staffing

  • We’re Missing the Water Cooler Conversations

    • August 3, 2022
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Management, Productivity
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    Two men talking in an office. Example of a water cooler conversation without the water cooler.

    The American workforce has been largely working remotely for the last two years, and for the most part, everyone has loved it. (Well, almost everyone. I’m not a fan of it.) They love working at home, they don’t miss the commute, and many people are even leaving their jobs (without another one in the wings)

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  • Don’t Poach, Approach: Recruit Talent from Your Vendor Partners

    • April 3, 2019
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Management
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    A young man on a job interview with a mature woman. It's the hiring managers who should focus on talent recruiting, not HR.

    As the American manufacturing industry faces a continued shortage of skilled workers, I remember how we used to find recruit talent for Robroy and its different divisions and subsidiaries: We would recruit employees from our vendor partners and suppliers. By recruiting the talent from our partners, the ones who supplied us with the services or

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