Time to check in with our old friend Scott Wintrip. Scott is celebrating 20 years of providing staffing and recruiting firms with the best advice in the business. On this episode we talk to Scott about: Traits you should look for from candidates for your internal positions How can firms help fill the void from… Continue reading
A great opportunity to pick the brain of our founder and CEO David Searns. We chat with David about a wide range of topics including: Is the industry better off, worse off, or the same since we last year? Most innovative marketing/sales tactic he’s seen this year What should all staffing firms be doing today… Continue reading
2018 was a great year for our show. We were lucky enough to have some of the best, most innovative minds in the staffing and recruiting industry share their Secrets of Staffing Success. Included in our Best of 2018 are: Amy Bingham – Bingham Consulting Michael Menzer – Staffing The Universe Kelly McCreight – Hamilton-Ryker Barry Asin – Staffing… Continue reading
What do staffing firms need to do today to prepare for 2019? It’s just one of the many topics we cover with staffing industry consultant Amy Bingham from Bingham Consultant Professionals. I also ask Amy: What metrics should staffing owners be looking at when evaluating their internal team? What should the staffing industry be doing… Continue reading
Just because you’ve been in business for a long time doesn’t mean you should lose your startup mentality. Chase Dawson from JCD Staffing joins us to discuss: When was the moment he realized he wasn’t a startup anymore (check the title for a hint!) How did he get through those “uh-oh” moments in the early days of… Continue reading
When it comes to innovative practices to help you stand out, not many people are doing it better than Hamilton-Ryker. CEO Kelly McCreight joins us to talk about how his company is using Virtual Reality training to help their candidates prepare for the job site. We’ll also discuss: How bad is the skill gap? What… Continue reading
Texting has quickly become a valuable tool to help staffing and recruiting firms stay in touch with candidates. Brad Herrmann joins us to discuss: Best and worst practices for using text based communications How texting is changing operations for staffing firms Regulations and rules for texting candidates Brad’s value based leadership philosphy and how it… Continue reading
In part 2 of our listener Q&A Brad Smith and I answer your staffing and marketing related questions including… How can I bring my out of date website into 2018? What traits set apart successful staffing owners? What are the latest recruitment marketing trends? How will Alexa and Google Home Assistant fit into the staffing… Continue reading
A very special episode of Secrets of Staffing Success, where we take your question! I’m joined by Brad Smith our Director of SEO & Social Media. Some of the questions we tackle in this episode… What are the three most important areas we need to focus on for successful SEO program? In the past 6… Continue reading
Leigh Ann Pagnard joins us for an exciting conversation about what staffing firms should be doing to dominate the second half of 2018. Among the topics we discuss: What should staffing firms be doing to make for a better candidate experience? What’s the biggest myth about the staffing industry that still exists? What are some areas… Continue reading
We’re very excited to speak with Mike Cleland, founder of Charted Path and author of “Breaking Through: Leadership Disciplines from Top Performing Staffing Firms”. In this episode Mike and I discuss: The biggest mistake staffing leaders make Biggest key to sustained growth for staffing firms Is metrics based management a double edged sword? How staffing… Continue reading
Laurie Hyllberg, vice president of Kinsa Group is our guest this week. Kinsa Group is a Wisconsin-based recruiting firm that specializes in the food and beverage industry. In this episode Laurie and I discuss: Their process for finding the “ideal” candidate Challenges she has faced recruiting millenials The importance of tailoring your message to various… Continue reading
Angela Chambers President and Managing Partner of Mercer Bradley joins us to talk about: The importance of social media to their firms success How internal staff training has helped with turnover What advice she would give a younger version of herself and what might be my favorite pearl of wisdom If you’d like more information… Continue reading
It’s been an amazing 11 episodes! We are so thankful for all of our guests and listeners. While we prepare brand new episodes we thought you might like to hear some of the best advice and insights from our 2017 episodes. We’re thankful for everyone who has been a guest and a listener. If you… Continue reading
Jason Leverant (AtWork Personnel Services) joins us to talk about some of the challenges he faces in managing 100 branches. We’ll also discuss… The growing pains associated with being one of the fastest growing staffing firms How to balance what’s best for the company and still keep the franchises happy The biggest roadblock to continued growth… Continue reading
Brian Hatfield, Director of Recruitment at Cornerstone Staffing Solutions, joins us to discuss: The biggest lesson he’s learned in staffing (hint: it has to do with the title of this episode) The importance of social media to the sales AND recruiting side of the business Why the Cornerstone Cares initiative has become so important to… Continue reading
