Good News/Bad News

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Great news!  The economy continues to improve and unemployment has gone down to 5.6%!  That ‘great news’ also brings a potential downside where WFA Staffing can help.    Unemployment standing at 5.6% means much of the formerly available talent is likely already employed.  That can limit the number of people you might be able to interest…

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Farewell to 2014!

As we approach the end of the current year, we are reminded of the many friends we have made while working with and for each of our client companies, as well as with and for those whom we’ve recruited and with whom we’ve maintained a friendship. Our business is a ‘people’ business and we never…

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Solving the Affordable Care Act Puzzle

Four and one-half years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obama Care as some prefer, still raises a lot of questions from employers.  We in the staffing industry have had our own unique questions and WFA Staffing has managed to solve that puzzle for itself and for its client companies. The basics…

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Whatever Happened to the Suggestion Box?

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Have you ever seen or heard something that triggered a great idea? Maybe it was something totally unrelated to your business or to the issue you were wrestling with in your subconscious. But it was that one thing that made a crystal clear impression…and from which you were able to proceed to solve the other…

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You Don’t Need a “YES” Man

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This quote from a famous ‘name’ jumped out at me and provoked some serious thought: When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. ~ William Wrigley Jr. What struck me was the opposite of what the quotation was telling us.  If we never have competing opinions in our businesses would we…

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Experience VS Pay

Experience VS Pay We find the following quotation to be a truism in our business for it is the experience gained that hones the skills that lead to a better income for virtually all of us: In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash…

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Problems Create Opportunities

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Problems Create Opportunities How many times have you wondered why your company seems to need more problem-solving than other companies with which you are familiar? Those other companies’ leaders may be having the same questions running through their minds too. BUT… what if your conflicts disappeared? What would you do to improve if you were…

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Listening to Every Word

Listening to Every Word Listening is important.  We all know that.  But, many of us don’t demonstrate that we know listening is important.  We are busy preparing a response rather than listening to every word spoken and to watching how the speaker is acting while he or she is talking.  We may miss the opportunity…

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Searching For Candidates

  Searching for Candidates We are in the business of finding people for other people who need particular skills and backgrounds for their own enterprises. We are able to find good people and one of the reasons for that is found in the following quotation attributed to Bill Cosby: “There’s no labor a man can…

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The Midas Touch

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  The Midas Touch The ‘reverse Midas touch’ seems to be present on a regular basis in many aspects of life.  What we touch does not always turn into gold.  Sometimes it turns into ‘stuff’ we’d rather not have anything to do with but are often confronted with having no choice in the matter. There…

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