2025 Predictions: Temporary Staffing

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The U.S. economy demonstrated solid growth in 2024, with real GDP growth projected (in December) to be 2% or higher for the year. In November, the economy added +227,000 jobs and, across industries, temporary staff increased approximately 1.5%. This indicates solid job creation, which often correlates with increasing demand for temporary staff. Specifically, along with…

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Build a Workforce That Includes These Essential On-The-Job Skills

Essential. We all got used to that concept during the COVID outbreak. Whether it’s workers in key tasks or making sure we all had a big enough stockpile of toilet paper, the pandemic drove home the definition of “essential.” For businesses, this lesson extended to the skills possessed by their workers. Certain talents came to…

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How to create a more employee-friendly work environment

Employee happiness has become increasingly important to success in business. Why? There is now growing evidence that when employees are happy, companies thrive. Consider these key statistics. According to Forbes Magazine, one study found that happy employees are up to 20% more productive than unhappy employees. When it comes to salespeople, happiness has an even…

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Building productive workplace teams with shared vision for success

Our 21st century focus on teams isn’t new. Successful industry executives and entrepreneurs have long recognized the value of teams in fulfilling a company’s purpose and producing positive results. Industry titan Andrew Carnegie was a proponent of teamwork, defining it as “the ability to work together toward a common vision.” And his contemporary Henry Ford…

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Are your employees Slacking? An online communications tool in the workplace

If your employees work in teams or collaborate on projects, they might be using Slack, a cloud-based communications tool that facilitates planning, scheduling and chatting with co-workers. With an estimated 9 million weekly users, Slack is one of the most widely used applications for communication and collaboration at enterprises and startups today, particularly popular with…

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How to bridge the workplace generation gap and build cooperative teams and positive outcomes

We can face generational differences at work that challenge our understanding and appreciation of fellow employees. That’s not surprising, considering the three dominant generations currently represented in the workplace: Baby Boomers – born 1946-1964 (youngest are 53) Generation X – born 1965-1980 (youngest are 37) Millennials (or Generation Y) – born 1981-2000 (youngest are 17)…

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