As “Hungry” to Drive Productivity as You Are for That Thanksgiving Turkey?

These productivity tools will satisfy your APPetite! Apps have completely transformed the way we live and work. While some are purely for entertainment purposes (looking at you, Candy Crush), others can dramatically improve your individual and team productivity. If you’re hungry for ways to boost efficiency, facilitate better team collaboration and build momentum in your […]

Would You Try THAT?! Unconventional Ways to Boost Employee Productivity

Call them “out of the box.” Call them “unconventional.” Call them “strange.” However you choose to describe these productivity boosters, one thing is sure: they’ll go a long way toward refreshing, refocusing and re-energizing your team (especially during a summer productivity slump). Get Visual. Try color therapy. Research shows that the color yellow positively affects […]

Hire Smarter in Middle TN: HR compliance tips to improve background checks

Background checks used to be so simple. You’d just forward the applicant’s contact information to the background check company, receive a report, and then toss those resumes that came back with felony convictions. How things have changed! New laws and an extremely vigilant Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) have made background checks more complex and […]

Trends in Middle Tennessee Staffing and Workforce Management – What will 2014 bring?

One of the best ways to predict the future? Look to the past for trends, patterns and insights. It’s been four years since the end of the Great Recession. Since then, the temporary staffing industry has grown dramatically.  That growth will likely be sustained, as Staffing Industry Analysts has predicted that the U.S. staffing industry […]