When you’re running a small business, it’s essential that every hire be a great hire. That’s one of the reasons why choosing a company to perform a background check can be almost as overwhelming as the hiring process itself! How do you know the company you’re working with is competent and dependable? How do you […]

Running a business with constant turnover can be stressful—it decreases productivity and puts unnecessary strain on your current employees. Sometimes this turnover can be due to company culture, workload expectations, or training techniques, but often the issue is that you’ve hired the wrong person for the job. Finding the right people to help your company […]

True or False: Temporary hires don’t work as hard as full-time employees. False. Joe Broschak, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Illinois, said regarding a temp worker study: “On average…temporary workers displayed better performance relative to goals compared to their full-time counterparts.” Furthermore, it was found that those with full-time potential don’t start to […]

Since the recession career paths have veered off into a kind of wild west.  As the US put itself back together, people had to get creative with making ends meet, resulting in a lot of contracting and subcontracting jobs and another boom of small business startups.  Reshaping the landscape after the crater the recession left […]