If your company could adopt automation that heightened productivity and profitability, enhanced safety and paid itself off within months, would you invest in it? Cobots and their related technology – cobotics – are delivering those benefits for manufacturers. In fact,… Read more→
THE FOUR GENERATION WORKFORCE Baby Boomers 1940-59 • Idealism • Revolutionary • Collectivist • Ideology • Vinyl and movies Gen X 1960-79 • Materialistic • Competitive • Individualistic • Status • Brands & cars • Luxury articles Gen Y… Read more→
You may have noticed a few things changing with the EFBC lately, and the truth is that one more change is on it’s way. As some of you know, the current EFBC Executive Director and my friend Judy Hogel will… Read more→
Who’s on your bus? Does your bus have the right people in the right seats? Do you clearly know what seats must be filled in support of larger departmental and organizational objectives? If not, recruitment efforts will have very limited… Read more→
Last month, Nirel Inman and I had the opportunity to host the annual EFBC Past President’s Dinner in Rosemont. This was my fourth time attending this meeting and I always look forward to learning from our wise leaders. The dinner… Read more→
Background checks are a critical screening tool for employers. However, it is imperative that companies conduct them, and take action in response to them, in a lawful manner. As illustrated through many recently filed lawsuits, this issue appears to have… Read more→
I am hoping by now you have seen our rocking rebrand of the EFBC. It took an immense amount of work and effort by our strategic planning committee, strategic partners, executive committee and staff to make this happen. It was… Read more→
Leveraging freelance resources is no longer just for Goliath cutting edge tech firms like Google. Hiring isn’t easy and it isn’t a perfect science. Maybe it’s time to consider the hybrid option, the “try and buy.”
We’ve worked hard all fall and winter to help our clients prepare for April 15th, but how will our collective efforts pan out? While the work of tax season is fresh in our minds, we wanted to share our insights… Read more→
Employee benefits are designed to attract and retain the highest quality employees. Yes, they can be expensive and yes, the cost seems to go up each year. If we look at the benefits as an investment toward finding and keeping the right people,… Read more→
