Here’s a study that might surprise you. The Society for Human Resource Management has been polling employees since 2002 and found the greatest increase in job satisfaction in their latest (2014) poll. In addition to the findings, some of the factors that contribute to employee satisfaction might surprise you too. Here’s an article with the… Read more »

While these are simple common sense, we don’t always filter our mouths against saying stupid things. Here are 6 things you never want to say at work.

Well, maybe not the Oakland A’s, but a major league team in the American Canyon little league. Melissa Espinoza, left, and Camila Matthews were on hand bright and early opening day, Saturday April 12. One of our stars-in-the-making gets ready to join the action!

While workplace diversity and stories of the gains (or losses) of women in the workplace tend to dominate the news, a couple of recent Career Builder reports speak to overall changes in the workplace for both sexes. On the women-in-the-workforce theme, this report examining the changing face of the American workplace since 2001 reveals some… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »