January - 2020

Institutionalized Snacking: Keeping Your Entire Team on Track with Snack Breaks

Institutionalized Snacking: Keeping Your Entire Team on Track with Snack Breaks

There’s an old saying in our culture: “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink”. This is a very important lesson for any manager to learn, especially when it comes to workplace wellness and healthy snacking. Many good managers are uniquely aware of their employee’s coping mechanisms for low energy and calorie management. They know who brings coffee to work in the morning and who refills the communal coffee pot. Who clocks in still eating their fast-food bre

4 Benefits of Using a Staffing Agency to Find Talent

4 Benefits of Using a Staffing Agency to Find Talent

Watching your business grow is so rewarding. Yet, with that growth comes the need to add more staff to your company. The process itself is enough to make the most seasoned entrepreneur stressed out. How do you find talent? How long will it take to sift through the endless number of applications? How will you interview them? Your employees are your greatest asset. However, as a business owner finding talent may not be the best use of your time. Especially when other tasks will

Staffing 101–Is Your Accounting Department Understaffed?

Staffing 101–Is Your Accounting Department Understaffed?

As a business owner, your time and energy are often pulled in different directions. You hired competent people, and you are doing your part by growing the business. However, with business growth, oftentimes the need arises for you to expand your workforce. Some departments, like the accounting department, can go overlooked. If you suspect your accounting team is understaffed, here are some signs you need to know. Your Employees are Consistently Working Overtime One sign that

Staffing Firms in Michigan: How to Assess Someone Skills for an Entry-Level Position

Staffing Firms in Michigan: How to Assess Someone Skills for an Entry-Level Position

Entry-Level Positions Some managers feel that assessing someone for an entry-level position is somewhat more difficult than assessing a job-seeker with more experience. Applicants for entry-level positions, the thinking goes, don’t have a great deal of employment experience to call on. As a result, questions about their past experience perhaps won’t be helpful. Indeed, the prospective employee may not be able to handle them at all. So hiring managers, and some human resources