One aspect of hiring that companies are struggling with is finding employees with the right skills to fit particular positions. The skills gap is a common occurrence in which a business has open positions but the workforce doesn’t have the right personnel.
However, Max Nisen of Business Insider explains “If you need more production capacity, you build it. If you need employees with a certain skill set, you train them … Employees don’t always come perfectly formed. They’re an investment.” Check out this article from Nisen to read more about how a company in San Antonio is closing the skills gap:
This Texas Company Has A Totally Obvious Solution To The Skills Gap
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Today marks the first day of National Staffing Employee Week in the U.S. The American Staffing Association (ASA) sets aside a week each year to honor the more than 2.5 million men and women who make up America’s temporary and contract workforce.
When an employee quits, it always 
In October 2010, it was ruled that FedEx Corp. will have to pay the state of Montana $2.3 million due to its misclassification of drivers as independent contractors. After a yearlong investigation, the state ruled that FedEx’s drivers were really employees, not contractors, and therefore the company owed unemployment taxes, penalties, and interest to both the state and the drivers. This is just one example of the recent government crackdown on the misclassification of contractor workers, or 1099 workers. 
Every new hire a business makes is an investment in its future. And, considering the price of the investment – training, salary, benefits – it’s important that each new employee is quickly made to feel like a vital part of the team. Either they catch the vision and embrace the culture, or they get swept away in a tide of unanswered questions, feelings of isolation, and HR forms. So, to keep that tide at bay and enjoy the full benefits of your investment, try implementing these five things.
The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is about to begin. Even when it’s all hands on deck, there sometimes just aren’t enough staff members to go around. Now is the time to add temporary employees who can handle the much anticipated holiday rush and help keep business as usual – even when it isn’t. 
Are you in the process of rebuilding your workforce? Or, are you making changes to your employee benefits structure? Maybe you’re in the middle of fighting an unemployment claim. 
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