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Browse thoughtful views and opinions about staffing topics from KNF&T’s perspective.
Helpful Tips on How to Get an Offer Accepted
When I entered the staffing world in 2004, I had no prior experience in specialized recruiting, nor prior experience working through an offer phase. Fortunately, most of my career in recruiting has ended up on the positive side – offer out, offer accepted. However,...
4 Surprising Advantages of Inviting Your Staffing Agency On-Site
Many staffing firms you may be familiar with are large national or even global organizations. In these cases, meeting your staffing agency can be a challenge, if not an impossibility altogether. Locally owned and operated in the southern New Hampshire and Boston area,...
3 Rules for Managing Work-Life Balance
When there are only 168 hours in a week, and 40 of those hours are dedicated to your career, that leaves only 72 waking hours per week, once sleep has been factored, for free time. We often find ourselves left with the question of where to find a balance with it all....
7 Tips for an Improved Interview Experience
It’s no secret. Employees are on the move. With intimidating terms like “The Great Resignation” floating around, the need to attract and retain key talent is more critical to an organization’s success than ever, and getting those people in the door starts with a great...
5 Opportunities for Encouraging Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
Inclusion and diversity are two of the most important things when it comes to the workplace. In fact, when you look at the reasons the Great Resignation is happening, lack of inclusion and diversity within organizations is a big factor. People want to work for an...
What if the New Hire Doesn’t Work?
What if the New Hire Doesn’t Work Out? It’s a valid and frequent concern when hiring any new employee, and more so when working with a staffing and recruiting agency. We understand that hiring through a staffing agency can feel intimidating. You may feel as though...
Selling for Referrals: How to Supercharge Your Pipeline
In this segment, I want to briefly go over a commonly overlooked, yet critical, aspect of the talent acquisition process. The referral. Whether you are a corporate recruiter, agency recruiter, hiring manager, or anyone hungry for additional talent (which, in this...
BANKW Staffing to Honor Juneteenth
BANKW Staffing is honoring Juneteenth, and will be closed for business on Monday, June 20th, in recognition of the historical end of slavery in the United States in 1865. We take this time to reflect upon the end of slavery, as well as the current struggles our...
8 Undeniable Reasons to Hire a Staffing Agency
Why hire a staffing agency if I already have a dedicated talent acquisition team? It’s a question that we get asked often, and the reasons to hire a staffing agency are plentiful, as are the pros and cons of using a staffing agency. Most of our clients have internal...
Volunteering: The Unexpected Rewards
At the start of my career one of my mentors gave me a crucial piece of advice on how to become truly successful that has become invaluable to me not only as a professional, but as a person. What was this bit of life-changing advice, you ask? Get involved in volunteer...
3 Zoom Interview Tips for Success
Originally launching all the way back in 2012, it was during the covid pandemic that Zoom would become a household name. Useful in a range of applications from virtual birthday parties to telemedicine to dating, Zoom allows people to connect with each other...
4 Reasons Why “The Great Resignation” Is Not Stopping
Have you noticed an influx of ‘now hiring’ signs and recruiters in your inbox lately? You are not alone. Since COVID-19 there has been a massive shift in the job market across all industries. From restaurants to large marketing agencies, many companies spent the last...
HR Technology – Top Tips, Best Practices, and Go-To Solutions
No matter if you have 10 or 10,000 employees, it is critical that sound human resource principles are utilized when managing your employee experience. It is also important to consider the necessary technology tools to ensure your employees enjoy consistently managed...
State of the Market and Minds Through Q1
With a quarter-plus of 2022 in the books, the question on everyone’s mind is what the rest of the year will have in store for us – personally, professionally, and/or culturally. Although much has proven uncertain, the numbers show that this year has proven to be...
The New Workplace Reality
In my humble opinion, there has never been a cooler or more innovative time to be in human resources than today. The status quo has died at our feet, and our workplace culture and employee experience, in many cases, require reinvention from the ground up. How do we...