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Employees Are Worried About a Recession — Here’s How to Ease Their Minds
Move over, Great Resignation. There’s a new buzzword on everyone’s minds that’s occupying all the headlines these days: Recession. A recent survey cited in Bloomberg revealed that a whopping 78% of Americans are worried about losing their jobs when the next recession...
Gas Prices Causing Decreased Attendance? Try These 4 Incentives
Pain at the pump is causing pain for employers Rising gas prices are making it increasingly difficult for employees to afford filling up their tanks or even show up to work at all. At Selectemp, we’re finding that many candidates aren’t willing to drive as far for...
Hey Oregon: Commit to taking a Safety Break on May 11
While health and safety in the workplace is an everyday priority, OSHA’s Safety Break for Oregon is an annual one-day event held on the second Wednesday in May that emphasizes the importance of sending workers home safely to their families each and every day. This...
Top Reasons The Best Talent Joins an Organization
Why do candidates accept one job offer over another? Is it the promise of growth, the alignment with company values, or perhaps something more? To answer this, we’ve gone straight to the source, asking talent placed by our recruiters throughout the Pacific Northwest...
Tips for Attracting and Retaining Candidates in Light of COVID-19
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the world has transformed and so have the ways of recruiting talent. Employers are looking for new strategies and with the new workforce reality, you can’t rely on the old tactics to help hire the talent you need. It’s time to...
How to Prepare for When Workers Opt to Stay On Unemployment
As the state of Oregon reopens after the Coronavirus pandemic, many employers are now asking furloughed employees to come back to work. After months of being laid off, many workers find themselves saying, “I don’t want to come back to work.” Four months ago this...
Selectemp Receives 2020 Best of Salem Award
Selectemp has been selected for the 2020 Best of Salem Award in the Temporary Employment Agencies category by the Salem Award Program. Each year, the Salem Award Program identifies companies that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and...
Key Career Habits to Adopt This Year
A new year means new resolutions and committing to new habits. In the first few months of the year, take inventory of your work life and think of ways you can improve. In adopting new habits, or strengthening old, positive ones, you can transform your career into a...
Careers You Can Have With Just A Diploma
Many people today are opting out of a college education and going straight into the workforce. With the looming presence of student loans and a degree often taking more than four years to obtain, it is no wonder that people are going straight from high school and into...
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