 The desire for increased productivity is one of the reasons that a company or organization hires employees in the first place. They want to increase productivity so they can also increase profitability, which will (theoretically) be good news for everybody.
The bad news is that productivity is often difficult to increase and easy to lose. In fact, even if you don’t lose an employee, you can still lose productivity, depending upon what is happening within your company’s workplace. Below are five big danger signs of decreasing productivity: #1—Messy and/or disorganized work environment A person’s workspace is often, although not always, a reflection of what is happening inside of their mind. Some people are just naturally untidy. However, if it appears that most or all of your employees appear to be disorganized, it might be a warning sign that productivity is being lost because obviously, the environment is not as efficient as it could (and should) be. #2—Frequent complaining Having no complaints is probably not a realistic goal. Every once in a while, somebody is going to say something. Once again, if it appears as though complaining is a frequent occurrence, it presents two problems. First, if an employee is complaining about something, then they’re not actually working, and if they’re not working, then they’re not being productive. Second, complaining is a possible sign of greater discord within the team or department, which can also negatively affect productivity. #3—An apparent lack of structure Structure lends itself to systems, and systems often lead to more productivity. Structure is required in the workplace for employees to operate more efficiently and more effectively and ultimately reach their full potential on the job, especially in terms of productivity. #4—Too much “busy work.” Just because an employee or worker is busy does not necessarily mean that they are also being productive. It’s not enough to work hard; you also have to work hard on the right things. It’s true that productivity is a precursor to profitability, but that is only the case when that productivity is centered upon those things that lead most directly to profitability. #5—All work and no play Finally, a workplace in which nobody is having any fun is a workplace in danger of experiencing decreased productivity. It might seem counterintuitive to suggest that promoting the idea of fun in the workplace is a way to increase productivity, but that suggestion is accurate. If people don’t have any fun at all where they work, then they will be less motivated to work hard and be productive. Last year, Time Staffing won ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and candidates. ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the United States and Canada that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service and quality based entirely upon ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Time Staffing received satisfaction scores of 9 out of 10 or 10 out of 10 from 75.4% of their placed talent, significantly higher than the industry’s average of 45%. Contact Time Staffing today to find out more about our placement services for employers! Finding and hiring great workers is difficult enough, but finding, hiring, and then keeping great employees for the long haul is even more difficult.
It has been proven time and again that when you have the right employees in the right jobs doing the right things, that’s when productivity increases quickly. (And when productivity increases, so does profitability.) However, great workers and employees want certain things from their employer. Yes, they recognize the fact that their employer has made an investment in them and expects a certain return on that investment. However, they also recognize that they do provide a tremendous return on the investment that their employer has made in them. As a result, they want a few things in return. The good news is that these are not outrageous things. In fact, they’re perfectly sensible and practical, and every employer should be able to provide them. Below are five big things that workers want from their employers: #1—Fairness What employees do not want to see, especially your top workers, is somebody receiving preferential treatment from management (for whatever reason.) Being treated fairly is extremely important to employees. #2—Respect Being treated with respect is also very important to your employees. And of course, when you don’t treat them fairly, they’re going to believe that you don’t respect them. (You can see how this can “snowball” out of control rather quickly.) #3—Honesty This falls in line with the first two items on our list. Being honest with your workers shows that you respect them. After all, if you expect them to be honest with you, then there’s no reason why they shouldn’t expect you to be honest with them. #4—Transparency Workers want to know what is happening at their place of employment, especially with anything that might affect their job or their employment situation. Communication is at the heart of transparency, and that is why you must strive to over-communicate with your workers whenever possible. #5—Empathy You don’t have to go overboard here, but workers want you to at least empathize somewhat if a situation arises that calls for it. They know the bottom line is that they must produce and be productive, but if we’re talking about your best workers and employees, then they should already be doing that. Last year, Time Staffing won ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and candidates. ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the United States and Canada that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based entirely upon ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Time Staffing received satisfaction scores of 9 out of 10 or 10 out of 10 from 75.4% of their placed talent, significantly higher than the industry’s average of 45%. Contact us today to find out more about the employment opportunities that are available in your chosen field! If you’re not accustomed to working with personality assessments or aptitude tests, here is an example of what one can provide.
Let’s say that you have an assessment test that measures the following on a scale of one to 10 (with 10 being the highest): assertiveness, communication abilities, pace/sense of urgency, and attention to detail. In addition, it measures creativity, emotional control, and situational adaptability. By having this information on multiple job seekers, you can see which ones possess the traits that you desire the most. Assessment tests aren’t just for job candidates, though. You can also have your current employees take them and then use the results of your top performers in each role as a benchmark. Through the use of this strategy, you can improve upon your ability to hire more of the personality types that are successful. With all of this in mind, below are six tips for evaluating assessment tools for more hiring success: #1—Make certain the assessment is fair. Only use assessments that can provide a validation study that shows the assessment does not discriminate. Otherwise, you’re vulnerable to legal action. #2—Make certain you know how to read the results. Data without knowledge is useless. And of course, knowledge without the application of that knowledge is also useless. #3—Benchmark your team. Take the time to benchmark your team, or at least the top 50% of your team. That way, you can leverage the results of your assessment and use them to make better decisions about your personnel, including both current employees and job seekers you may hire. #4—Think about time and cost factors. Some assessment tests take hours, while others take less than 10 minutes. The results are not always proportionate. Think about how time and cost fit into your company’s hiring process (and budget) and use them as factors in determining which assessment test is the right one for you. #5—Don’t make the assessment a stand-alone pass/fail for being hired. An assessment test should be a vital tool in hiring. However, it should not perform the decision-making function. These are not fool-proof tools. #6—Do your homework! There are many good tools available, and by researching these on the Internet and taking samples of three to four, you should be able to make an informed decision. Assessments can help you to identify a person’s strengths, weaknesses, and aptitudes. However, it’s critical to do the necessary amount of work up front to ensure that the assessment you do choose to use helps you hire the best candidates available for your job openings. Last year, Time Staffing won ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and candidates. ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the U.S. and Canada that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Time Staffing received satisfaction scores of 9 or 10 out of 10 from 75.4% of their placed talent, significantly higher than the industry’s average of 45%. Contact Time Staffing today to find out more about our placement services for employers! In a previous blog post, we discussed the importance of hiring in terms of a company’s success. And while the hiring of top workers is paramount for employers, there is something else that is nearly as important as that.
The continued hiring of and retention of top workers. Successful hiring is not a one-time thing. For companies and organizations interested in long-term success, consistently good hiring is critical. And more than that, what good is hiring talented and experienced workers if you can’t retain them as employees for very long? True, not all workers are hired with the long term in mind. They’re either short-term or temporary workers, and that’s fine. However, when it comes to other, more tenured employees who will have a lasting impact on the company, especially its bottom line, you want to hire and retain the best workers you possibly can. This is where employer branding enters the picture. That’s because effective employer branding will both help your company hire top talent and also retain its best employees. And doing both of these things is instrumental to achieving and maintaining long-term success. What is employer branding? Essentially, it encompasses every experience that a job candidate has with your organization during the recruiting and hiring process. This includes every interaction—every phone call, every email, every text, etc. And when it comes to the issue of retention, it includes every experience that a candidate has while they are working for your organization as employee. Needless to say, all of these experiences have to be as positive as possible. If they are not positive, both during the interviewing process when they are candidates and also when they are employees after they’ve been hired, then your ability to both consistently hire the best and retain the best will be reduced. The bottom line is that effective retention is just as important as effective hiring, from the standpoint of workers and what they can do for your company. And positive employer branding throughout every part of the organization is the key to enjoying both effective hiring and retention. If you need temporary or direct employees for your workforce, then Time Staffing can help! We have experience identifying and screening top-notch candidates in numerous fields for a variety of employers. Our goal is help you hire the right employee at the right time to get the right results. Last year, Time Staffing won ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and candidates. ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the U.S. and Canada that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Time Staffing received satisfaction scores of 9 or 10 out of 10 from 75.4% of their placed talent, significantly higher than the industry’s average of 45%. Contact Time Staffing today to find out more about our placement services for employers! Sometimes, success is simplicity itself.
This is especially the case during challenging times, like what we are currently experiencing with the COVID-19 pandemic. While some industries have started to recover, we are far from being “out of the woods” in respect to the pandemic or the virus behind it. There are many ways in which companies can experience more success: systems, processes, rules, regulations, etc. However, no matter which system or process your organization uses, the #1 key to success is still the same as it’s always been. The hiring of the right people. The best companies and organizations in the marketplace are good at acquiring talent. Why is that important? Because talent represents the #1 key to success for employers. When you have the right people in the right positions within your company, you are far more likely to experience success. In fact, there’s a good chance that you will consistently exceed your goals. That’s how important hiring is. This is often overlooked because of people’s penchant for taking their employees for granted. They don’t do it on purpose; it’s just human nature. But overlooking top employees (not to mention top job seekers in the marketplace) is one of the biggest mistakes you can make. The bottom line is that the best organizations know how important hiring the best workers is. And because they know how important it is, they’re proactive about it. They are very intentional with their actions and don’t “sit back on their laurels.” These companies use every avenue at their disposal to find the workers that they need, and that includes using the services of an experienced and dedicated staffing firm to help them do so. After all, you’re not just competing with other employers in the marketplace for customers, but you’re also competing with them for top workers, as well. So don’t inadvertently overlook the importance of hiring the right workers for your organization. It could very well be the difference between having an average year in 2021 or having a great year. If you need temporary or direct employees for your workforce, then Time Staffing can help! We have experience identifying and screening top-notch candidates in numerous fields for a variety of employers. Our goal is help you hire the right employee at the right time to get the right results. Last year, Time Staffing won ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and candidates. ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the U.S. and Canada that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Time Staffing received satisfaction scores of 9 or 10 out of 10 from 75.4% of their placed talent, significantly higher than the industry’s average of 45%. Contact Time Staffing today to find out more about our placement services for employers! A leopard, as they say, can’t change their spots.
And for many job seekers, the same is true with the type of decisions that they make. When it comes to job seekers, their skill set, their talent level, and their experience are completely separate from their ability to make sound decisions. Just because somebody possesses a top-notch set of skills doesn’t mean they’re automatically able to make good decisions most of the time. This is of the utmost importance for hiring managers and companies, because their success or failure is predicated upon the decisions that their employees make on a daily basis. This, more than anything else, is why a job seeker’s decision-making skills are ultimately more important than their skills, talent, or experience. That’s because what they do with their skills, talent, and experience ultimately determines how successful they—and the company—will be. The problem that often arises is that hiring managers are blinded by a particular job seeker’s raw ability and talent, causing them to overlook the potential for danger. A resume is more than just words written on a page or a series of facts or events. There is a “hidden resume.” The trick is to figure out the pattern that exists within this “hidden resume” and decide if that pattern is one that you want to bring onboard with your company. The rule of thumb is rather simple: Somebody who has a history of making questionable decisions is likely to continue making those types of decisions in the future. Conversely, somebody who has a history of making sound or good decisions is likely to continue making those types of decisions, as well. A great job seeker is certainly desirable, but one who makes good decisions is the crème de la crème—the potential for all upside and no downside. But can you predict what kind of decisions a job seeker will make if they become part of your company? With 100% accuracy, no, but you can identify patterns of decision-making, and your ability to do that could save you headaches down the road. Last year, Time Staffing won ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and candidates. ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the U.S. and Canada that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Time Staffing received satisfaction scores of 9 or 10 out of 10 from 75.4% of their placed talent, significantly higher than the industry’s average of 45%. Contact Time Staffing today to find out more about our placement services for employers! The end of 2020 is almost here, and what a year 2020 was!
You’re probably as eager as everybody else to put this year in the “rearview mirror” and move on to what will hopefully be a better year and a much better future. And as part of that, you’re more than likely planning for the success of your company or organization. The key to your success in the coming year will boil down to the strength of your team. But how do you know if you’re on the right track and planning in the correct fashion? Here’s a quick checklist to help ensure success in 2021. #1—Retaining key employees. Have you implemented systems, incentives, career development plans, career paths, evaluations, and clear direction that will keep your key people with you for another year? Have you created a work environment/schedule that helps them to keep their life and work in balance? #2—Hiring top job candidates. Hiring great candidates is just as important as retaining great employees. If possible, set a goal of interviewing one person each month to build your team. Ideally, you should be able to hire one great job candidate from this list. Consider how much easier your life would be with another top performer on your staff. #3—Building your employment brand. Make certain that you and your people can articulate your company’s goals, vision, mission, and culture quickly and honestly. Use this information in all of your employment advertising, on your company’s website, and during your interviews. #4—Raising the bar. Determine how you’re going to help the least effective person on your team find another position in your company (or outside of it) so that they can enjoy a more rewarding career and so you can replace them with someone better. #5—Training and developing. Create a list of ways that you’re going to increase the skills (and therefore) the productivity of your team through training in the coming year. #6—Incentivizing pay. Review the current compensation plan and make certain that it encourages the members of your team to reach their highest productivity levels. If you need temporary or direct employees for your workforce, then Time Staffing can help! We have experience identifying and screening top-notch candidates in numerous fields for a variety of employers. Our goal is help you hire the right employee at the right time to get the right results. Earlier this year, Time Staffing won ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and candidates. ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the U.S. and Canada that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Time Staffing received satisfaction scores of 9 or 10 out of 10 from 75.4% of their placed talent, significantly higher than the industry’s average of 45%. Contact Time Staffing today to find out more about our placement services for employers! There are plenty of challenges in the employment marketplace when there isn't a pandemic raging across the country. That's why the hiring process is even more important during times like these. And when we say that, what we really mean is your organization's hiring process.
Because that's the one you really care about... is it not? With that in mind, below are two good reasons to make sure that your organization's hiring process is timely: #1 - How you handle the interview process is a reflection of your company. Remember that the job candidate is forming an opinion of you during this process, just as you are evaluating them. If the process is long and cumbersome, the candidate may think to themselves, "If this is what the interview is like, what will working for them be like?" An interview process that is concise, targeted, and efficient will not only be effective in finding the right person for the position, but it will also impress that person and create in them an even greater desire to work for your company. #2 - Time is money. The longer it takes for you to fill an open position with a candidate, and more importantly, the right candidate, the more productivity your company will lose. So - if a great candidate gets away because the interview process dragged on too long, not only did you lose that person, but you also lost an undeterminable amount of money in terms of productivity. You must find another candidate, who may or may not be as good as the one who got away, and you also have to invest more time into the process. Neither of those are attractive options. Refining your process is a wise investment of time, one from which you can reap many benefits. Dragging out the process, for whatever reason, is not. Quick decisions are a two-way street, and the last thing you want is to be run down in both directions. If you need temporary or direct employees for your workforce, then Time Staffing can help! We have experience identifying and screening top-notch candidates in numerous fields for a variety of employers. Our goal is help you hire the right employee at the right time to get the right results. Earlier this year, Time Staffing won ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and candidates. ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the U.S. and Canada that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Time Staffing received satisfaction scores of 9 or 10 out of 10 from 75.4% of their placed talent, significantly higher than the industry's average of 45%. Contact Time Staffing today to find out more about our placement services for employers! If there's anything that's become evident in the employment marketplace during the past five to 10 years, it's this:
No matter the size of the candidate pool, big or small, finding and hiring the right people is as difficult as it's ever been. You don't want to hire just anybody. You want to hire a great candidate, the kind of person who will turn into an employee who can make an immediate impact and continue making an impact throughout their tenure with your company (which will hopefully be a long and prosperous one). However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and prevailing economic conditions that exist in this country, there are many people who are averse to making a change - or entering the workforce at all, for that matter. That doesn't mean they won't do these things. It just means that they're hesitant to do so. When you get right down to it, there are certain things that job candidates want in a potential employer. And when you think about it, your current employees want these things, as well. If you don't provide these things to them, then they might think about making a change. And in terms of your best employees, that is something that you do NOT want to happen. Remember, the best job candidates in the market are very confident in their abilities. (That's part of what makes them great in the first place.) And if you want them to come work for you and your organization, then there are five things that you must offer to them. Those things are as follows:
If you need temporary or direct employees for your workforce, then Time Staffing can help! We have experience identifying and screening top-notch candidates in numerous fields for a variety of employers. Our goal is help you hire the right employee at the right time to get the right results. Earlier this year, Time Staffing won ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and candidates. ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing Award is the only award in the U.S. and Canada that recognizes staffing agencies that have proven superior service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and job candidates. Time Staffing received satisfaction scores of 9 or 10 out of 10 from 75.4% of their placed talent, significantly higher than the industry's average of 45%. Contact Time Staffing today to find out more about our placement services for employers! |
