The winter blues: we all get them. Long, dark days. Bad weather. Holiday hangovers and bills to pay. It’s enough to make you want to shut down for a few weeks – if not literally, then at least emotionally. Resist the urge to wallow in the doldrums! Winter is the right time to hire new…
Over the 72 years Active Staffing has been in business, we’ve noticed that things change in December. It’s a busy time of the year but it’s also a time when people slow down to reflect, spend time with friends and family, and perform random acts of kindness. The holidays change things not just for individuals…
Being a business owner, operator or manager is stressful. A big cause of stress for anyone in business today is hiring and employing people. But let’s face it – there are few organizations that can grow and thrive without a team of people around them. Employment Risk As an employer, you take on risk…
Staffing Works. Staffing partnerships work. They help companies find talented people to fill short and long-term assignments so that businesses can grow and thrive. They help job seekers find jobs that suit their skills and that provide a bridge to permanent employment. Those facts have kept organizations like Active Staffing and the American Staffing Association…
Interviews are a Branding Opportunity. It’s probably the case that job candidates are going to be more anxious about an interview with you than you will be about conducting a great interview with them. That doesn’t mean you can phone it in. Every interview requires your attention, preparation and presence. You are part of your…
Get the Interview. You’re looking for work. You need a job. Unemployment may be low, but finding THE job is still tough. So, you search online, use job seeker apps like Zip Recruiter or Indeed, check social media for job opportunities, and talk to friends about where they’re working and whether there are jobs available.…
Help! My Boss is a Millennial & I’m a Senior Citizen! by Cathy Paige, Vice President & General Manager, Active Staffing What do Millennials & Seniors Have in Common? Okay, so the headline might be slightly misleading. But not very much. When I came to work at Active Staffing as a consultant a couple…
Working in Staffing I still work in the first job I ever had. That’s how it goes with a family-owned staffing company: the business and everything in it is dear to me and to my family, who took over Active Staffing from my grandfather several decades ago. It’s where I spent time as a child,…
Download Article (PDF) NEW YORK BUSINESS LEADERS Active Staffing: Strategic Workforce Solutions with a Personal Touch Whether your staffing needs encompass industrial, office services, or food production, this New York-based firm can fill them all. From New York and New Jersey to Texas and Florida, Active Staffing has been providing light industrial, office services, and food production Staffing solutions for 70 years, and companies know that…
Forget What You Know. More than three million people are placed in temporary jobs in our country every day. These men and women, along with the 20,000 staffing firms that employ them, contribute more than $160 billion to the U.S. economy annually. These data, from the American Staffing Association, reinforce what industry owners and executives…