Another angle on the skills gap is on the hiring side. A recent survey by Mindflash, reported here, found Americans both employed and not, agreed that employers are not doing enough. 41% of respondents said they didn’t have any training in areas like management or product knowledge in the past 2 years. For some time… Read more »
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Skills Gap, Part 1
For several years there’s been a lot of discussion about the “skills gap”, regarding the number of jobs that are desperate for people to fill them. While some of the problem has been due to corporate reluctance to offer training specific to their jobs, as well as unrealistic approaches to screening for prospective hires, there… Read more »
A Suggestion for Employers…
Very often when a company decides to use temps there is a short term problem that needs an immediate solution. Because employers are focused on solving the problem, there is a tendency to bring in the temporary employee more hastily than they would a regular hire. Of course many of the formalities of hiring are… Read more »
A Question for Temps…
Did you have an positive experience on one of your assignments that left you with a good feeling about your employer? Did you find something at one assignment that you wished you found at other companies? We’d like to hear from you. If there is something that one employer is doing right, we’d like to… Read more »
The Limits of Compensation?
A case before the US Supreme Court threatens to move the line between what employers must pay employees for and what is incidental and non-compensable. Curiously, it involves employees of a staffing agency who worked in an Amazon warehouse that was suffering theft problems. Amazon instituted a screening policy after the end of shifts and… Read more »
EEOC Can Email Employees
A recent court decision gives the green light to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to email employees to see if they have ever felt discriminated against in the workplace. The case involved a company who had come under scrutiny by the EEOC. The Commission had made numerous requests for information during the nine months of… Read more »
Complacency and the ACA
As the ACA moves into full implementation there are several items that can surprise employers. Here is a brief article about three situations employers need to review lest they run afoul of the new law.
Ebola and Employers
The latest media panic over the very serious matter of Ebola Virus Disease has implications for employers. Ebola is not to be taken lightly, but neither should we join those in the media metaphorically running around theirs desks, flailing their arms, and shrieking in hysteria. Here are two articles examining risks and precautions from a… Read more »
BOLT Website Gets National Recognition!
You might have noticed the banner at the bottom of our web pages proclaiming us a winner of the 2014 ASA VOICE Award. So what is it and what does it mean? VOICE stands for “voice, originality, innovation, creativity and effectiveness.” A panel of experts convened by the American Staffing Association (ASA) to evaluate entries… Read more »
EEOC Takes Aim at Personality Tests
At least since the mid 1970s personality tests have been powerful enough to reveal things like the deepest personal needs of subjects undergoing testing. Once computer testing became available, sophisticated cross checks included in the questionnaire coupled with measurements of the time it takes the subject to answer, enabled testers to see indications of deception… Read more »