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The Rebrand: See Our Exciting Glow Up
In the world of staffing, change is inevitable. Yet for Helpmates, one thing will never change: our rooted purpose to have a positive impact on the lives and businesses we serve.
How To Reduce Turnover by 40%
Missed production goals and unsafe working conditions led this retailer to choose Helpmates as their new staffing partner — and reduced turnover by 40%.
Employees Are Worried About a Recession — Here’s How to Ease Their Minds
While no job, employer, or industry is recession-proof, there are some actions employers can take to ease their employee’s minds as the prospect of a recession lives rent-free in everyone’s heads.
Reasons to Outsource Your Skilled Labor Workforce
While it may seem like a no-brainer to take care of hiring internally, many companies find that this can cost them more money, take longer, and may result in lower-quality candidates. This was already a challenge pre-COVID but is more difficult now due to the current...
Now’s The Time To Prepare Your Workforce for the Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate
On November 4th, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued their Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regarding President Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate. Companies with more than 100 employees will have until January 4th to comply with either...
Helping Your Accounting Staff Members Keep Up with Their Professional Development
Change is coming in a big way for your accounting and bookkeeping staff members. Automation is a big part of it as is the growth of remote work: Gartner reported in April 2020 that 74 percent of CFOs said they “intend to shift some employees to remote work...
How to Stand Out on a Temporary Assignment to Have a Better Chance to Get Hired Permanently
Many people think the job opportunities offered via staffing agencies such as Helpmates are “just” temporary assignments. Many are, but many of our assignments do see our associates getting hired on to our client’s own payroll after a few weeks or months. (A very...
Are You Still Sourcing Call Center Reps and CSRs Yourself?
Recruiting dozens of call center and customer service representatives (CSRs) is time-consuming. It’s also wasteful: what could your recruiters be doing if they weren’t constantly sourcing, interviewing and hiring for these positions? Could they be working to build a...
How to Find Great Accounting Professionals
It’s not your imagination: it is tough to find great accounting professionals today. Accounting Today reported in April 2020 that about 68,000 accounting and bookkeeping positions were eliminated just in the two months or so since the pandemic began. A November 2020...
