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Onboarding Headaches? HR Tech Can Help Your Headaches Go Away!
In many ways, onboarding is an undervalued part of the hiring process. Often, it’s the first significant interaction a candidate has with a new employer,


How to Create a Healthy Environment in Your Staffing Firm
During the pandemic, one thing became abundantly clear: mental health and productivity go hand-in-hand. When an environment supports the needs of its workforce, the odds


How to Retain Talent: 3 Proven Approaches
Today, retention is a priority for most companies. The labor market is incredibly tight and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future. Plus, skill


The 5 Steps You Can’t Forget in Your Staffing Plan
Having a solid staffing plan is crucial for success. It allows you to optimize your workforce continuously and act proactively, letting you ramp up or


How The Right Technology Can Help Your Staffing Firms Safety Training Initiatives
With employee turnover costing as much as 25% of payroll annually, it’s no wonder more and more staffing firms are looking for ways to improve


How Your Staffing Firm Can Improve Its Virtual Recruiting Process
Recently, virtual recruiting has become an integral part of many HR operations. And it’s not hard to see why. With the rise of social media


Striking a Balance: 4 Tips to Help Your Staffing Firm Balance Technology and Human Interaction in the Hiring
In today’s flooded job market, staffing firms need to find ways to streamline the hiring and onboarding of new employees. And in most cases, they


How Your Staffing Firm Can Reduce Bias and Improve Diversity in Your Screening Process
Whether you’re hiring for a temporary job or a permanent position, your staffing firm needs to have a process in place to reduce bias and


The Top 4 Ways Staffing Firms Should Adapt to the Current Talent Market
In the current talent market, the competition for top candidates is high. There are a number of challenges facing staffing firms. Employees are looking for


Why Your Staffing Firm Needs to Implement These 4 Phases of Onboarding
As a staffing agency, there is a lot of work that goes into a successful candidate placement. After you have gotten them through a set


Why Are Candidates Ghosting Your Staffing Firm? 4 Weaknesses That Might Be to Blame
No one wants to deal with a candidate ghosting them, especially if you’ve worked hard to find a new opportunity for them. While much of


How Staffing Firms Can Prioritize Mental Health to Improve Internal Retention
Staffing agencies often struggle with their own retention rates. Talented recruiters are hard to come by, so it is important to retain your best team