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The Labor market is tightening more rapidly than you would think and the signs do not indicate there will be any relief in the near future. “Employers need to rethink their recruitment and retention strategies” said Richard Wahlquist, ASA president and chief executive officer. “Quality of life matters in retaining current employees. Compensation matters most… Read more »

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It seems that New Era HR Solutions is on track with the latest “best practices” regarding the Health and Safety of the Temporary Employee.  Yet, this issue is still evolving. In a recently published summary by the CDC, of a conference, co-hosted by the National Occupational Research Agenda Manufacturing Sector Council and Services Sector Council,… Read more »

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New Era HR Solutions recently received a call from the Production Supervisor at one of our clients stating that they would be starting the hiring process for one of our employees.   This employee was originally sent to New Era HR Solutions as a referral from another one of our clients. Due to her background in… Read more »

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You can’t stick your head in the sand and ignore the facts and laws about temps anymore. Temps are the joint responsibility of both the employer and temp agency, and must receive the same treatment as full-time employees. Once again, there are many excellent reasons to use a staffing agency, but using temps and thinking that a temporary employee… Read more »

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For many manufacturing companies it can take months to fill skilled positions with qualified workers.  Not filling critical jobs quickly leads to many unintended, negative and expensive consequences. By 2020 there will be 123 million high-skilled, high-paying jobs available in the USA, but only 50 million Americans with the right skills and education to fill… Read more »

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Here is a tool that we use to help in our direct hire process. When we are sourcing candidates for our clients we may be reviewing hundreds of resumes. From that review process we may have 10-12 “qualified” candidates that we want to learn more about. Sure we want to learn more about their work… Read more »

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Once again, the Minimum Wage is increasing in our State effective January 1, 2015.  The current rate is $9.32 and it is being raised .15 cents to $9.47.  Below I have copied directly from the Labor and Industries website the rationale and reasoning for the increase.  Since 1998 the State minimum wage has been increased… Read more »