For decades, companies created thoughtful in-depth onboarding, pre-employment drug testing, in-depth background checks, intensive on-site training, and long safety orientations. The company would then offer one or two days a week to onboard these employees due to limited resources. This all made perfect sense at the time, where every company had dozens of people competing […]
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5 Strategies for Recruiting Hourly Employees
The majority of employers hire hourly workers. Despite hourly workers making up the majority of the workforce, employers have challenges hiring hourly employees and retaining them for a long enough time to make the hiring processes worthwhile. When hourly employees do not stay long, employers lose money having to recruit and hire new employees. The […]
What’s Causing All That Turnover in Your Call Center?
Call centers have notoriously high turnover. The average turnover rate for a call center is 30-40%, but some centers see numbers as high as 100% in a single year. Hopefully, some of this turnover is due to the upward mobility of employees; in other words, people are getting promoted. Unfortunately, a lot of the turnover […]
Five Things to Do to Nail your Workforce Plan of the Future
There is no question that companies who manage the COVID crisis well, will win lasting loyalty. The aftermath of the pandemic will be in our midst for many months and even years, so every move matters. How companies are reacting to one of the largest shifts in our times largely includes how they handle their […]
Intersection of Talent and Technology
“Workforce challenges cannot be solved without building and maintaining a culture of innovation and technology within your organization. Talent and technology are fundamentally linked together in the success of future supply chains.” George Prest, CEO of Material Handling Institute (MHI) This quote encompasses how workers and technology go hand-in-hand in promoting company success rather than […]
How We Embody Our Values
Watch the video of our CEO Tana Greene as she discusses, in her own words, the MyWorkChoice company values: (1) say it, mean it, do it; (2) dare to be different; (3) see the awesome in others; (4) never settle. She developed these values from personal experiences and chose to incorporate them into the heart […]
5 Ways to Keep Your Warehouse COVID-19 Safe, and Keep Operational Costs Down
Coronavirus. COVID-19. Novel coronavirus. You’ve heard all these names and more for the virus that appeared in our midst in early 2020. Information keeps changing as medical science learns more about it, but you need to know how to keep your warehouse safe during the pandemic. As states open up their economies, you’ll see cases […]
Hourly Workforce Wants Flexibility
The hourly workforce is in need of a flexible work environment and we’ve seen overwhelming evidence to support this. The way people work is evolving, and the legacy tools companies utilize — contingent staffing agencies or temporary seasonal workers — are woefully outdated. MyWorkChoice not only understands but embraces the hourly worker’s desire for a […]
7 Ways to Motivate Your Hourly Workforce
All of us are feeling it, and your employees are no different, it’s called Burn Out. Regardless of industry, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned company culture upside down and it’s no wonder leadership teams are asking themselves – how can I keep my employees motivated? Now, we know what you’re thinking, there are a ton […]
The Digital Age of Workforce Management
As we continue into the digital age, the benefits of technology and the frequency in which we use it only increases. Technology has become a constant in our personal and professional lives, so we may as well utilize all it has to offer. Harnessing Technology for Good McKinsey & Company recently published an article on […]
