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Common Mistakes Businesses Make When Hiring Freelancers

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Many American professionals are saying “goodbye” to the nine-to-five and embracing freelance work with open arms. The flexibility, pay, and remote options are attractive for workers. At the same time, lower costs and accessible talent are valuable to businesses that may not need or want to hire a full-time employee. Hiring freelancers is an excellent way for companies to get the expertise they need without putting too much of a strain on their budget. However, hiring freelancers can be complicated and fraught with pitfalls for small businesses. Here are some tips to avoid common mistakes and hire freelancers effectively. Common Mistakes When Hiring Freelancers Not Understanding The Cost Of Hiring Freelancers When hiring a freelancer, you need to be clear about what compensation will be given. You should also clearly define what type of compensation it will be and how that type of compensation will… [Read More]

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10 Benefits Of Hiring A Staffing Agency To Fill Your Temp Positions

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As a business owner, filling positions with quality candidates is difficult. Hiring a temporary employee through a staffing agency like NexusCW helps you hire the right candidate without worrying about stressful tasks. Here are the top ten benefits of hiring a staffing agency to fill your temp positions. 10 Benefits Of Hiring A Staffing Agency Save Time On Recruiting And Interviewing As a small business owner, you know how tedious the recruiting process can be. You must find and screen candidates, schedule interviews, extend offers, and onboard. But when you use a staffing agency to fill your temporary jobs, all this work is taken off your plate.  A good staffing agency will assist throughout the hiring process, from reviewing resumes and conducting phone screens to scheduling interviews and coordinating references. This can simplify your workload and help ensure that you hire only top performers. Put… [Read More]

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Hiring For The Holidays: How To Meet Seasonal Workforce Demands

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The holidays are a joyous time with lights twinkling on every street corner and stores full of shoppers eager to find that “perfect gift.”While spirits are brighter than ever, so too is demand for goods and services, which in a tight labor market, one of the tightest in modern history, makes managing that demand challenging. With the talent pool dwindling by the minute, how can companies meet seasonal workforce demands? Hiring for the holidays doesn’t have to make you feel like the Grinch; here are five tips to help you secure the workers you need. Hiring For The Holidays: 5 Tips To Keep You Merry  #1 Think Outside Of The (Gift) Box  When it comes to hiring for the holidays, especially in 2021, employers must think outside of the box. Instead of only hiring perfectly qualified candidates that check every box, open up seasonal roles… [Read More]

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Hiring on a Trial Basis

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  Now more than ever employers are specific about finding the right candidate for their open position. They are looking for the perfect match: a candidate that is both skilled and fits the company’s culture. To accomplish this, many are taking the approach of hiring a potential candidate on a temp-to-hire or temp-to-permanent basis in order to evaluate the worker on the job. Think of it as an extended job interview that allows both the employer and candidate to ensure they’re right for each other before committing to a long term relationship. Is it starting to sound like the dating world? If it is, it’s because the parallels are very similar. There are advantages in hiring on trial basis: It allows the employer to evaluate a candidate in their job environment. Reduces employer risk should the candidate not be the right fit If it is… [Read More]

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3 Steps to Reaching Your Career Resolutions in 2017

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The start of a new year is an ideal time to begin pursuing those career resolutions you made in 2016. Whether you’re revitalizing a job search or ready for a career change, there are proactive steps you can take to help you reach your goals this year. Revamp/update your resume. Your first order of business should be giving your resume a face-lift. With constantly changing hiring trends, you must take the time to make sure yours stands out. In today’s resume world, less is often more. Include links to your portfolio, blog or website which would make an employer sit up and take notice. Build Your Professional Network. You are your brand. Make your presence known in the industry you seek and maintain the connections you have already made. Online, professional portfolios such as LinkedIn help showcase who you are and what you can do…. [Read More]

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How to Recruit The Right Talent and Avoid Hiring Catastrophes

Recruiting the right talent is essential to the success of a business, while bad hiring decisions are exceedingly expensive in terms of both time and money. Additionally, high employee turnover lowers morale and creates discouragement within a company. These hiring disasters could have been avoided and the lost resources could have been invested in the right candidate. To that end, companies like Google have adopted the “law of three” for interviewing candidates. This recruiting technique and ones like it are designed to avoid costly hiring mistakes. The “law of three” encompasses the following rules: (1) Always interview a minimum of three candidates. Managers are tempted to end their search early when a suitable candidate is found. Discipline yourself to continue interviewing. The more people you interview, the greater the pool you can select from and the greater your chances of finding the right person. (2)… [Read More]

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5 Simple Steps to Writing an Effective Job Description

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A job description is an essential tool to attract quality talent. By carefully tailoring the fundamental elements of a job description, you can effectively target the candidate pool you are seeking. Job Title In creating a job description, your first step is to give the position a job title. Although a job title may only be a few words, it plays a crucial role in the purpose of a job description. The job title is the gateway to the talent pool you seek. An effective job title should: reflect the nature and duties of the job indicate skill level in relation to other jobs within the company be consistent with industry standards and other similar jobs so that it can be accessed by online job seekers An example of a good job title is “Senior Nurse Recruiter.” A candidate understands that this is a position… [Read More]

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Recent graduate: consider these tips when looking for a job.

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As we all know the job market is tough for graduating college seniors right now. However, that doesn’t mean that it is all despair and unemployment in your future. When it comes to finding a job online, there is always hard work and active networking that can be done. If you’re graduating this May we wanted to share some tips that will come in handy while you’re looking for your entry-level job in your career of choice. Build and impressive resume. One of the biggest mistakes new job seekers make is not reviewing their resume enough to ensure that it is error-free and engaging to the reader. Keep your format consistent throughout. Be very clear about the important information like your degree and experience. Showcase your skills with data and accomplishments. Talk about leadership positions you held in school. Most importantly, customize the document to… [Read More]

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Long term strategy

In an interesting piece on Strategic Sourcing, that is, a specific plan of action regarding the procurement and hiring of top talent, a Talent Acquisition Manager poses the question: Who is better to Effect the Toughest Changes in Strategic Sourcing? Your Permanent Team or Third Party Contractors? (They deduce that the contractor/consultation model allows for greater opportunity for change within your organization by allowing for a fresh perspective and minimizing the personal and political hurdles that can stop an organization from moving away from the status quo. If we apply this same line of thinking to the larger context of Contingent Workforce Management, it may be time to ask: When is the last time your enterprise truly thought about the long term goals regarding your Contingent Workers? And are small steps being taken daily to effectively embrace that strategy? As we’ve already discussed, change is… [Read More]

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