Dec 2013

Hi Reader,

Office cliques can alienate workers, undermine productivity and derail key projects. To retain employees and keep your company running smoothly, you must learn to understand and manage the "in crowd." This month's Great Ideas will help you do just that.

Regards,
Adela Gonzalez
Future Force Personnel

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Happy employees are productive employees--everybody knows that! But do you know exactly how to keep them content and working hard for you? The answers may surprise you.

A large part of our role as a staffing partner is to simplify staffing for our clients. Here's an example of how educating a new user helped strengthen our relationship and make her job easier.

"Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person--not just an employee--are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability."

--Anne Mulcahy, former chairperson and CEO, Xerox Corporation

Four Easy Ways for Screening Applicant Resumes
The end of the year is typically one of the busiest periods when it comes to screening applicant resumes and making hiring decisions. If you're feeling like you don't have enough time in the day to review the influx of applications coming your way, you're certainly not alone. That's why applicant tracking systems were invented.

But if your company doesn't have one - and it's all up to you - what can you do to make the resume screening process a little easier?

>> Click here for a few quick tips regardless of the position you're hiring for.

Five Ideas for Reducing Turnover in the New Year
You may have all sorts of new initiatives planned for the New Year. But is preventing turnover one of them? While some turnover is good for a company, too much can wreak havoc and hurt the bottom line.

>> If you know you need to invest some time and effort in reducing turnover in 2014, here are a few areas to focus on.