Making a great hire can do wonderful things for your organization. It can move your company in the right direction, help with growth and improve performance in that given department or area. Making a bad hire can do just the opposite; and have far more lasting effects than if you made a great hire.
Hiring is a big step for some companies. While a great hire is an investment in your future growt...
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The First Jobs Report of 2015
Well 2014 is in the books and we now have our first Jobs Report of the New Year. All indications are that we are seeing a continuation of a strong hiring pattern and there is no sign of it letting up any time soon. We’d say that’s good news.
Let’s dig into the report and see what the trends are. First as we saw, there were 257, 000 jobs added in January 2015. A trend that goes right in line with ...
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Mistakes To Avoid When Hiring
In every area of our business operations, we want to avoid as many mistakes as we can. That also goes for hiring and staffing in our companies. Putting the wrong candidate in a position can have lasting effects that can put your company back tremendously.
We found quite a few mistakes listed in a recent article in Entrepreneur Magazine recently and many of these we agree with. And with hiring gro...
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2014 Jobs Report Ends On A High Note
The employment situation for December 2014 was released on Friday January 9th. Friday’s release puts a capstone on a successful 2014. It caps off a year filled with many months that had well over 200,000 jobs created. Many industries are growing and those industries are contributing to a steady flow of jobs that we believe will extend far into 2015.
On Friday it was indicated that the unemploymen...
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How Can We Help You in 2015?
Many will agree that 2014 has been a year of growth. With consistent job growth over 200,000 for several months consecutively, lower unemployment and as we are seeing, a growing demand for new talent, 2015 is poised for even further growth.
The need for new talent is unlike we have seen in some time. And our phones have been ringing; a good sign that a recovering job market is here to stay for a ...
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Are we in a candidate driven market?
By Adam Lentz:
As a recruiter in Boston, we see all kinds of trends. We are always keeping up on the important happenings within our industry and following other experts to make sure we can make the best decisions for you the client.
One trend that many recruiters are seeing now is that more and more job candidates are rejecting offers for a host of reasons. One main reason is that many companie...
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More College Grads Entering the Workforce
As we approach January, we’ll be seeing a new batch of job-seekers; college grads. And the time might be right to explore what a recent college graduate has to offer your company. Depending on your industry and of course the position you need filled, a college graduate can be a smart move for any number of reasons.
We often see companies kick off another big hiring season at the first of the year...
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Entrepreneurs Do Create Jobs
By Adam Lentz:
This week, the Global Entrepreneurship Index was released. This measures the health of small business start ups. In short, the US leads the pack in terms of entrepreneurship and start ups in the world. We all know that small business is the backbone of the US economy and that’s because small business leads the way in job creation. Last month alone, small business created over 102,0...
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Breaking Down the Latest Jobs Numbers-Video
First things first…This is not a time to panic and we do not feel it changes the direction of this recovery.
We have had some strong months for employment numbers this year. Six straight months over 200k and that is even with revisions. However the Jobs Report for August showed 142,000 jobs created. Sometime ago this would have been welcome news when we were trending below 100k per month.
The gr...
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Manufacturing Jobs a Winner in Jobs Report
By: Paul Nannicelli
Within the booming jobs report released by the BLS last Thursday July 3, the Manufacturing sector added 16,000 jobs in June, all within durable goods manufacturing.
Within durable goods, employment increased in motor vehicles and parts (+6,000) and in computer and peripheral equipment (+3,000). A great sign for our recovery.
Our practice at our sister company, Finish Line St...
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