Posts by WFA Staffing
Your Role on the Team….
“Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.” Scottie Pippen, Basketball player This quotation really hits home for many of us, and it is important to think about it whether we are reacting to a change made by others or we are the person making…
Read MoreNew World of Social Media
Chipotle has suffered for an extended period of time as health scares plagued it after several of its locations literally had to close their doors for a period of time. The illnesses that appeared to have been contracted by Chipotle customers in those stores/restaurants were severe in many cases. Of course, that caused the Chipotle…
Read MoreThe Early Bird Gets the Talent…
Hire early for best results. This seems a recurring theme for a WFA Staffing Blog, but that is the case for a reason: there is a shortage of qualified people seeking positions as has been the case off and on for the past year. We find candidates who have interviewed and made favorable impressions not being…
Read MoreHabits – Are they good or bad?
Habits come in all varieties, but we tend to think of ‘bad’ habits whenever the word ‘habit’ is mentioned. Maybe that is natural from childhood on through adulthood. Maybe we were admonished so often as youngsters that we see the word as having a bad connotation. Habits are defined as: a settled or regular tendency…
Read MorePlanning your day to make every moment count
The well-known ‘philosopher’, Oprah Winfrey made this observation: “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” We tend to think of time in larger chunks than moments. In fact, we most often think of time in days or weeks or even months. I don’t remember the last…
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolution: Daily Planning
The New Year is at the same time a bit of a mystery and an enticing possibility. We have completed the old year even if there are a few things still hanging on from that period. We are gearing up for the exciting next twelve months. There is an aura of excitement over the unknown.…
Read MoreTeamwork
When we think of teamwork, all manners of examples come to mind. Recently, we Packers fans might be questioning the ability of a team to go from functioning beautifully to functioning poorly in the span of a couple of weeks. On a football team we know there can be any number of reasons for such…
Read MoreExciting Management Changes at WFA Staffing
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity…” There truly is a time for everything and that includes the passing of the title of President from one person to another. The time for that to happen is when it does not need to be done, when there is not some pressing…
Read MoreIs it time to shorten your hiring process?
Our last WFA Blog dealt with what is being called the ‘Silver Tsunami’ and the impact that is having on employers as retirements take valued skill sets off the market. The State of Wisconsin has released its latest figures showing a total of more than 94,000 open positions across Wisconsin at this time. This includes…
Read MoreSilver Tsunami
We hear about the impact millennials (those typically with birth years from the early 1980’s to the early 2000’s) are having and will continue to have on the workforce. But, there is another phenomenon that has been given the name “silver tsunami”, and that is the growing segment of employees nearing or at retirement age,…
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