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Express Releases Inaugural Compensation Report for U.S. and Canada ◄

Express Employment Professionals recently released its inaugural compensation report for the United States and Canada, highlighting average national wages for light industrial, office services, skilled trades, and professional jobs. Compensation data provided in the report includes jobs such as food servers, marketing managers, landscapers, executive assistants, medical transcriptionists, construction managers, and several types of machinists, among several others. […]

Answering the Toughest Interview Questions ◄

A recent poll on Job Journey, Express Employment Professionals’ blog for job seekers, asked readers which interview questions they needed help with most. Below are the top three questions job seekers want help with, as well as guidelines for answering them. What Are Your Top Three Strengths and Weaknesses? When listing weaknesses, applicants should avoid […]

Express Wins ClearlyRated’s 2020 Service Excellence Awards ◄

Express Employment Professionals announced they have won the ClearlyRated Best of Staffing®Client and Talent Awards for providing superior service to their clients and employees. ClearlyRated’sBest of Staffing® Client and Talent winners have proven to be industry leaders in service quality based entirely on ratings provided by their clients and employees. On average, clients of winning […]

Leading by the Numbers: What Your Enneagram Says About You as a Leader (Type 5: The Investigator) ◄

Leading by the Numbers is a nine-part series. Understanding your strengths and weaknesses as a leader is imperative to not only leading others, but also leading yourself effectively. But the make-up of great leaders doesn’t just lay in the balance on the pros and cons scale, it is the amalgamation of intricate character traits and […]

New Poll: 84% Believe Age a Factor in Hiring ◄

Despite five generations currently in the workforce, the competition for top talent is fierce. And while it’s a job seekers’ market with low unemployment, a majority of workers in a recent poll reported age has been an issue at some point in their career. In the survey, Express Employment Professionals polled job seekers and decision […]

Hail, Mr. Churchill ◄

A Motivational Message from Leadership Expert Jim Stovall Recently, I read a book in which the author attempted to explore and reveal the greatest individual of the 20th century. While there were a number of powerful and influential people suggested—such as Thomas Edison, Charles Lindbergh, Neil Armstrong, and many others—the argument was made that many […]

Hubris Syndrome: Too Big for Your Business ◄

As leaders experience success through the course of a career, it can become easy to develop a more-than-humble view of themselves. Financial firm Fundera explains that this is “a phenomenon known as ‘Hubris Syndrome.’ An oversized ego can cause you to make some serious leadership miscalculations, which could ultimately cost you your business.” Check out this […]

Culture Is King: Why Young Professionals Choose Culture Over Cash ◄

The age-old idiom Cash is King may be a thing of the past—at least for the younger generation of workers. Culture has now taken the reins. And in a job seekers’ economy, this group of professionals may have the lasting power to maintain this trend. King of the Hill, Culture Over Cash In LinkedIn’s Workplace […]

Question of the Month: How Does the Current Employment Landscape Compare to When You Entered the Workforce? ◄

The employment landscape is constantly evolving, and with unemployment at a 50-year low and near historic lows in Canada, it can be drastically different for 2020 college graduates than it was for other generations. So we want to know how this year’s job market compares with when you first entered the workforce. Let us know […]

Job Insights for 2020 ◄

To provide accurate and timely employment forecasts for business leaders, Express Employment Professionals International Headquarters conducts an ongoing Job Insights survey to track hiring trends across a wide range of industries. Express surveyed business owners, decision makers, and human resource professionals about the overall hiring trends in their markets and how those trends impact their […]

The Guide to Strategic Staffing for Seasonal Hiring ◄

As a staffing pro, you tackle the endless task of helping clients cut their costs and improve hiring outcomes through strategic staffing measures. You spend a lot of time improving your recruiting strategy to deliver the most reliable results from client to client. But when it comes to finding quality temporary employees, relying on your […]

Tough Talks Tuesday: 4 Crucial Steps to Approach Client Overstaffing ◄

Tough talks is a new series that covers the harder conversations we all need to have during the hiring process. — It feels great to find your groove filling clients’ open roles. However, the less obvious — and less fun — responsibility you have as a staffing professional is recognizing and being forthcoming when you […]

5 Red Flags Your Clients Need to Cut Back On Hospitality Staffing ◄

There are about 20,000 staffing and recruiting firms in the U.S., according to the American Staffing Association’s latest trends analysis. This means there are a lot of other firms out there competing for clients. To say the pressure is on for you to fill roles is an understatement. The weight of filling roles is especially […]

The Guide to Strategic Staffing for Seasonal Hospitality Hiring ◄

In June 2019, 1,142,000 people nationwide were hired by the leisure and hospitality industry. This was an increase of 42,000 hires from May and 64,000 hires from June 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Whether your clients are in the restaurant, hospitality, food and beverage, leisure, or travel and tourism industry, these incredible […]

Help Clients Create a Strategic Staffing Plan in 4 Simple Steps ◄

Thomas P. Bechet defines strategic staffing as “the process that organizations use to identify and address the staffing implications of their business strategies and plans” in his book Strategic Staffing: A Comprehensive System for Effective Workforce Planning, Second Edition. While you know the importance of a strategic staffing plan, organizational leaders aren’t generally well-versed in […]

5 Surefire Techniques To Improve Your Candidate Response Rate ◄

After a lot of considerations, you find a suitable candidate! You send a quick email and sit back for a response… Days passed but you hardly get a reply. If you are a recruiter, the above storyline must sound familiar to you. Technically, gone are the days of expecting an immediate yes! To recruit in […]

4 Ways to Market Yourself as the Strategic Staffing Solution Clients Need ◄

The staffing industry’s revenue peaked in 2018 at a whopping $491 billion, according to Statista’s Staffing Industry in Review report. Last year, the market value was set to trend downward to $481.2 billion. While over $480 billion is still an incredible number, a nearly $10 billion drop should catch your attention. Like any market, the […]

4 Tips for Hiring the Best HR Leader ◄

As the connection between management and employees, the Human Resources department helps set the tone for employee morale at your company. Selecting the best person for each role has a far-reaching positive impact on accomplishing your corporate goals. Consider these four areas when recruiting an HR professional. Determine Essential Strengths You need to know exactly […]

5 Hiring Process Tools Every Hospitality HR Team Needs ◄

Hospitality is the world’s fastest-growing industry, according to a survey by Eastern Michigan University. If you are part of a hospitality HR team, you can attest to the whirlwind of growth across your company’s hiring efforts. If you haven’t felt the pressure yet, chances are you will soon. In fact, the same survey revealed the […]

6 Steps to Create Strategic Staffing Plans For In-Demand Roles ◄

The global talent shortage has hit an all-time high in over a decade, with 54% of companies experiencing gaps in their talent pools, according to Manpower Group’s 2019 Talent Shortage Report. Talent-shortage issues impact industries across the world. However, none more than those hiring for in-demand roles. Manpower Group’s respondents identified the top three in-demand […]

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