Posts Tagged ‘Staffing’
To the Class of 2015- Attitude is your key to success
Graduation ceremonies are occurring or have recently occurred across our state and nation. Many young men and women will walk away from high schools and colleges with diploma in hand. Some will move on to the next higher step in education while others will have reached the point of seeking employment or marriage or both.…
Read MoreWants vs Needs
Two of the most powerful drivers in today’s world are what we might simply call ‘wants and needs’. When we ‘want’ something, we are thrust into the race to obtain that something whatever it might be. When we ‘need’ something, we are thrust into a similar race to obtain it. Each of us would…
Read MoreEmployment Equation
“The strongest pace of job growth we’ve seen since 1997” was the statement recently attributed to Paul Ashworth, the chief U.S. economist with Capitol Economics. The U.S. Labor Department advised that employers added 257,000 new jobs in January, 2015 besting the forecast of 228,000. Job growth estimates in November, 2014 were upwardly revised to 423,000,…
Read MoreSupporting our veterans…
This past Friday we at WFA were blessed to be able to support Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. Stars and Stripes Honor Flight honors all veterans by flying WWII, Korean War and terminally ill veterans from other conflicts to Washington, DC to visit their memorials. They actively promote educational aspects of this mission in our schools and…
Read MoreFarewell 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…
Read MoreSolving 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…
Read MoreWhatever Happened to the Suggestion Box?
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…
Read MoreYou Don’t Need a “YES” Man
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…
Read MoreExperience 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…
Read MoreProblems Create Opportunities
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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