6 Ways to Become a Best Place to Work

Usually, an employment agency offering a temp service to their clients have a range of experience with clients who have diverse work processes and office cultures. We thought an employment agency may be a good source to suggest some good tips for becoming a best place to work.

We know we must have boring old rules in the workplace for efficiency and safety. But employees also need to feel satisfied and fulfilled to stay with that company. Comfortable, satisfied employees lead to reduced turnover, reducing costs.

6 Tips for turning your company into a Best Place to Work

Don’t micromanage

An ideal workplace should not micromanage every detail of the work day. Good leadership will encourage all employees to practice quality independent work habits. These habits shouldn’t interfere with the results of others and result in goals being met. Everyone should be encouraged to respect and learn from the style of the others.

Even contractual or part-time workers, provided by a temp service or an employment agency, can and should be given autonomy if they demonstrate good work habits.

Managers should be welcoming and open

All new hires should be recognized as important parts of the company and be introduced as such. If done well, they will feel themselves to be an integrated part of their organization and give their best from the beginning.

New employees should not feel scared of approaching their supervisors or managers in case of any difficulty in doing their work. All team members should receive equal guidance and professional support from company managers.

Give Recognition

Employees crave recognition. Some studies show it is more important than pay or rank. Newer employees should be recognized for even nominal achievements so that they know they are fitting in and growing into the position.

Sometimes the process of giving some inexpensive token, like a pen or a T-shirt, can also enhance the enthusiasm of employees. If employees have suggestions for changes in the existing system, hear them out. If the suggestion is worth being adopted, great! Give them a shout out for the idea. If not, explain why but encourage them to continue to come to you with new ideas.

Provide Regular Training

Trained employees are better employees. Employees given access to training feel supported in their roles. Also, corporate goals can be regularly reinforced with the latest research and methods related to company processes.

Other added benefits are that well trained employees will be able to deliver better service to clients. Also, these more well-rounded employees are better prepare to move up the corporate ladder when needed.

Point out weaknesses privately

Employees who make mistakes in their work should not be reprimanded in front of others. This can lead to demoralization and animosity among the team.

Rather, call the employee aside and speak privately. Weaknesses can be pointed out quietly and the processes redirected to improve work habits or attitude.

Set reasonable expectations

There is a lot of info out there on how to set a reasonable workload for employees and when enough is enough. When it’s too much, the employee turnover rate is high and the corporate reputation suffers. Good potential candidates will think again about working for your company because they don’t want to work in such a stress-filled environment.

Another effect of increased workload is the risk of accidents. Give every employee an amount of work which he/she will be able to complete successfully without error or injury.

Don’t be a workhouse, but a place where everyone comes ready and willing to work and each has a degree of flexibility that they individually control.

Help create happiness and be a Best Place to Work.

By Will Brennan, Oldest Intern in the Staffing Industry

Scary Temporary Workers – Do They Work for You?

Do you believe you have to go to a haunted house to get spooked this Halloween?

Think again – some bosses don’t even have to leave work to get their fill of fright with some of their full-time or temporary workers!

We at Flexicrew have a soft spot for employers and HR people who have had to deal with temporary workers who were rude, reckless and willing to break the rules. Some employers have even caught temporary workers breaking the law while in the workplace – Frightening!

Does your company employ Temporary Workers like any of these Halloween Creatures?

Some employers think their workplace is scary because their workers act like these famous Halloween creatures.

Do you employ any of these scary temporary workers?

The Wolf Man: fine one minute, howling the next
The Invisible Man: never around when you need him
Casper the Friendly Ghost: eager to help, but often misunderstood
Dracula: constantly sucking the life right out of you and everyone around him
Wicked Witch of the West: always acting conniving and sending out minions to do his/her dirty work
The Mummy: slow-moving and has an ancient thought process
Grim Reaper: constantly delivers bad news and inspires fear among workers
Frankenstein: green with envy what assignments or hours others are getting

In addition to spooky personalities, some scary temporary workers actually have a fear of:

Heavy workload
Tight deadlines
Hours worked
Taking direction from their boss or supervisor
Arriving at work on-time
Sitting through meetings
Performance reviews

Now that’s scary…

So, if any of these employees make you tremble, please call Flexicrew Staffing to knock out spooky risks and send you temporary workers who will give you peace of mind!

Get a quote today! https://flexicrew.com/get-a-quote/

How to Hire the Right Employee – Are you Making These Mistakes?

Each employer must hire enough staff in various positions to ensure the smooth operation of the business. But often employers feel confused in selecting the right candidate for a position, mainly when there are too many suitable candidates available to interview. In fact, the hiring process is rather a difficult matter for all employers. If any mistake is made during the recruitment, the company can face negative consequences of having the wrong sort of employee mix. Hence, it is essential for any recruiter, to recognize and avoid the common mistakes that are made during an interview, in choosing the best candidate for a posted vacancy.

Most Familiar Mistakes by Recruiters in Hiring the Right Employee

Narrow-minded in hiring –Some employers want all employees to be alike or just like them in nature, with the same sort of strengths and weaknesses. But in that case, there will be no diversity in their teams and the weaknesses of work culture can’t be fixed by someone who has different strengths. The recruiter should be impartial in attitude and consider only the qualities that will suit the company’s open position. Staffing agencies tend to be more impartial in hiring the best candidates for their client companies.

Judging by candidate’s name or first impression – Many employers show a preference for some specific popular education institutions and like to hire graduates from these organizations without properly checking

their personal capabilities, which can prove to be a serious mistake. Moreover, the recruiter should be cautious with positive or negative impressions about a candidate based on first appearance; many can turn out to be valuable assets for their companies regardless of appearance.

Vague idea of demands of the position – The recruiter should set up a questionnaire that will test the exact capabilities of the candidates and their suitability for the open positions. A pre-structured interview will find out the hidden qualities of every candidate so that the best one can be hired. The services offered by placement agencies, including conducting interviews, are highly efficient for discovering the most competent employees for their clients.

Not checking skills of the candidates – The recruiter should find out if the candidates have undergone extra training or completed courses, gained licenses or certifications to acquire the skills they will need to fulfill the required job skill set. If the necessary skills are missing, even post-recruitment training cannot help the new employee learn everything he needs to do.

Incomplete explanation of job profile to candidates – It is the duty of the recruiter to let the candidates know in detail about their probable job profile in their company. Moreover, the work culture and the salary structure should also be discussed with the candidates so that the applicant can have the option of backing out at that time if he finds the job not suitable for him. That will save a lot of grief and extra effort if that person later discovers the job and his skills don’t match or wasn’t what he expected.