Give Good And Timely Feedback For Exceptional Hiring Results

One of the most important factors in achieving corporate goals is to have a complete team. How do you know your team is complete? When your budget for hiring is met, on schedule. This requires exceptional hiring through exceptional recruiting and timely feedback. It is odd that if the sales team is behind on making […]

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 […]

9 Rules For Creating Interview Questions That Work

Prepare, Interview, Questions, BartonPPG

Barton Professional Placement Group advises companies, hiring managers and human resources professionals on a number of topics. One common topic is interviewing. Almost always, the discussion with clients around interviewing best practices leads to a deeper discussion around planning and preparation. This usually boils down to these 9 rules for creating interview questions that work. At […]

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 […]

5 Reference Checking Failures When Assessing Candidate Fit

Employee Fit, References

There seems to be 5 common reference checking failures. Reference checking is critical to building an organization with talent that fits the needs of the company in more than just capability to do the job. All recruiters and human resources professionals know that it is critical to assess candidate fit based on three key hiring […]