Many people have strong resumes but do not necessarily match your expected criteria for the job. A phone screen interview is one way of narrowing down your list of potential employees and is often used as a precursor to actual panel or face-to-face interviews. Because of its brief nature, it saves time and even cost [...]| The Griffin Groupe
How many times have you heard a variation on the phrase "People are your most valuable asset?" How many times have you actually thought about this phrase in the process of hiring candidates? It is easy to hear something that sounds good and nod your head in agreement, it is much harder to internalize those [...]| The Griffin Groupe
How do staffing agencies work? They are a bridge between an employer and employee. In the United States alone, “more than 3 million temporary and contract employees work for America’s staffing companies during a week.” This translates to nearly 15 million employees in the course of a year. These staffing industry statistics are provided by [...]| The Griffin Groupe
Safety Incident Rates are important metrics to have in your safety program. Use our simple calculator to determine OSHA Incident Rate, DART Rate, and more.| The Griffin Groupe
A temp-to-hire job is a temporary position created by a company, where an employee works with the possibility of getting hired full time. Temp-to-hire is a great way for businesses to test the skills of employees before they commit to offering them a permanent position. They are also great for temporarily filling in vacancies, or [...]| The Griffin Groupe
Presenting a business case for safety is an important step towards your business achieving high safety standards for its employees and other stakeholders. An effective business case for safety can convince upper management of the benefits of the proposed program, and it should be designed such that it emphasizes a return on investment. This article [...]| The Griffin Groupe
A panel interview is an interview of which there are several interviewers. The group usually consists of two to five people. However, in some instance, there may be more than that. One person usually leads the interview. Among the interviewers are the direct manager, people working in any department and the candidate’s potential colleagues. Panel interviews [...]| The Griffin Groupe
Recruiting staff from outside the company means relying on recruiting companies that have their own systems and way of doing things which means that there is potential for friction. The following tips are a cheat sheet that will ensure that your interactions with external recruiters are smooth and that the final result is staff who [...]| The Griffin Groupe
Collaborative recruiting is an integral part of matching candidates and clients together for the long term. A professional recruiting company will employ a variety of strategies to make sure that companies get access to only the very best qualified candidates to join their team. Collaborative recruiting is one of those strategies. In order to provide [...]| The Griffin Groupe
Staffing, similar to many industries, has a myriad of proprietary terms and acronyms. View our Ultimate Staffing Glossary here.| The Griffin Groupe