Like many people, I have been a new employee several times. My very first job as a teenager was a hostess at a pancake restaurant. After I got my new uniform I was ushered into a “break room” that very closely resembled a storage closet. The manager on duty propped open the door, popped […]

By Keith Coppersmith Sometimes companies take the “we are a customer-centric business” approach so seriously that either they neglect their employees or they fail to grasp the role those employees play in their brands’ successes. Although it’s commendable when an organization does its absolute best to amaze and dazzle its audiences, the company should also […]

Each day, an increasing number of manufacturers find themselves short staffed. Not only is the industry enjoying a period of modest growth, but employees are retiring faster than recruiters can replace them. These conditions are unlikely to change any time soon. If manufacturers are going to figure out how to manage in this new reality, […]

Thanks to a challenging hiring environment, companies are struggling more than ever to hire people for open positions, in many cases “it’s taking longer to fill jobs today than in any other period in the postindustrial era.” In today’s competitive market in which 51 percent of applicants keep “[looking] for other jobs even when an […]

Feedback.   Just hearing that word can make someone’s blood pressure rise—and his or her defenses go up. Many people consider it a dirty word associated with bias, politics, resentment, and self doubt. With such a negative reputation that’s been built one lousy experience at a time, feedback definitely has a branding problem. Yet anyone […]

Because many employers are not well versed in the Americans with Disabilities Act, they are often uncertain about whether a requested accommodation must be granted. The good news is that an accommodation does not have to be granted if it does not actually allow the employee to perform his or her job. The purpose of […]

Nulite Story   Patrick Hersco of Nulite Lighting thought there was one way to hire manufacturing employees: the hard way.The way where you wade through the same old candidates who swim around the candidate pool, hire a handful, pray that a couple actually are worth keeping, and then repeat all over again the process the […]

With 2016 right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about salaries going into the new year. As a hiring manager, it’s important to stay on top of the latest hiring trends and starting salary ranges in the most in demand fields. What can we expect in 2016? Base Salaries Will Rise In 2015, […]

Behind every successful, productive company is a collection of employees working in a collaborative, functional environment that promotes a sense of teamwork. A social and cooperative team environment creates employee satisfaction which increases productivity. Frequently, the temp agency clients of Employment Solutions inquire as to how they can boost the morale of their labor force to […]

At the end of the 2015 fiscal year, you’ll expect to see that your company wisely implemented its sector budgets by incorporating useful, cost-cutting changes that resulted in substantial financial improvements from the prior year. Being that your employee base consumes a great deal of your company’s overall expenses, it is imperative to target this […]