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Tech + Culture: The Winning Formula for Speed, Quality and Talent

The right tech – coupled with the right culture – can improve everything from speed and quality to recruiting and retention. Here's what the data shows!

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This is one way to grab a hiring manager's attention (but definitely not the best). With 83% of HR professionals still considering cover letters important to hiring decisions, make sure your cover letter stands out – in a good way.

Master the Digital Wave: A Practical Blueprint for Tech Transformation in Your Workplace

You're in a unique position to drive digital fluency and transformation in your workplace. Here's how to do it!

Creating a Killer Resume in 2024: A Jobseeker's FAQ

In this guide, we answer your biggest questions, helping you translate your skills and experience into a powerful tool to land that interview.

Great Ideas--June 2024

Getting hourly workers to show up – and give their best effort – is especially tough during the “summer doldrums.” Use these quick-hitting ideas to get more from your team when the heat is on.

How to Sound Like a Hero in Your Next Interview

Move over STAR; meet SHER - a modern, powerful format for answering interview questions that highlights your capacity for self-awareness, coachability and growth.

Know-It-Alls and Wannabes: Manage Them Effectively

Dealing with an employee who's arrogant, irrational or downright delusional is one of the toughest workplace challenges – and there’s no escaping it!

From Boomers to Zoomers: How to Build a Rock-Solid, High-Performance Workforce

Future-proof your workforce by understanding and optimizing the performance of our workforce’s newest generations.

Staying Power: How To Build Career Longevity

Use these practical strategies to build a dynamic, upward career path that grows alongside you.

AI Is Flooding the Job Market With Applications. Here’s What To Do About It

AI makes it easier to apply for jobs en masse. It's increasing your competition – making it harder to stand out. Here’s how to rise above the application torrent and get noticed by hiring managers.

Hiring Someone Smarter Than You: Genius Move…or Dumb Idea?

Will bringing on someone who challenges the status quo (and potentially shines a light on your weak spots) ultimately benefit your career – and your team's performance? You decide!

Show a Little Love: How To Bring Out the Best in Your People

The grin from treating an employee with a box of chocolates might be fleeting, but these tips really "sweeten the deal" to bring out the best in your people, every day.

Throwing Flags: Interview Mistakes That Could Cost You the Job

On the job hunt? Make sure you’re not tanking your chances with these missteps during the interview phase.

Critical Conversations: A Guide to Essential Employee Communication

Whether the topic is simple or complex, straightforward or potentially contentious, use these strategies to have honest, meaningful conversations that drive positive change.

Seal the Deal: Turn That Successful Interview into a Job Offer

Redefine the waiting game and seal the deal – with the help of a staffing recruiter.

The BEST Gift to Give Yourself

Give yourself an amazing gift this year – by changing your patterns of thinking.

Turn That Assignment Into a Job Offer

Looking for a full-time, direct hire job in the new year? A temporary or contract assignment is a great place to start.

Future-Proof Your Career: Own Your Upskilling in 2024

With work changing more rapidly than ever, improving your skills is more important than ever.

Staying Safe on the Job: OSHA Updates

From electronic recordkeeping requirements to new procedures for handling whistleblower retaliation complaints, here’s what you need to know to stay safe (and compliant) in 2024.

Untapped Productivity: How To Find It. Reclaim It. And Accomplish More, Every Day. 

Feeling it in your workplace? Here’s how to break the cycle - and reignite your team’s productivity!

Embrace Your Inner Superhero: Unleash Your Career Potential With a Staffing Sidekick

The right staffing recruiter can be the Robin to your Batman...

Maximize Your Productivity with These Game-Changing AI-Based Tools

AI-based productivity tools are revolutionizing the way people approach work - and the options available are staggering! Here are a few of the best to boost your productivity, streamline your tasks, and make you more successful.

Your Dream Job: Land It With a Strong Personal Brand

No matter what type of role you're seeking, you need to market yourself and your job expertise to recruiters. Here’s how to build an unmistakable personal brand that positions you as a standout candidate and instantly says, “Yep, I’m the one you need to hire!”

From Hanger to Hired: Dress for Success to Land the Job

Is that interview outfit smart or schlumpy? Is it right for the employer’s workplace culture and the role? Learn what to wear – and what NOT to wear – to make the best impression…and get hired!

Microstress: Protect Your Team - and Their Performance

From difficult co-workers to tech that just doesn't work right, we all experience small stressors in our everyday life. Here's how to prevent these "microstressors" from accumulating - and undermining productivity and performance.

Humans and AI: The Dynamic Duo in Today's Workplace

Explore new ways to get things done faster, safer, and smarter - and why your team will always need humans.

Beyond the Job Description: Finding Your Ideal Employer Fit 

This step-by-step guide explains how to choose the best employer for your career growth and long-term satisfaction.

Using AI to Craft a Resume: Is It Cheating?

Hey, we all want to put our "best foot forward" when applying for a job. But is it ethical (and legal) to have a chatbot write your resume or cover letter?

Employee Re-engagement: How to Get More From Your People

Are your employees doing the bare minimum – or giving you their best every day? Learn practical tips for motivating employees to go the extra mile, even when times are tough.

12 Ways to Beat Task Paralysis 

Feeling overwhelmed by your constantly growing to-do list? Task paralysis is real! Here’s how to get unstuck (and maintain your sanity).

Do You Have These Digital Skills Today's Employers Require?  

Whether you work in a warehouse or production facility, in an office building or from home, these are the digital skills today’s employers are looking for.

Get Unstuck: 5 Secrets to Moving Up

Why do some people stay stuck in their careers – while others seem to advance effortlessly?

10x Your Thinking - And Build a Culture of Innovation

Here's how to build the right culture, processes, and team to go from "better" to "truly revolutionary" in your industry.

Do You Really Need a Cover Letter? Really??

Even if a cover letter isn’t a mandatory part of a job application, new research shows why including one is a smart move (but only if you want to land an interview, that is)!

Fact or Fiction: Younger Workers Demand a Different Approach to Work

From training opportunities to flexibility and paths for advancement, learn what our workforce’s youngest cohort really wants from you.

Quiet Quitters? Ways to Beat Your Team's Engagement Slump

Tired of employees who merely "put in their time"? Use these twelve tips to turn quiet quitters into high performers!

You Can Do This: The Best Ways to Learn New Job Skills

Thanks to the pandemic and “digital transformation,” 58% of today’s workforce needs new skills to get their jobs done. Hoooooo, doggie. Don’t panic; prepare! Here’s how to learn the skills you need (and ultimately, find a great job)!

Operation Skill-Builder: Your Ultimate Guide to Workforce Training in 2023

Outperform your competitors during tough times and create happier, more loyal and more productive employees. Here’s how to prepare your workforce for the future!

Hot in 2023 - The Best Jobs, Skills and Industries

Find out where the greatest demand for talent is – and the skills you need to land your next great opportunity!

GET IT DONE: 52 Weekly Productivity Tips for 2023

We’re sharing 52 of our favorite tips to make each one more productive for you, personally and professionally!

What Is Polywork - and Is It Right for You?

Whether it’s out of desire or necessity, many people are choosing the flexibility, freedom, and variety of polywork.

(Re)Build Trust to Boost Performance

If the last two years have eroded your employees’ confidence in you or your organization, here’s how to rebuild it!

Telling Tales: Using Storytelling to Land the Job You Want

Use these storytelling principles to get noticed, make yourself a more memorable candidate, and get hired!

Be Ready for Anything: Managing Effectively During Uncertain Times

How can you keep your workforce loyal, productive and flexible? Start here!

Ace Your Performance Review: 2022 Style

The modern performance review has changed. Here's the best way to survive this annual ritual!

Build a More Productive Team!

Being busy is one thing. Getting good work done is quite another. It’s up to you to make sure your team is working well together and accomplishing something. Here’s how to build a team that doesn’t just stay busy; it gets things done.

Break the Cycle! Turn Career Sabotage Into Career SUCCESS

We’ve learned that many of us are holding ourselves back without even knowing it. So, how can you tell if you’re self-sabotaging? Here are some signs that you might be your own worst enemy!

What You Get Back From Giving: A Practical Guide to Well-being in the Workplace

How do you make practical changes that drive results? Here's how to move the needle!

Choices, Choices: A Guide to Making Great Decisions for Your Work Life

Making job choices is tough – but it doesn’t have to be. With the right approach, you can ask smarter questions and make better decisions for your career today – and set yourself up for success in the future.

New Dangers: Hiring and Interview Bias

Want to build more dynamic, diverse and productive teams? Understand why and how bias occurs -- and use these tips to neutralize it.

Who would you choose as a job reference?

Providing great references can make or break your chances of getting a job offer. Find out whom you should choose – and how to stack the deck in your favor.

You Gotta Sell It: Convincing Top Candidates to Say YES

"What's in it for me?" In today's candidate market, you need to sell the opportunity -- and your company -- in the interview. Here's how.

WOW Your Interviewer With These Tips!

An interviewer gauges your confidence, capability, professionalism and more based on nonverbal communication. Use these tips to make a great impression -- and get that job.

You Gotta Sell It: Convincing Top Candidates to Say YES

"What's in it for me?" In today's candidate market, you need to sell the opportunity -- and your company -- in the interview. Here's how.

WOW Your Interviewer With These Tips!

An interviewer gauges your confidence, capability, professionalism and more based on nonverbal communication. Use these tips to make a great impression -- and get that job.

50+ Questions to Identify A-Level Candidates

Whether you're hiring an entry-level worker or a remote manager, these questions will help you identify people with the right skills, work ethic, and culture fit to thrive in your company.

5 Tips for Taking Charge of Your Career

The working world has changed -- and so should your strategies for career growth. To remain prepared for what comes next, you must be the boss of your professional development.

When They're Tough, but Good: How To Manage Difficult People

Managing them drains you, but dang it – they're great at their job. Here's how to hold difficult yet high-performing employees accountable and get them to "play nice" with others.

Swiffer Your Job Search: How to Spring Clean Your Social Profiles

The job market may be hot, but 79% of employers have still rejected a candidate because of something they found on social media. Here's how to spruce up your online presence -- and get the job you really want.

12 Ways to Be THE Difference-Maker in Your Company

Need proven ways to move the needle on employee productivity, job satisfaction and retention? Good news: It starts with YOU.

These tips can improve your job (and job search!)

What's the "right" amount of eye contact in a job interview? What's "shared attention"? And when should you look at your webcam during a video interview? Here's how to make a great impression by getting eye contact right in your next interview.

No Excuses! Building a High-Performance Culture

Whether your team works remotely or on-site, here's how to build a "no excuses" culture and get people to live up to their commitments.

Get Your Job Search Back on Track in 2022!

Are you gearing up to find your place in the workforce again? Awesome! We can help.

10 Ways To Stay Optimally Staffed in the New Year

Whether you have a clear picture of your workforce needs for 2022 or are unsure what future demand will be, use these tips to keep your team performing at their peak by ensuring optimal staff levels.

Modern Job Search Tactics That Work!

Monster, Indeed, and CareerBuilder have plenty of jobs, but they’re not the only source. Use these techniques to uncover amazing work opportunities without the big job boards.

Are you maximizing the first 90 days?

With nearly one-third of new hires quitting during the first three months, you need to do everything possible from day one to ensure they get off to a great start -- whether they're on-site or remote, temporary or direct.

Ready to get back into networking?

In-person skills a little rusty? You're not alone. While getting back to the office can feel liberating, it can also feel a little intimidating.

Your Guide to Solving the $95,000 Problem!

The rules for optimizing employee performance have changed; this guide will help you turn productivity losses into gains and get more output from your team.

We made this to boost your career success!

The 5 Pillars of Career Success

Check out these innovative ideas for your workplace!

Your business needs skilled professionals on staff. Yet, identifying, attracting, and retaining talent remains difficult. Fortunately, options are available to help you strengthen your workforce, regardless of your recruiting strategy.

You will probably need to answer these questions...

Find the answers to the NEW most common interview questions!

This can help you find (and keep!) the best talent.

What perks and benefits do employees expect in 2021? Find out here.

You have a lot to brag about!

Here's how to project confidence (not cockiness) in an interview - and WOW your interviewer!

Will the "return to normal" tempt your best employees to leave?

Here's how to drive loyalty and performance at every stage of the employee experience.

Get Noticed. Get the Interview. Get Hired!

Here's how to retool your resume, so it stands out. We'll also show you how to position yourself as an ideal candidate. With these tips, you'll land more interviews and eventually receive more offers.

It's time to bring this back to the workplace...

Creating a more lighthearted workplace can reduce stress, boost morale and increase productivity.

We thought these interview tips might help!

Who's Asking? Adjusting Your Interview Approach.

Here's How to Go From Talk to Action

Whether they come from you, your team or higher ups, here's how to take new ideas and practical feedback from concept to reality!

Beat Your Job Search Blues!

Has an unproductive job search battered your confidence and motivation? Don't take it lying down!

There Are New Rules to Know...

In this issue:

The New Rules of Workplace Success: A Digital Etiquette Guide

Your Guide to Giving Better Employee Feedback!

In this issue:

Skip the Sugar: The Modern Manager's Guide To Providing Feedback Effectively

There Are New Rules to Know...

In this issue:

The New Rules of Workplace Success: A Digital Etiquette Guide

Are you asking the right interview questions?

In this issue:

Modern Interview Questions

What's Next? 6 Ways Your Staffing Partner Can Help

Did you make the cut?

In this issue:

Make the Cut: Mastering the Phone Screen

Career Allies: People Who Can Help You Get Ahead

How to Declutter Your Mind

Do you know who your team's heroes are?

In this issue:

Discover Your Team's Hidden Heroes

When Every Day Feels Like Groundhog Day... Try This

This just might land you the job!

Whether you are an entry-level candidate or a seasoned professional, interviewing remotely or in-person, we will show you how to shine -- and land a great new job in the New Year.

Is your team ready for 2021?

In this issue:

You've Got This: Retooling Your Team's Skills for 2021

Get ready to ace your next interview!

Whether you are an entry-level candidate or a seasoned professional, interviewing remotely or in-person, we will show you how to shine -- and land a great new job in the New Year.

Leadership skills you'll need for a new year!

In this issue:

-Turning Over a New Leaf: Retool Your Leadership Skills in 2021
-Get It Back! Reclaim Hundreds of Unproductive Hours

Countdown to a great job!

In this issue:

-Countdown to a great job in 2021
-10 Things Your Boss Isn't Telling You...
-Resolution: Lose your lazy

Don't be a nag: Ways to give better feedback

In this issue: -Nudging vs. Nagging -Giving Thanks: High-Impact, Budget-Friendly Recognition Ideas -Better Culture = Peak Performance

Adapt your resume for a remote world

In this issue: -Highlighting Virtual Work Skills on Your Resume -Doing Hard Things – Even When You're Not Feeling It -6 Ideas for Virtual Holiday Celebrations

How to get the most from employees during tough times

In this issue: -Better Culture = Peak Performance: Managing Employees Through Tough Times

Are you ready to take the next step?

In this issue: -Back on Track: Reignite Your Career Growth

How to ace your next video interview

In this issue: -How to ace your next video interview -The Feels: How to Manage Your Emotions at Work -Managing Your Money: Pandemic Personal Finance Tips

Do your employees have these skills?

In this issue: -Job Skills for the Modern Workplace -Monkey Mind: Beating Distractions in the Workday

Time to speed up the recovery!

In this issue: -5 Staffing Ideas to Strengthen Your Team – and Speed Your Recovery -Recapturing Your Productivity: 5 Ways to Stop Rationalizing

Do you have these skills?

In this issue: -Transferable Skills: Your Key to Finding a Great New Job -Making Space and Time for Career Growth -The Staycation: Do It Right!

Get hired in the post-pandemic world

In this issue: -Your Guide to Getting Hired in the Post-Pandemic Workplace

How to Get Your Workforce Back to 100% (or better!)

In this issue: -Up and Running: How to Get Your Workforce Back to 100% (or better!)

Namaste...in the workplace??

In this issue: -Meditation: Productivity Miracle or Muck? -Build a Smarter Sick Leave Policy

Laid Off? Get Your Groove Back

In this issue: -Laid Off? Get Your Groove Back -The Productivity Zone: Get Into It -The Sunny Side of the Street: Four Ways to Rewire Your Brain for Positivity

Get them trained! Get them productive!

In this issue: -Cutting the Learning Curve -9 Emails to Improve Your Work Life

Get a job--get ahead!

In this issue: -I Need a Job Today! -Happiness Hacks: Bring More Joy to Your Job – and Get Ahead -Want to Build a Comfortable Retirement?

Do you really know your employees?

In this issue: -Sizing Them Up: How to Assess Soft Skills -Judging a Candidate's Character

Critical Skills for a High-Performance Workforce

In this issue: -The Right Stuff: Critical Skills for a High-Performance Workforce -Better Meetings, Happier Team

Is your resume costing you jobs?

In this issue: -Do This, Not That: Skills, Buzzwords and Your 2020 Resume -You're Capable of More Than You Know -Who Needs Sleep?

How worried are you?

Let your competitors worry about talent and skills shortages this year. By implementing the ideas in this eBook, you'll be saying, "Shortages? WHAT shortages!?" – in 2020 AND beyond.

Do you feel phony?

In this issue:

-Get Past Hiring Gatekeepers

-Is Feeling Fake Causing Your Career to Flounder?

-Unlock the Power of Positive Intent

Is It the Holiday Blues – or Something More Serious?

In this issue: -Self-Care Is Not Self-ish! -Is It the Holiday Blues – or Something More Serious?

Master the Modern Job Search

In this issue: -Master the Modern Social Job Search -The Sky's the Limit! Steps for Landing That Promotion -Less "Presents", More "Presence"

The end is in sight!

In this issue: -Finish the Year Strong! Amp-Up Employee Productivity This Holiday Season -Cutting Through Indecision and Overthinking

On the Job Hunt?

In this issue: -On the Job Hunt? Try Temptation Bundling -Giving Thanks Can Boost Your Career -Makeover Your Morning Commute

Your Modern Guide to Management Efficiency

In this issue: -Work Less and Get More Done: A Modern Guide to Management Efficiency

Live Your Best Life – as a Temporary Employee

In this issue: -Live Your Best Life – as a Temporary Employee

Find your ideal job!

In this issue: -What's the Best Way to Find Your Ideal Job? -How to Take Control of Your Career Destiny -Cheap, Easy and Work-Appropriate: 16 Halloween Costume Ideas

Getting your employees to listen to you

In this issue: -Feedback: Getting Employees to Listen -Friendly Fire: Why It Happens at Work – and How to Handle It

Are things out of control?

In this issue: -Highest-Paying Entry-Level Jobs -The Laws of Attraction...Work Edition -When Things Seem Out of Control, Do This

Is your team dreading this?

In this issue: -Team Builders That Won't Make Your Team Cringe -Hot Desking: Productivity Booster or Musical Chairs?

Are you indispensable?

Whether you're aiming for a promotion, a raise or just want to increase your job security, here's how to become your team's go-to employee.

Why is everyone so angry?

In this issue: -Can't We All Just Get Along? The Essential Guide to Workplace Harmony

No Experience? No Problem.

In this issue: -No Experience? No Problem. -10 Career-Building Questions to Ask Your Boss -Can a Vacation Be Fun AND Cheap?

Don't hire this person!

In this issue: -Don't Hire Me! -What to Do When You're Fed Up

Is your resume obsolete?

In this issue: -Have Social Networks Killed the Resume? -Career Growth Tips for the Workplace Wallflower -IRS Refund Burning a Hole in Your Pocket?

Are you asking these questions?

In this issue: -[Free eBook] Hiring for the Long Haul: Questions to Gauge Fit, Performance and Potential

Start planning now!

Don't want to be a remote worker on Mars? Here's what you need to know to stay employable, earn what you're worth, and build a rewarding, future-proof career on planet Earth.

We've got the secret...

In this issue: -Secrets to Hiring More Productive Employees…even in this market! -Are You an Evenhanded Manager? 4 Characteristics of Fairness.

Who do you know?

In this issue: -It's Who You Know: Network Like a Pro -To Accelerate Your Career Growth, Ask for THIS -Developing Self-Awareness

Eye-Opening Stats on Workplace Productivity

In this issue: -Eye-Opening Stats on Workplace Productivity -10 Tips for Maximizing Temp Worker Productivity

Want to Be Taken Seriously?

Tattoos and piercings: Seems like everyone has them these days, but could they knock you out of contention for the job you want? Find the advice you need here. Also. you take your career seriously. So naturally, you want your managers, peers and clients to perceive you as professional and worthy of their esteem, right? Make sure you're not engaging in these self-sabotaging behaviors.

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