Marketing Matters – Part I
It’s indisputably one of the most crucial aspects of a business’s budget. With the focus on a strong finish for 2015 though, the time to ...
So, What Does the Skilled Laborers’ Shortage Mean for the Staffing Industry?
The shortage of skilled workers has been a major concern for some time among employers across a broad range of industries and regions. The rebounding ...
A Different Approach to The Skills Gap
It pings the scale somewhere between frustrating/annoying and damaging/crippling. The effects of not having access to job candidates whose skills match the job openings at ...
Challenges Facing the Staffing Industry in 2016
Call them growing pains - the challenges and concerns facing an expanding industry. A positive outlook will choose to see these situations as opportunities to ...
3 New Year’s Marketing Resolutions To Start Right NOW!
Wow. Hasn’t 2015 just flown by. It seems like only yesterday that we were all reading and writing blogs about predictions for the upcoming year, looking back over 2014, and just generally feeling the hope that every new beginning seems to bring.
Strategies for Overcoming the Skills Gap
A skilled workforce has become one of the most discussed challenges facing the long-term success of all businesses—retail, service, healthcare and manufacturing. Although everyone would ...
Thanksgiving Break: Does Closing Shop for a 4-Day Weekend Makes Sense?
Recreational Equipment Inc., commonly known as REI, recently stunned the retail world with the announcement that not only would they continue their years-long practice of being ...
How to “Sell” Your Staffing Agency to Clients
You announce an agency-wide focus to build your firm’s list of client companies. Why? Because the more clients who contract with you to meet their ...
Does “Cold Calling” Really Work?
A sizeable number of people actively involved in marketing and sales have concluded that “cold calling” is, or should be, a thing of the past. ...
4 Tips for Attracting Top-Talent
Essentially, all staffing firms draw from the same pond of job candidates and have the exact same goal: snag the best candidates for themselves and ...
