Home Grown Talent: Are You Doing Enough to Develop Your Best Employees?
Struggling to hire the dynamic employees you need? Grow them yourself! In a tight talent market, employee development is critical to your business’s continued success. Training improves your team’s skills, making them more valuable and versatile within your company. But developing your team does much more than increase and/or broaden their job skills; it’s a […]
Why Isn’t Anyone Applying to Your Jobs?
Hiring? It’s tough out there. With Nashville’s unemployment rate one of the lowest in the entire nation, you can’t just copy an old job description, slap it up on a job board, and call it a day. Well, you can do that, but your ideal candidate isn’t likely to apply to it. In today’s employment […]
Assess Emotional Intelligence to Make Better Hires
Workforce demographics are changing. Skills gaps are widening. Employee loyalty isn’t what it used to be. In today’s environment, hiring mistakes can be extremely costly. What’s the best way to ensure success? Obviously, you need to make sure your candidate has the right experience and job skills. Beyond that, however, you should also assess the […]
To Pay or Not to Pay? On Call vs. Just-in-Time Employees
Business is unpredictable. If your Middle Tennessee company is like most, it has its ups and downs. You might need “all hands on deck” at a moment’s notice, or just as suddenly find those same hands sitting idle. Just-in-time staff from Wood Personnel can help even out those highs and lows in your business, but […]
ACA in 2016: 3 Ways Staffing Can Help Your Middle TN Business Manage Costs
As of January 1, the ACA has changed its definition of a “small employer” and is now requiring employers with 50 to 100 full-time/full-time-equivalent employees to offer adequate, affordable health coverage to the majority of employees and their dependent children. Whew – that’s a mouthful. In simpler language, it’s getting more expensive this year to […]
Turn Turnover on Its Head
When we recently examined hiring and workforce trends, survey results indicated that turnover is a major employment concern. In fact, 48% of respondents listed turnover as the biggest reason they’re hiring. Whether it’s due to firing or voluntary quits, turnover can have a massive negative impact on employee morale and your bottom line. Depending on […]
