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FOXCONN IMPACT
Foxconn has become virtually a household name in our part of the country given its decision to build a new complex in S.E. Wisconsin. We have all heard much about the Foxconn deal so far. We’ll be talking about the impacts, both good and not-so-good, for some time to come. There is, of course, that…
Read MoreChanges in Attitude…
Many things can happen to drive changes in attitude. Life just doesn’t seem fair all the time. We go along just fine for a while and then something happens. We lose our job, or we get sick, or we get hit by another car as we’re driving home. All sorts of things can and sometimes…
Read MoreNow Hiring: Where Are All the People?
Where are all the people coming from to fill the needs of employers in this market today? Truth be told, there are difficulties even for us professionals to find the right people for the open positions our client employers have available. That is no secret. There are more openings than qualified applicants. We’ve been through…
Read MoreThe Saga of the Job Interview…
The saga of the Job Interview… This phrase conjures up different thoughts for different people. The person being interviewed thinks about not making any serious gaffes. The person conducting the interview thinks about not making any serious mistakes in the process of interviewing the prospective employee. The result of these two sets of dynamics can…
Read MoreChallenges of a shrinking workforce…
There is a shrinking workforce in Wisconsin and a recent BizTimes publication highlighted that fact. WFA Staffing is in the business of locating qualified talent for our client employers, and have been doing that for a long time. We know the difficulties in searches since we live it day-in and day-out. Our recruiting staff…
Read MoreFresh Start for a New Year
A new year has begun, 2017 at that, and we are already hurry-scurrying through the first weeks. For some, this is a time of reflection on the year just past and on the things we’d have done differently had we the opportunity for a ‘do-over’. For others the new year is simply that time when we…
Read MoreLooking forward to 2017!
Merry Christmas and Happy 2017 from the whole gang at WFA Staffing. We celebrate the birth of the Christ child at this time of the year. It is also a time of year when the calendar is winding down on 2016. We have had a very good year . We are thankful to our clients, our staff…
Read MoreThe Power of Optimism
Optimistic people fare better in interviews all other things being equal. That is the simple truth. Most people like people who have optimism, so long as it isn’t exaggerated and overblown simply for effect. Optimism and smiles tend to go together. (See our recent entry http://wfastaffing.com/smile/ ) So there is a double-whammy in the package of…
Read More"Procrastination is the Thief of Time…"
This blog is about procrastination (I’d have done it earlier but something else came up). Maybe a poor attempt at humor, but there is a factual basis for the statement. How many times can you think of when you had an unpleasant or difficult task to perform, and you found ‘reasons’ to put off that task?…
Read MoreSMILE!
Want to have a better today…SMILE! There is evidence that when we smile, even if we aren’t feeling it at that moment, we begin to feel better. We can actually make ourselves feel better by smiling at others. Now, wasn’t that easy? When I receive a smile, I tend to automatically to return it. If I…
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