When you need to fill a personnel gap quickly, you may need to rely upon the services of a staffing firm such as Winston Resources to help you find a temporary professional to help you during a crunch time. Although the professional we’ll find you is temporary, we’ve found that our most successful clients don’t… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Recruiting Best Practices
How Much Can Employers Dictate Workers’ Appearance?
While wisdom teaches us not to judge a book by its cover, practicality in the workplace says otherwise. Employers are at odds over the issue of appearance on the job. Today there seems to be an ever broadening palette of choices when it comes to things such as clothing, hairstyle, weight, and yes, body piercing…. Read more »
We Tend to Judge Faces Instantly — Be Aware as You Interview
When we see a new face, our brains decide almost unconsciously how attractive and trustworthy a person is. The whole process takes no more than a fraction of a second. It happens so fast that it is possible that the rational part of our brain does not even get involved in the assessment. Because this… Read more »
Keys to Reducing Your Time to Hire
Looking for a new hire in a timely fashion can be a trying experience. Done properly, filling a vacancy with qualified workers takes a bit of skill to maneuver through the murky waters to which most human resources managers are subjected. Before placing an ad for a vacancy, HR departments should look at their hiring… Read more »
Negotiating Salaries: Landing a Great Candidate Without Breaking the Bank
Salary negotiations with prospective employees are seldom simple. Job candidates will want to negotiate on a range of issues beyond that of the base salary. And you the employer will also have a number of issues to consider when making an offer. As an employer, you will be looking at what level the job is… Read more »
Temp-to-Hire: When and Why it Makes Sense for Employers
Do you marry someone the first day you meet him or her? Do you not take a car out for a test drive before purchasing it? Do you try on clothes before buying? That’s the same premise — the “test drive” — of Winston Resources’ “temp-to-hire” service. A temp-to-hire assignment is when you tell us… Read more »
Writing Effective Recruitment Ads
Write a poor recruitment ad and you’ll get weak applicants. You’ll also probably receive too many applicants, leading to you or your human resources staff spending far too much time culling resumes and even possibly conducting first interviews with people who aren’t a good fit — or even qualified — for the job. What’s more,… Read more »
How to Kill Productivity Killers
If you want your business to grow, you want to get the most from your employees because it’s their productivity that will lead to growth. What stands in the way of generating greater productivity, and what can you do about it? Employee productivity can be tied to one thing – motivation. What motivates your employees… Read more »
Reduce Resume Overload: Using a Staffing Service to Help Screen Candidates
Is this your situation? Job seekers desperate for work — any type of work — apply willy nilly to just about any job opening you have, whether they are qualified for a position or not. Are you receiving hundreds of resumes for a handful of positions? Are you wondering how you’re going to cull through… Read more »
The Benefits of Temp-to-Hire Staffing for Employers
Has this ever happened to you: You interview someone who just shines. She has the exact skills and experience you seek. Her delightful personality happily infects her future colleagues as they interview her as part of the selection process. Her references gush. Her former employer tells you to tell her he wants her back! So… Read more »