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J. Kent Staffing – 7 Straight Years of Best of Staffing’s Client & Talent Awards for Service Excellence!

Posted by: Karen Booher on February 10th, 2025

The official results are in! J. Kent Staffing is proud to announce that we have won our 7th consecutive year of “Best of Staffing” awards from both our Clients and Talent. What Were Our Ratings? Clients (companies). We received our highest client rating yet of 94.4% Net Promoter® Score (NPS). For comparison, the staffing industry’s…

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Colorado Convention Center Event Wraps Up With 100% Attendance from our J. Kent Team!

Posted by: Karen Booher on February 7th, 2025

J. Kent Staffing recently hired 18 team members (17 staff and 1 supervisor) to support our client’s Annual Assembly with over 3,000 attendees at the Colorado Convention Center. Our client is a national association of physicians and other medical professionals from many different specialties, with more than 5,300 members. Under the diligent and enthusiastic direction…

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A Glossary of HR’s Newest Lingo – Social Media’s Top Trending HR Buzzwords

Posted by: Karen Booher on December 1st, 2024

Employees have been flocking to social media sites such as LinkedIn, TikTok, and X for quite some time now to share their personal stories and feelings about work, and to get others’ opinions. Out of this, many different HR-related buzzwords have been coined. Some are more commonly used, but others you may be hearing for…

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Happy Holidays from J. Kent Staffing!

Posted by: Karen Booher on November 29th, 2024

As we get ready to usher in the holidays and turn the page on another year, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to our clients, temporary associates, and candidates for making 2024 – our 45th year in business – another memorable one. Our J. Kent Staffing team had an early…

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Minimum Wage Updates Effective Jan. 1, 2025

Posted by: Karen Booher on November 29th, 2024

It’s that time of year again! Yes, the holidays are here, but that’s not what we’re talking about. Here’s our annual update on what’s happening effective Jan. 1, 2025 with minimum wages locally, around the country, and also at J. Kent Staffing. Denver and Colorado’s 2025 Minimum Wage – $18.81 and $14.81 Per Hour, Respectively…

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16 Different Types of Bosses – Which Are You?

Posted by: Karen Booher on October 21st, 2024

National Bosses Day was October 16th, so hats off to all of you BOSSES out there! There are many different types of bosses and many of us are a combination of several different styles. Not any one style is the “secret sauce” for being a great boss. Whichever style(s) is yours, how can you be…

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Making Connections One Neighbor at a Time!

Posted by: Karen Booher on October 18th, 2024

How many of your business neighbors do you know? If you work in an office building or business park, you may say hello as you run into people in the mail room or when walking to and from the parking lot. Odds are, you may not know more than their first name at the most…

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Election Day is Quickly Approaching – What is Required of Colorado Employers?

Posted by: Karen Booher on October 18th, 2024

Although federal law doesn’t require employers to give employees time off to vote, a majority of states (including Colorado) and some local ordinances mandate that employers provide voting leave time to their employees. What Does Colorado Require of Employers? Leave:  Eligible employees are entitled to take up to two hours of leave to vote on…

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A Big Thanks to our PEACHY Clients!

Posted by: Karen Booher on September 4th, 2024

In mid-August, J. Kent Staffing continued its annual tradition of delivering “fresh from the farm” Colorado Palisade peaches to our clients in the Denver metro area. The fantastic team at Alida’s Fruits in Palisade, Colorado helps to coordinate refrigerated door-to-door delivery to our Denver office, and then we divide and conquer our hand delivery to…

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