There are many personal reasons why temporary employees quit a job right after they start on your assignment. However, as the host employer, there may be reasons under your your control that you can adjust in your on-boarding process or other factors. Here is the short list from our observations. Pay. Believe it or not,… Read more »
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Training For Future Competitive Advantage
From an operations standpoint, employees get done what we place on the production schedule. They improve efficiency and effectiveness making current products with training and experience. Equal emphasis on training for future competitive advantage is key to sustainable industry leadership for any company. Operational managers and human resource leaders must look one, two, and more… Read more »
Treat Temporary Employees Like You Want Them to Treat Customers
As the Bureau of Labor statistics show, the temporary staffing job sector is growing faster than most other job types. Increasingly more evident is the shift companies are making to use a contingent workforce to support and accelerate corporate objectives. Your company is probably also making this adjustment. One thing that hasn’t changed is that it takes… Read more »
Practice Makes Temporary Workers Better Job Seekers
At Barton Staffing Solutions, we have a sister division, Barton Professional Placement. A recent general observation about who makes the best job seekers was made. As it should be, in most ways, you cannot tell a temporary worker apart from an internal full-time worker. However, practice makes temporary workers better job seekers. Here are the… Read more »
Tell Your Staffing Recruiter About Your Summer Vacation
Seriously, tell your staffing recruiter about your summer vacation – BEFORE you take it. About this time of year, people are looking for ways to get a little more time with family, go to a barbecue, spend time at the lake, or even take a trip to see the sites. As a temporary employee, take… Read more »
Would You Hire You? Temporary Workers With A Permanent Attitude
In the temporary staffing business, it’s sometimes easy to lose focus that this is a real job. Great temporary staffing firms like Barton Staffing Solutions look for temporary workers with a permanent attitude. Not a bad attitude, but the same positive attitude and work behavior of a permanent employee. Many people in temporary staffing positions… Read more »