Unless you haven’t been paying attention, you probably realize that the labor pool is shrinking. Last month, the unemployment rate sunk to 3.9 percent, the lowest it has been since 2000. The labor crunch is being felt all over—healthcare, retail, construction, manufacturing, and hospitality. How are employers competing for an ever-shrinking pool of talent? Business…
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Have you evaluated your employee scheduling processes lately? Poor scheduling hampers profitability and growth and dampens customer and employee satisfaction. Effective employee scheduling provides multiple benefits for everyone in your company. Business owners can use affordable employee scheduling software to optimize employee scheduling. Is Your Employee Scheduling Broken? Here are 13 red flags that may…
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Manufacturing companies often run at breakneck speed and paper thin margins. Competition and market changes keep manufacturers on the lookout for incremental advantages. Workforce management (WFM) has become the industry’s secret sauce for success. Manufacturing success boils down to how well you can manage your workforce. Commodity pricing and job-sweeping automation put financial success in…
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Whether you are trying to “sell” an applicant tracking system to your management team or CEO, or you are looking to find a better way of managing your candidates and resumes, here are the top 10 benefits of an Applicant Tracking System . 1. Publish your jobs across multiple third party job boards as well as…
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There is little consensus about how to fix our broken healthcare system. But one problem acknowledged universally is nurse burnout and fatigue. This issue has been building for decades and has become particularly acute in the past ten years. Healthcare facilities have slashed staffing budgets which have increased nurse-patient loads. It has also led to…
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Flexible work schedules are no longer a perk or gimmick. If you want to attract millennials, you’ve got to accommodate their lifestyle and values. But that’s okay. There are far more pros than cons when you provide flexible work schedules for your employees. Regardless of which generation they belong to. A Changing Workforce At the…
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Workforce management solutions benefit all the stakeholders in your business. Employees, administrative personnel and, indirectly, customers. There is another group who doesn’t always get the attention they deserve. These are your managers. Your managers need workforce management solutions to excel. When they have these tools and know how to use them—it can speed up business…
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To prosper in the restaurant industry, you can’t manage your workforce like you did ten years ago. Savvy owners are using powerful workforce management software to gain the competitive edge. If you haven’t jumped on board, you are making things harder for yourself. You may not be aware of the industry changes that are affecting…
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If you are a contractor, you have to deal with construction payroll. But you also have a zillion other things to worry about. If you don’t keep all the balls in the air—you won’t be profitable. If you are processing payroll for construction manually, you are losing money. If you are like most firms, your…
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Knowing when to hire more employees is a critical decision. If you hire too soon, increased production may not cover the additional labor costs. If you wait too long, you may lose clients or miss production deadlines. Enter workforce management analytics. They can see what you can’t. WFM can help you find the perfect time…
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