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Browse thoughtful views and opinions about staffing topics from KNF&T’s perspective.
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Dave Turano's "Cut Through the Noise" podcast featuring our own Jason Alexander, Managing Partner, BANKW Staffing.About BANKW Staffing Through its portfolio companies, KBW Financial Staffing & Recruiting, Alexander Technology Group, The Nagler Group, Sales Search...
Five Soft Skills to Look for When Hiring a Medical Assistant
As an employer of healthcare workers, focusing on soft skills is an important part of hiring a medical assistant. Along with a professional degree, clinical skills, and hands-on training, you need to look for personal attributes that influence how a medical assistant...
Appreciation in the Workplace
Appreciation in the workplace has the power to create an organization where feeling valued is the norm, one where it becomes reflexive to appreciate co-workers, employees and employers. When people feel that way in a workplace, they’re more likely to strive beyond...
Common Characteristics That Separate a Coach from a Leader (Part 2)
Although coaches and leaders have similar characteristics, they also have subtle differences. You want to instruct your team as well as inspire them. Learning to coach while leading helps your team and the company advance. You create the freedom and motivation to...
Honoring Administrative Professionals’ Day All Year Long
Happy Administrative Professionals Day! If you do admin work, thank you. Being the support that makes organizations and executives function smoothly is challenging work that you make look easy. Sometimes too easy. If you’re the person who is planning on honoring your...
What Networking Tools Should YOU Be Utilizing to Take Your Career to the Next Level?
Networking is one of the most effective ways to advance in your career. Whether you’re looking for a promotion or a new employer, the more people you know in your industry, the greater your mobility. Part of networking is finding the right professionals to connect...
The 5 People You Should Surround Yourself With When Looking for a New Job, And Who You Should Avoid
The job search process is unique to every person. For some, it’s an exciting period of time and they view it as the hunt for their next mountain to climb; they’re seeking out opportunity and it’s enthralling. For others, it can be a very anxious period of time,...
Three Things to Look for in a Potential Mentor
Having a mentor is an important part of your personal and professional development. They guide you along your career path and act as sounding boards for making decisions. A proper mentor is excited to share their knowledge, skills, and experience while providing...
How to Say No at Work (By Saying Yes)
Saying “no” at work is hard. You know the reasons it’s important to say no, but you want to feel like a team player, or your boss asked you, or just want people to like you. So you say yes – and you keep saying yes and now you’re overworked and not able to concentrate...
How to Ensure Diversity in Your Talent Pipeline
According to hiring professionals mentioned in a 2017 Glassdoor report candidate demographics are more important in recruiting success than the number of job seekers converting to applicants, how long it takes to fill a position, how long it takes to deliver a job...
Don’t you wish we still had spring break?
It’s a refrain I’ve heard more than once in the past few weeks. I live near a university and New England’s winter has been so bad that the very idea of ‘spring’ seems magical, but it’s more than that. In the routine of work, we often forget to recharge and can find...
The Zen Art of Job Searching
You’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like you. If you’re not an old-school Saturday Night Live fan, that line probably sounded a little corny. But even still, I think most of us can agree that the local employment market is on a...
Why Every Executive Should Hire an Assistant This Spring
Like many executives, you may rely on email, voicemail, online calendars, and other technologies to operate with self-sufficiency. Your company also may be focused on cutting costs, reducing headcount, and streamlining organizational structures. As a result, you may...
Writing a Great Cover Letter
Job-seekers spend a lot of time crafting their resumes, but may underestimate the importance of a good cover letter. Unlike resumes, which have crucial – but dry - information, a cover letter is the way to let the people reading see a peek of the ‘real’ you. An...
The Key to Managing a High Volume of Temporary Employees on Your Workforce
Whether your company needs seasonal help, has a short-term project requiring specialized skills, or wants to test a worker in a contract-to-hire role, there will be times when you bring a significant number of temporary employees aboard. Your organization has its...