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ATTITUDE
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E There is something that we seldom miss. Whenever we walk into a workplace, retail or service or whatever, we are immediately aware of attitude. Similarly, when we make a call and the telephone is answered, we are immediately aware of attitude. Whenever we answer our telephone, we are immediately aware of attitude. We have choices…
Read MoreFind Your Niche….
The small to mid-sized business market for us is our niche. It exposes us to new clients, some of which we didn’t even know about until they sought us out. We can look back over our history and ID the clients with whom we’ve worked for a long time, in many cases since they were…
Read MoreA Good Interview & A Not-So-Good Interview…There Is a Difference
A good interview & a not-so-good interview…there is a difference. You have worked diligently to secure an interview for a new job. You have made sure your appearance is that of an employee who has good cleanliness, pride in his or her appearance, and a real interest in making a good impression as the interview…
Read MoreAttitude Gains Altitude
Your attitude will determine your altitude. Our own Marquette University Law School conducted a poll recently asking what people thought about the economy going forward. About one-third thought it would get worse than last year at this time. That was the highest number since this poll began in 2012. If we are thinking like pessimists,…
Read MoreHappy 2019!
Happy New Year! A new year has rolled around again and it brings both challenges and promises along with it. If we are looking only for the less-than-good, that will be easy enough to find. Too much of this! Too little of that! No people available! Can’t find a job to save myself! If, on…
Read MoreStrong Relationships Mean Everything
Strong Relationships… We talk about strong relationships regularly. We believe that strong relationships are the life’s blood of our business. Relationships are formed over time and we understand that. We have enduring relationships formed at the very beginning of WFA Staffing. We have been developing strong relationships with relatively recent client organizations. Each of our…
Read MoreA Salute to Milwaukee’s 2018 Future 50 Companies
Milwaukee BizTimes published its Future50 list of this year and WFA Staffing is pleased to work with members of that newest Future50 list given our own appearance as a member company of the 2015 Future50. We congratulate you all and wish you the very best as you continue to improve and grow. We know what…
Read MoreCost of New Employees
There is a usual rate of increase in the cost of new employees as anyone in business understands. We are, obviously, in a situation today where that increase is greater than it has been in the recent past. Business in general is on the uptick. Certain types of people with certain backgrounds are in even…
Read MoreEmployment: Good News or Bad News?
Is our state of unemployment good news or bad news? That depends upon your point of view. Wisconsin’s unemployment rate now stands at 2.8%. That is good for some and not-so-good for others. If you find yourself looking for or thinking of looking for employment, this is likely a better time to be doing that.…
Read More2018- A New Year, A New Reality
What is to come in 2018? We see a 2018 that will bring with it new opportunities and certainly new challenges. We know that the pool of great candidates for virtually any and all positions is what it was in the past: too small for us to delay on decisions when we find good people. …
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