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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.
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 Make Sure You Won’t Be Miserable at a New Job
Make sure this isn’t you: You start a new job, one you’re really excited to begin. But in just a few weeks – maybe even just days – you find that you’re actually miserable. You realize too late that you chose to take a job that’s just awful. Here’s how to make sure a...
Extremely High Temporary Specialist Retention for a Distribution Center
Is this you? You’re a large company that needs to ship out a lot of small items every day. In other words, you need dozens of people to help you get those orders ready. What’s more, the accuracy of order fulfillment is critical because each and every customer's...
How Focusing on What You Want to Happen Can Make it Happen
Many people believe that what you think is what you are: If you believe you’re talented, you are. If you believe you can’t learn hard things, you won’t. If you think you’re attractive, you are. If you conclude that you’ll never land a great job, you won’t. If you...
Tips for Hiring Great Temporary Specialists in SoCal
Your Los Angeles or Orange County company may need more workers as your business starts growing again as the economy continues to improve. Yet you probably don’t really know how fast you’ll grow, in what areas you’ll grow and if you’ll be able to sustain that growth...
Yes, Cover Letters Still Matter: They Can Help You Get an Interview
Cover letters, so old school and completely unnecessary, right? NO!!! A well-written cover letter actually can help you get the job. Why? Because it can highlight your great interest in the opportunity. More importantly, it can showcase how you can help an employer...
