Older Car Maintenance Tips

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Tips for keeping an older car in shape.

Five Simple Maintenance Tips To Keep an Older Car in Shape By Joe Crowe  Few people can afford a top-of-the-line, straight off the dealer’s room floor new car, but we all know how important it is to have a reliable means of transportation to get to and from work each day. However, if all you… Read more »

Passive Job Seekers Recruiting Tips

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4 Tips For Recruiting Passive Job Seekers By Lee Hurley The term passive job seekers may seem like an oxymoron. Yet with unemployment at a record low many qualified candidates for open positions already have a job. However, that doesn’t mean they won’t listen. To reach passive job seekers you just have to mix up… Read more »

Reasons We Should Be Moving Away From the Famous Mantra – “It’s Not Personal, It’s Just Business.”

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The age-old mantra, “it’s not personal, it’s just business,” has been tossed around far too often and for too many years. Many managers have used this phrase in the past – whether it’s true or not – to absolve themselves in a myriad of different situations. Whether it’s used in discipline and termination or as… Read more »

Top 5 Seasonal Hiring Hacks

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With the holiday season quickly approaching, it’s time to start creating your holiday hiring plan. Your exact strategy will depend on your specific needs, but one thing is clear: many companies will be looking to hire numerous seasonal workers. Apart from helping to ease the burden of the holidays, some temporary workers might even turn… Read more »

4 Ways to Know Your Leadership Style is Outdated

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Automation Personnel Services cannot put enough emphasis on the importance of effective leadership in the 21st century. While it’s possible to build a foundation with traditional leadership styles and the help of a skilled workforce, such companies rarely last long in the highly competitive manufacturing industry of today. Instead, make sure your leadership style is… Read more »

How to Explain Numerous Job Switches in a Short Period of Time

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If you’ve been in the temporary workforce for any amount of time, you’ve likely worked n several different roles to date. Even if you specialize in one specific discipline, you’ve probably been assigned to several different employers by now. After all, this is the nature of temporary employment. Most staffing and temp-to-hire agencies, including Automation… Read more »

How Do You Manage Difficult Employees?

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Nearly all of us are bound to suffer from a difficult employee at one point or another. While they don’t do enough to justify an outright termination, their presence in the workplace brings down the morale of everyone around them. If this describes one or more of your employees, there is a step-by-step process of… Read more »

Are You Interview Ready? Five Reasons You Didn’t Get the Job

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Nearly all of us have been passed up for a job at one point or another. Although some of us have experienced the letdown only once or twice, others have lived through it more times than they can count. Though it might be hard to determine the reason that you didn’t get the job, there… Read more »

Are You Ready for Seasonal Employees?

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Whether you’re looking forward to Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas or even the New Year, the holidays are quickly approaching. For those who rely on a seasonal roster of supplemental employees, the time to begin preparations is now. Hesitate to do so, and you may find yourself without the seasonal help you need. Onboarding Quickly and Efficiently… Read more »

Why Do Little Things Matter in Staffing?

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The staffing industry is a people business. Automation Personnel Services, Inc. believes that relationships between the staffing agency and their job seekers, as well as their employer-partners, is critical to the success of any staffing firm. With that in mind, it’s important that we pay attention to the little details in order to be successful… Read more »