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By; Scott Fiore, TriStarr Staffing

I saw a great post recently having to do with outsourcing.  The main idea was simple: in the natural world, animals – in this case a shark – outsource their weaknesses to allow them to focus on their strengths.  A shark “outsources” its weaknesses: keeping itself clean, and protecting itself from disease, to other fish.  Remoras clean parasites from the shark’s teeth and perhaps skin. Remoras eat the parasites off the underside of the shark to keep it healthy and alive. This allows the shark to remain healthy and focus on what it does best – hunt.  The Remora gets “paid” as well; they get a free meal and “protection.”  Okay – a bit of a gruesome example, but very telling for your business.

The biggest and best companies do it too.  Apple, Ikea, etc.  We do it here at TriStarr.  We’re very, VERY good at recruiting, screening, testing, but not so good at fixing our computers or cleaning our carpets.  So that gets outsourced to experts.  Think about your company.  Our best clients, and I’ll brag here – they are the who’s who of South Central Pa’s employers – use us to maximize their strengths and allow them to focus on what they do best.  They focus on what they do best and use TriStarr to identify and recruit talent.

Just this week we’ve placed key people into key openings quickly and efficiently because we had the right candidate relationships.  Our clients called, we presented one highly qualified candidate and the client’s open position was filled.  That’s efficient.  A position gets filled very quickly and the client remains focused on their business and what they do best and we get paid.  We both win.

I’m working with another client to screen and assess their current employees and we identified some trends that may be leading to some inefficiency.  By tweaking the behavioral styles of the candidates we present, we will be able to improve performance and reduce turnover.  This client takes advantage of our skill and expertise in screening and selection to get better candidates, and yes, we get paid.

Our Recruitment Process Outsourcing Group has worked with a local company to significantly improve their hiring process, identify better employees, and reduce costs.  Together, we helped turn what was a difficult and stressful recruiting season last year, with positions unfilled, and therefore business being lost, to a smooth recruiting season this year.  Positions are all filled.  There’s a pool of freshly screened candidates ready should the client’s business increase and our client is focused on their core business – not recruiting and selection.  And yes, we get paid.

If you’re interested in learning more about our RPO Group, or if you have a position you need to fill, click HERE and let our sharks do the hunting while you focus your business on making money.

I just read an article stating that Economist Lakshman Achuthan, head of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, says that the US Economy has been in a recession since the middle of last year.  He states that this will be a very mild recession and many may not even realize that we’re in a recession.

For me in the Staffing business this sounds like the way things used to be – back before crazy, ridiculous recessions.  Back in the “good old days” our business would see a slowdown in hiring activity (translated: business) prior to, and during a recession.  Then, activity (business) would begin to pick up and just about that time, word of the recession would start in the press.  The numbers always lagged the reality and if activity was increasing when that papers and pundits were saying we were in recession, we knew we were actually coming OUT of recession. 

Last year, in fact, we did see a slowdown in activity.  The first and second quarter slowed significantly.  Now, fortunately for us, we’re well diversified and well capitalized so we weathered the storm well.  Things started to even out and increase a bit during the third and fourth quarters, but beginning in January we began to see significant, broad based increases in demand.  Hiring activity is up significantly now, and looks to remain so into the near future.  (By the way, I’ve given up trying to look long term – you know 6-12 months out…)

So, maybe Mr. Achuthan is on to something and maybe, just maybe we could be returning to more classic and predictable economic cycles.  We’ll see….

By: Scott Fiore, TriStarr Staffing Big news from the CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer.  In a nutshell, she wants to bring all employees with work at home arrangememts in house.  Here’s a quote from her leaked memo that drew my focus:  “Yahoo isn’t just about your day-to-day job, it is about the interactions and experiences [...]

It’s the Holiday Season! That means time with family and friends, parties and too many goodies. It also means crowded stores filled with frantic shoppers and other distractions, gazillions of receipts and online shopping – these all add to the risk of identity theft during the holiday season. There are many resources giving guidance and [...]

by: Joan K. Paxton, President & CEO, TriStarr Staffing What is December good for but a time of reflection and then planning?  As I look down the pipeline for the next 15 months, these are some of the major things that are on my list:  The Affordable Care Act:  The American Staffing Association, the staffing [...]

Are you comparing “Apples to Apples” when looking at the costs of recruiting?  As a full service professional staffing provider we’ve incorporated many steps into our recruiting process that help us present the best candidates most quickly.  These steps cost money – and what I’ve learned is that most of our clients (and competitors for [...]

What Will Your Business Look Like in 3 Years? TriStarr’s President & CEO, Joan Paxton was recently asked this question.  Many business leaders may stammer to think of an answer, others spout off their “mission” or “vision” statement.  Joan’s answer was quick, and I believe, spot on.  “Wherever our client’s want us to be.”     [...]

by: Jeannine Hohman, TriStarr Staffing HR Strategist According to a recent blog post by the Law Offices of Rheuban & Gresen, “One Sacramento physician’s assistant recently won a settlement in a case that involved job loss due to company retaliation against the assistant’s justified work-related complaints. After two years of dedicated medical services, this assistant, [...]

The slowly improving job market may be exacerbating a problem you may not know this country had: Finding good workers to fill open positions.  A new survey from human resources firm Right Management finds that 27% of human resources executives often have trouble finding the right person for key positions. That’s up from 23% a [...]

Today, healthcare costs continue to skyrocket, so it is not surprising that wellness is a topic of discussion at home, in our schools, at all levels of government, and in the workplace.  The National Wellness Institute defines wellness as “an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward a more successful [...]