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Buy, Borrow, Build: Recognizing Your Business’s Staffing/Hiring Needs in 2021

Through 2020, businesses across the world faced unprecedented challenges related to the global pandemic. COVID-19 fractured workforces, limited productivity, and hampered companies’ outputs. While the far-reaching effects of the pandemic remain a concern for businesses, many are determining the most effective and sustainable methods for rebuilding their workforces. The concept of “build, borrow, buy” examines …

Hiring Metrics That Matter in 2021

by TERRA Staffing Group

Key performance indicators (KPIs) allow recruiting teams to learn what techniques are working and to make subtle shifts in their approach to improve their effectiveness. The number of contacts made, resumes reviewed, and time to hire all matter to hiring teams. But are there other metrics we should worry about in 2021 that we perhaps …

Human Resources Strategies for 2021: Focusing on the “Human” Aspect of HR

by TERRA Staffing Group

Employers and employees entered the 2020’s with high hopes, but met some staggering challenges. The global pandemic disrupted many people in both their personal and professional lives. Fortunately, Human Resources professionals and business leaders are thinking outside of the box to ensure workers are supported and thriving in the wake of an anxious time. Find …

How Medical Device Manufacturers Can Plan Now for Staffing Challenges Tomorrow

by TERRA Staffing Group

The top manufacturers are producing devices that improve lives and create better patient outcomes such as neurotransmitters, cochlear implants and pacemakers, along with medical devices that help diagnose patients such as X-ray machines, MRI’s, and Cat-scans. From simple to complex, all of these products are regulated by strict government guidelines to ensure patient safety. Staffing …

Top Soft Skills for 2021

by TERRA Staffing Group

Just because a skill is considered “hard” doesn’t mean that it’s hard to learn. Also, just because a skill is considered “soft” doesn’t mean it’s not critical. Hard skills can be taught; but soft skills are often learned through life experiences or even just embedded into the very character of a person. So what are …

Top 3 Strategies for Hiring Hard-to-Fill Positions

by TERRA Staffing Group

Purple squirrels are legendary in the recruiting world — the “unicorn” jobs that you just can’t find the right candidate to fill. Like Bigfoot, you know the candidates are out there but just can’t seem to find them. In the past, the term was used for the most highly specialized roles, but the reality is …

Risk Management in Supply Chains: Strategies That Benefit You and Your Staff

by TERRA Staffing Group

Many businesses were caught off guard by COVID-19. Nearly 98% of senior-level decision makers said their organizations experienced supply chain disruption, according to a survey conducted by Interos, a business relationship intelligence platform. The pandemic put supply chains’ risk management strategies to the test, reduced demand for ocean freight, and impacted manufacturing output. This article …

Medical Device Manufacturing Outsourcing vs. Insourcing

by TERRA Staffing Group

Roughly 58% of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have used a contract manufacturer for a medical device project, according to a study by Medical Design Technology. Nearly 88% of OEMs had a positive experience with a contract manufacturer. You may compare outsourcing vs. insourcing as you decide how to make the best use of your staff …

10 Warehouse Job Interview Questions to Ask Applicants

by TERRA Staffing Group

Warehouse operations managers have the important and often difficult job of hiring new employees. Finding and retaining qualified workers was the biggest warehouse management challenge cited by respondents in a report from Logistics Management, a logistics and transportation magazine. Asking the right warehouse job interview questions can help you qualify a candidate’s experience, soft skills …

Category: Staffing Tips & Recruiting Trends

Buy, Borrow, Build: Recognizing Your Business’s Staffing/Hiring Needs in 2021

Hiring Metrics That Matter in 2021

Human Resources Strategies for 2021: Focusing on the “Human” Aspect of HR

How Medical Device Manufacturers Can Plan Now for Staffing Challenges Tomorrow

Top Soft Skills for 2021

Top 3 Strategies for Hiring Hard-to-Fill Positions

Risk Management in Supply Chains: Strategies That Benefit You and Your Staff

Medical Device Manufacturing Outsourcing vs. Insourcing

10 Warehouse Job Interview Questions to Ask Applicants

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