Career Builder is a fount of information for job seekers. Here is an article giving 3 benefits to using staffing firms to help you in your job search. They are such common sense items that they might not occur to many job seekers. Looking for a job can be one of the most stressful times… Read more »
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Get Over It or Pay the Price!
For those of us who lived through the dark days of 2008 and 2009, it’s hard to shake the memories of the battering we all took. Like kids who once touched the hot stove, we are reluctant to look around and note that the economy has improved. It’s almost as if letting ourselves think about… Read more »
Lead People, Manage Assets?
Language can be a subtle trap. In business we’re accustomed to calling leaders “managers”. The not-so-obvious implication is the people they manage are nothing more than inert widgets, to be tweaked an manipulated for optimum results, more or less like items in a stockroom or entries in a ledger. Reducing employees to replaceable commodities also… Read more »
Attracting Reliable Workers Will Cost More This Year
Along with the economic recovery, recent changes in minimum wage laws at all levels of government have all shifted the labor market. Employers typically find the quality of employees available for 20 percent or so above the minimum wage are well worth the premium. For example, last year’s 10 dollars an hour wage at 2… Read more »
Do You Have "Associational ADA"?
No this isn’t a new malady to ask your doctor about, it is a legal disorder that can cost your company. This article reports a case involving an employer who was sued, partially for being too indulgent. The employee was a mom with a sick daughter. Over the course of her employment she built up… Read more »
Farewell and Best Wishes, Jane!
February 17 was a bittersweet day for BOLT Staffing. After 9 productive years Jane Tanner moved on to a new opportunity that was just impossible to compete with, she will be walking to her new job! “All businesses are built by people. Entrepreneurs become employers because they realize they cannot do all that is required… Read more »
Beware the Beast!
We often find the limits of our rights and freedoms at the margin of the law. Things that appear wacky to many people seem to wind up in court, particularly if an employer is involved. In this case the Beast that we are talking about does not play professional football. The Devil appears to be… Read more »
CAL Maritime Job Fair
On January 27 we spent a very productive day at California Maritime Academy in Vallejo. BOLT had a booth at the event and we met some of their remarkable students. “I was impressed with how many activities and commitments the students were involved in. When you consider the demands of their course work in engineering… Read more »
The Uber Buzz
Have you ever got into your car ready to drive to work and it wouldn’t start? Normally you would be out of luck, shut out of a day’s work and a day’s pay. However the digital age is starting to change all that. With a smartphone app called “Uber” you are a couple of taps… Read more »
A Wealth of Help — Free!!
Once we leave school behind, we’re inclined to forget about a tool that remains ready to help us throughout our lives. Whether you rent your home or you own, the chances are you’re paying for a library right around the corner from you. If you haven’t stepped into it for a while, now might just… Read more »