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Browse thoughtful views and opinions about staffing topics from KNF&T’s perspective.
Keys to a Successful Recruiting Career
If you ask any long-time recruiter how they got started in the staffing industry, a common answer is, “I fell into it.” Hardly anyone grows up thinking, “I want to be a professional recruiter when I grow up!” Whether planned or not, a career path in recruiting can...
Welcoming Back Boomerang Employees
In today's competitive job market, no company wants to see good employees leave. Retaining new and tenured talent is vital for organizations as we head deeper into uncharted labor markets and employers are finding that their previous employees may be best suited to...
10 Ways to Stay Motivated at Work
The workday is filled with a wide variety of tasks, inbound emails, and lengthy meetings that may or may not be productive. With colleagues, clients, and managers all vying for a chunk of your time, it can be all too easy to lose track of long-term goals, and even...
5 Simple Ways to Give Back Meaningfully in the Holiday Season
The holidays are upon us and despite some creeping difficulties in the market, a growing number of people are joyously wishing one another well and preparing for celebrations with friends and family. During the happiest time of the year, it’s easy to get caught up in...
Repositioning Yourself After a Layoff
After the aggressive hiring market we have experienced the last 18 months, layoffs likely have not been on anyone’s mind. However, with the possibility of another recession on the horizon, layoffs are not an uncommon occurrence in a shifting job market. Approximately...
Support an Inclusive Culture in the Workplace
Did you know that less than 20% of disabled people are actively employed? It’s a staggering statistic about a topic that makes many people uncomfortable. However, being disabled doesn’t mean individuals can’t perform the same tasks as a non-disabled worker. More often...
The Business of Selling When it Comes to Talent Attraction, Acquisition, and Retention
Whether you are dealing with a diminished or saturated candidate market, attracting, acquiring, and retaining talent is vital to the success of any business. More than ever, success in these areas is about inspiring your audience. Ensuring your current and potential...
Quiet Firing: A Wildfire in the Workplace
Quiet Quitting is a social media-powered buzzword that is challenging the business world. The term has proven to represent a variety of employee behaviors which range from the setting of healthy work/life boundaries to the avoidance of ambitious pursuits. While some...
Talent Development is Your Most Critical Product
In today's business world, talent development is more crucial than ever. In the aftermath of COVID-19, businesses must reorient. At the same time, they must adapt to the problems provided by technology's inevitable march. Most businesses will have little choice but to...
6 Musts for Handling Layoffs
Given the rush of the market in the last few years layoffs didn’t seem possible but as speculation of a recession sows fear into the economy, the threat of potential layoffs could become a reality for many organizations. They may be the result of the loss of a large...
Are Your Employees Quiet Quitting?
From LinkedIn to TikTok, “quiet quitting” is a buzzword the business world cannot escape. With over 5 million views on the social media platform Tiktok, this trending topic isn’t describing a style of handing in your resignation but rather a rejection of the “work...
How a Staffing Agency Can Help Your Business
As most business owners will agree, the aggressive hiring market has been making it difficult to find great talent. Finding employees with in-demand skills can be time-consuming and stressful on the best day, and when keeping business on track should be your priority,...
Workplace Committees: Supporting Your Ambitious Employees
Employees crave a workplace that is inclusive, diverse, socially and community committed, and encourages both personal and professional development. For many, having a career is about more than just punching a time-card, and fortunately for these driven employees,...
The Big Spend: Rethinking Hiring Costs
What’s the cost of attracting talent? It’s a common question among employers that seems to have endless answers. In my eighteen years of professional staffing, I have spoken to countless companies who were confident in their expertise on how they attract candidates –...
Contingent Vs. Retained
If you’re considering branching out to a third-party staffing agency to assist your in-house hiring efforts, you’ll likely be tasked with the question of “What type of search to use?”, and “A retained search or a contingent search?” But if you’ve never worked with a...