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Motivating a Remote Workforce: 4 Strategies
By the time you read this, we’ll be almost three months from the start of safe-at-home orders and also well on our way to seeing Southern California “reopen.” Yet many companies will still be asking employees to work from home. Because their team members have been...
Building a Company Culture with Remote Workers
At the risk of using a platitude that is becoming (frankly) more and more clichéd, your employees need you to be their rock more than ever in these unprecedented times. This particularly is so if a good portion – if not all – of your workers work remotely. But there’s...
Getting the New Normal Right for Your Workers
Things have started a (slow) return to “normalcy” here in California as Governor Newsom okayed a slow re-opening of the state’s economy on May 8. The fact is, more and more businesses soon will start to bring workers back to work and as the state’s economy very slowly...
60 Call Center Specialists Transition To Remote Work in Just Three Days
Discover how Helpmates transitioned 60 call center specialists to remote work in just three days during the pandemic, ensuring seamless customer service.
Helpmates’ Proven Performers Prepared for Work in Our New Normal
We have oriented and prepared our top specialists in Covid-19 work safety best practices and they are ready to deploy quickly. Whether you’re an essential business and still operating during our current safe-at-home reality or you’re hoping to reopen your business as...
Recruiting Has Changed Forever (Even Once the Pandemic Ends)
Recruiting Has Changed Forever (Even After the Pandemic Ends) As we enter week five of California’s “stay-at-home” order we’ve noticed some major changes in recruiting: Video interviewing Many job openings turning from working at the employer’s location to working at...
The Ways Your Job Search Will Change Due to the Coronavirus Crisis
February – even early March – seems SO far away, doesn’t it? And when it comes to looking for a job? Shaking hands. Heading to networking events or conferences. Heading to a potential employer’s location for a job interview. No more! Now – and for possibly several...
The Job Search Has Changed: Now and for the Foreseeable Future
If you’re in the midst of a job search, you’ve no doubt learned that all interviews now are being conducted via video. While this will remain the status quo for the foreseeable future, we also believe video interviewing will remain a large part of the job search...
Managing Remote-Work Employees for the First Time
We’re several weeks into our stay-at-home orders here in the Los Angeles and Orange county regions and many companies are in the thick of managing work-from-home employees. Many of you no doubt have worked the kinks out and things are going smoothly. But perhaps not....
