Get to Know Your Staffing Partner Business Values

Great leaders know that a “Win Win” partnership does not mean they win twice, and their partner loses twice. Yet, it’s easy to see how partnerships can become lopsided, when business values are not evident. To have a good business relationship with your staffing agency, your partnership must be based on real mutual benefit. Clients […]

Always Ask What Does Success Look Like?

Often candidates freeze when a hiring manager or other interviewer asks them if they have any questions. Memorize these two as your backup answers to use in your next interview. 1. In this role, what does success look like? 2. Will I have the tools to be successful? These two questions are special. The answers […]

8 Reasons Not To Compromise Workforce Ethics Over E-Verify

Our team talks with dozens of clients, and hundreds of applicants each week. Occasionally, clients tell us of agencies that boast of their “non-E-Verify office.” Our clients tell us how these agencies market, sell or pitch their non-E-Verify office as a unique value proposition they provide over other staffing firms. How is taking avoidable risk […]

What We Called Job Hopping 5+ Years Ago Doesn’t Exist Anymore

Barton Professional Placement Group

We’ve written about this before, but it keeps rearing its ugly head. The fact is, what we defined as job hopping 5+ years ago, doesn’t exist. Job hopping was the term used to describe some unspecified job tenure. A job hopper was a candidate that because of job hopping, appeared to be undesirable as a […]

The Secret To Engaging And Retaining The Best Temporary Workforce

How many times do we hear the question: “What is the secret to getting and retaining the best temporary workforce? The initial company response seems to be: “look for, and start a search for a new staffing firm, and engage with the one that has the highest volume, biggest, or other non-workforce-related metric. Why not […]

Human Resources Should Report To Marketing

Barton Professional Placement Group

This title grabs your attention. But maybe having human resources report to marketing is not really that crazy – at least by a dotted line. The connection between human resources and marketing is tighter than you may think. This blog is about why. If you are a CEO/CFO/COO, after reading this, you will want to check on […]