A Hire Order

A Hire Order

Human Resources Today
By Chris Mead 15 Nov, 2023
Start early
picture of money relating the cost of vacancy to recruiting and recruitment issues
By Chris Mead 23 Oct, 2023
The Cost of a Vacancy in business costs more than some would give credit. inefficiencies in recruiting can multiply these costs. Having a plan and a partner to control these costs is instrumental to the organizations success.
By Chris Mead 19 Mar, 2023
How to prepare for your interview
E-verify compliance updates Tennessee 2023
By Chris Mead 29 Dec, 2022
Effective January 1, 2023, private employers with 35 or more employees (previous law was 50 or more employees) under the same FEIN are required to use the federal E-Verify employment verification process. This applies to employees working in or outside the state of Tennessee.
By Chris Mead 28 Dec, 2022
How to manage online employee reviews to manage your employer branding.
Employee watching clock, control overtime in manufacturing
By Chris Mead 11 Dec, 2022
Actually effective ways to deal with overtime in manufacturing. How to balance the needs of employees with the needs of the business.
Temporary labor utilization
By Chris Mead 26 Nov, 2022
Relying on temporary labor for full time staffing needs might be a costly mistake for your business. It's important to know when you should and when you should not use temporary labor to staff your business.
By Chris Mead 30 Jul, 2022
An unfortunate and sometimes necessary part of business is laying off employees. If you've stumbled across this article we are assuming you yourself have been laid off and have yourself thinking, "I've been laid off, now what". We hope that the below article can give you some support and resources to help carry you thought the tough situation you are in. The below article is an email that My Support Staff sent to Rivian employees following the layoff of 6% of their workforce in July 2022. We thought that this message would apply to other that are facing a similar situation.
By Chris Mead 17 Mar, 2022
The excuses we hear: Unemployment is high People don't want to work anymore Why work when the government will pay you when you are out of work (pandemic unemployment assistance) Initial thoughts: Before we get too far into this we do want to point out that some of these excuses reasons may have been valid at one point through the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many employers are still struggling to fill job openings in their businesses and they aren't sure why so they continue to believe these reasons are still valid. So whats different? The recruiting industry has changed. It's not about people not wanting to work. The unemployment rate is relatively low now, and in some areas we are back to pre-pandemic levels. The perception that business owners have though is "I have all these jobs and no one wants them". The real problem is that many companies have increased the need for headcount to deal with backorders and inventory/supply chain issues that we are seeing across North America which has increased the supply of jobs but the supply of workers has remained unchanged. Look at recruiting like you look at sales Think about recruiting like your sales team. Most businesses have inside sales (customer service) and outside sales (boots on the ground). However, your HR team only has the time, tools, and ability to be the 'inside sales' of recruiting. They are only dealing with the people who are actively looking for your product (in this case jobs). You have to change your recruiting strategy and find a way to target people who aren't looking for work (usually passive candidates who have jobs already). You need to have the 'outside sales' of recruiting. Not someone hiding behind Indeed waiting for an applicant to apply. Time to close Another way to look at this (sales analogy again) is to think about time to close. When you have a business prospect reach out who is interested in your product you need to follow up with that prospect within 24-48 hours for them to stay interested. The same goes for candidates applying for open roles. You have to engage them within 24-48 hours after they apply or your odds of losing them increases substantially. We can help We work with you to actively recruit candidates across every level in your organization. Want more information on how we can help. 
By Chris Mead 04 Jul, 2021
Recruiting is hard for everyone!
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