The Recipe for a Return to Normal
A year ago, the headlines were dire. “New York City is Dead Forever,” read one of the most memorable ones. More recently, another one was slightly more hopeful: “New York Is Not Dead, But It Is On Life Support.” There were plenty of predictions that the city — and cities in general, for that matter […]
How to Survive Employment’s ‘Perfect Storm’
When they look at the country’s economic situation, most experts are seeing only sunny skies. The commercial and industrial sectors are roaring back, the number of available jobs is hitting new records, jobless claims continue to fall, consumer demand is at all time highs — and the list goes on. But for a lot of […]
Seize More Than Just the Day
I thought that nothing could be worse than that moment two years ago when doctors informed me that my son, Ithan, had a brain tumor. As a parent, nothing on earth is more important to me than my children and we were completely blindsided by the news. It was utterly devastating but in hindsight this […]
Lead by Example: The Importance of Accountability
Accountability. It may not sound like the most glamorous of business concepts. But in my experience, accountability is one of those few make-or-break traits that defines true good leadership. Simply put, a workplace without accountability cannot succeed. It needs to be instilled in the company’s culture and values. Why? Think of it as one of […]
Wake Up! We’re in a ‘Digital Pandemic’
Have you noticed that everyone around you — the colleagues you work with on a daily basis, the clients that you’ve had for years, and even your closest friends and family members — have seemed stressed out lately? All of us have dealt with anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, but recently many of us have […]
How to Hire for Tomorrow
If you’re running a business, you’re either constantly looking toward the future, or you’re a dinosaur. Yet companies that are constantly innovating their business plans to capture shifts in technology and the market are content to stick with a hiring plan from a bygone era — and then scratching their heads when they cannot replace […]
Unplug…As a Way to Be More Productive
Before the pandemic, working remotely from home sounded like a luxury. A year in, the reality has turned out to be, well, a little bit different. Many workers are finding that work from home has meant working more and caring for ourselves less. Losing the separation between the spaces where we live and work has […]
How to Get Along, Even When You Can’t Get Together
It is hard to believe that it’s already been a whole year since office life went remote. By now you’ve probably figured out a home setup that rivals your old office, with all the tools you rely on to get through the workday. But there is one aspect of office life that cannot be reproduced […]
5 Trends Affecting Staffing Firms in 2017
Identifying seasonalities is key. And it’s crucial that mature, or at least established, staffing firms excel at it. At JPSearch, we typically know within days or weeks when we will have highs in volume and when we will have lows. This knowledge typically allows us to know when we are going to be busy and […]
Kick Off A New Job Search
The hardest step to take is that first step. Kicking off a new job search can be scary, overwhelming and intimidating, but there is nothing more rewarding then taking the right first steps and to come out swinging. There is so much guidance out there that speaks to how to kick off a new job […]