of your human resources function. Are you ready? Here are 30 HR challenges for you. [...]
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July 9, 2013
