Helping the Class of 2020 Find Work
Thanks to COVID-19, the class of 2020 will experience a very strange entry into the working world. No end-of-year parties. No nostalgic final day of class. They won’t even get a traditional graduation ceremony. It’s an eerie way to enter the “real world.” Yet, despite the unusual circumstances surrounding their graduation, these new entries into […]
Is Now The Time to Wait For Top Talent?
Hiring over the last half-decade or so has been tough on employers. To borrow a common metaphor, it has resembled a unicorn hunt. You’d search in vain for the perfect talent, knowing your quest would likely come up short. As a result, you’d quickly settle for whatever you could find. In other words, you knew […]
Vying for top candidates in a competitive job market
In the midst of chatter of an impending recession—Lancaster County continues to have a low unemployment rate of 3.3% as of September 2019. Though job prospects are as good as ever for job seekers, this historically low unemployment rate presents an added challenge to companies looking to fill open positions. As companies around the county […]
Tips for how to effectively manage remote workers
How many people do you know who work from home? If you feel like that number is increasing, you’re not wrong—a survey done by Global Workplace Analytics and FlexJobs shows that remote work has grown by over 91 percent in the past decade. This simple workplace benefit is often seen as enticing for employers who […]
7 tips from a recruiting agency for writing compelling job descriptions
Businesses have depended on job descriptions to define work for employees for generations. And even though technology has drastically changed the work environment over the years, job descriptions in 2019 remain as important as ever. Good job descriptions can prevent the wrong person from applying for a job and better ensure the right person does […]
Partnering with recruitment employment agencies for candidate background checks
Time and money. Most companies can’t afford to lose either by hiring the wrong person. While making a bad hire may happen on occasion, employers can minimize it with background checks of promising candidates. Background checks help ensure a job candidate is qualified for a position and poses no threat to the safety and security […]