Employer Resources
Beyond Salary, What Millennials Want From Their Employers
They want to work for a company that has purpose; they want their work to matter; they want flexibility. Millennials (anyone born between the early 1980s and mid 1990s) changed the workplace environment arguably like no other generation, and recruiters had (and still have) to adjust their hiring techniques to attract, retain and nurture a Millennial employee. This always-connected-oversharing-transparent [...]
All You Need to Know About Staffing Your ERP Implementation
Implementing an ERP system, especially at an enterprise-level, can be daunting. You’ll need several teams of the right people not only to ensure your new system is configured to optimally support your business, but also to help your employees transition to the new system seamlessly while communicating to your customers about changes that impact them. Most ERP implementations follow [...]
How to Hire, Train and Keep Your New Intern
Interns and internships are an essential aspect of the modern workplace. Valuable, real-world experience interns gain from employers may translate to new job paths or act as a prerequisite to compiling a professional resume. The companies they work for also benefit – interns may be a cost-effective way to combat a seasonable peak or an opportunity for companies to [...]
New Tech Grad? Here’s What You Need to Know About the Job Market
Congratulations! You’ve made it through a tough technical program and are graduating with all the tools necessary to land an awesome job in the perfect company to showcase all your amazing skills, right? Wrong! Graduating from college is just the start of what you hope will be a long and fulfilling career in technology. What should you expect from the [...]
Why Bigger Isn’t Better When It Comes to IT Staffing Firms
My partner Jason Lammers and I have decades of experience in IT staffing and recruitment, including many years spent at a Fortune 500 staffing provider. This puts us in a unique position to compare the experience and, most importantly, client benefits of a small, boutique IT staffing firm like Align Workforce Solutions versus what you would gain by working [...]
