Building The Right Team
“Today, out-selling the competition for “A” level performers is a core competency of business success. That’s not hyperbole; it’s reality. It is the only way we can win the War for the Best Talent, and our victory is the only way employers can win the War for a Big Bottom Line.” Peter Weddle.
Peter Weddle has been writing columns for his own newsletter and for the Interactive Edition of The Wall Street Journal since 1999. The following column has been drawn from that work and updated:
First, we have to recognize that the best and brightest hav …
When working with professional, career-minded Denver job seekers, Denver staffing agencies and recruiters are beginning to see a change from the concept of “work-life balance” to the reality of “work-life integration.” What’s the difference?
Work-Life Balance – A Concept
Wikipedia defines work-life balance as a concept including proper prioritizing between "work" (career and ambition) and "lifestyle" (health, pleasure, leisure, family, and spiritual development/meditation). Related, though broader, terms include "lif …
Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites. Social media marketing programs usually center on efforts to create content that attracts attention and encourages readers to share it with their social networks such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or Google +, for example.
Denver Social Media Marketing Professionals Needed by Small Business Enterprises
With the increased awareness around social media marketing trends, J. Kent Staffing’s clients have begun to develop a marketing strategy to increase their brand …
Denver Accounts Payable Specialists with solid full-cycle AP experience are not an easy find. On the contrary, when J. Kent’s Denver Recruiters identify a qualified, experienced Accounts Payable Specialist, it is not difficult to match them with top Denver companies looking for this type of accounting department talent.
Accounts Payable Specialists – Found in Most Industries
Accounts Payable Specialists positions may be entry level or highly experienced and are generally found in most industries. If the position is entry level close supervision is generally req …
Central to any organization’s on-time and successful delivery and storage of goods and materials is the management of business operations, namely logistics. Simply put, supply chain, logistics management involves integration, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, packaging, and often, security. One of the positions, fundamental to a global manufacturer’s supply chain management success, is the hands-on position of Shipping and Receiving Clerk.
Denver Shipping and Receiving Clerk Key to Successful Warehousing Logistics
J. Kent’s client …
Human resource management in the 21st Century has come to the attention of business impelling career-minded Denver job seekers in that field to continue their education. There is no better way to demonstrate your interest in seeking career advancement or gaining greater knowledge in the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) then to obtain your PHR Certification. A PHR Certification attests to your status as a Professional in Human Resources
International Oil and Gas Firm Seeks Human Resources Manager
J. Kent Staffing recently conducted a search engagement for an international oil a …
Since 1997, the law firm of Joseph G. Hodges, Jr., Attorney at Law has outsourced their human resources, recruiting, hiring, and staffing administration and management to Denver staffing agency, J. Kent Staffing. For more than 3 decades, J. Kent, a Colorado recruiting and Contingency Search and Temporary Staffing firm has been recognized as one of the leaders in the greater metro area and Rocky Mountain Region.
During the past 15 years, the law firm and Mr. Hodges, a highly respected trusts and estate attorney has looked to J. Kent Staffing for qualified Paralegal …
How do you bring real value to your hiring process and hiring decision? You know the resume but do you know the person? Although the candidate meets your qualifications, do you really know what they think, feel, what is important to them and how they will fit into your culture.
Each organization in Denver today is competing to attract top talent from local, national and international markets. The unemployment figures may be up but talent that presents as a “complete package” is still in short supply and does not stay on the market long.
Corporations competing in today&rs …
Colorado’s current unemployment rate, 8.7% in July 2011, is certainly not a reflection of the real hiring that is going on in the private sector, which leads the way in new jobs creation, according to the last Job Situation Report. New job creation is our economy’s future, unemployment rates, a report on our economy’s past. In the last few months we have seen increases, not only in our temporary staffing business, but also in our Direct Hire Search & Recruiting engagements. The Counter Offer is our future challenge.
At J. Kent, we are seeing well run, highly respec …
Denver Staffing Agency Recognizes the Importance of Employing a Legal Workforce
As a Denver staffing, recruiting and temporary agency, J. Kent Staffing recognizes the importance of employing a legal workforce. Although J. Kent has been judiciously verifying employment eligibility of its large temporary staff using the Form I-9 since 1986 (after the passage of the Immigration Control and Reform Act of 1986), effective February 17, 2012, we are augmenting our Form I-9 with the federal E-Verify program.
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) E-Verify Clause
At J. Kent, we pro …
When you need powerful productivity with measurable, time sensitive outcomes, Project Management and temporary project teams make strategic staffing sense.
In November of 2011, a market research organization whose core competency is economic, policy and market research contacted J. Kent Staffing for assistance with a large market research survey project.
The Project and Deliverables
Distribute 4000+ surveys for annual RTD ridership survey in 4 shifts; 6 days
Colorado Staffing Managers Hi …
"Building the Right Team” in 2011
J. Kent Recruiters, highly experienced in targeted Denver recruiting were tapped by our client, a highly respected, privately held insurance brokerage agency to assist them in their 2011 quest of “Building the Right Team”. Our J. Kent Recruiters quickly recognizing that our client was on a focused and clear mission to hire only the “best of the best”, began to pursue the top 5% of experienced insurance talent in the Denver marketplace. To learn about the insurance broker’s 2011 “New Hire” Str …
"Building the Right Team" in 2011
An example of “How to Build the Right Team” for your company, occurred this year with one of J. Kent Staffing’s clients, a privately held insurance brokerage firm whose foundation spans more than 30 years in the Denver market. I would like to share that example and their decisive new hiring strategy with CEOs, executive teams, Denver Human Resource Managers and other hiring authorities that may be involved in manpower planning or revitalization for their organization.
What Was Their Decisive 2011 &ldqu …
As the baby boom generation slowly exits the U.S. workplace, a survey of leaders from this consortium of business research organizations found the incoming generation sorely lacking in much needed workplace skills — both basic academic and more advanced “applied” skills.
In collaboration, The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conducted an in-depth study of the corporate/business perspective on the readiness of new entrants into the U.S. workfo …
