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Warehouse skills are in-demand for 2022. With an increase in e-commerce deliveries during the pandemic and supply chain issues, warehouse workers have grown even more important to our national economy. These jobs are paying better than in the past, and if you have some of the most in-demand skills in the industry, you’ll make top dollar. So, what warehouse skills are important, and what you need to do to develop them for 2022?

What Skills Do You Need in the Warehouse?

The mental and physical skills you need to work in the warehouse industry are both soft and hard. Some skills are job-specific, while others, such as organizational skills, work well in any warehouse job. Some of the soft skills you’ll need in a warehouse job for 2022 include:

Communication skills are important in most jobs, and warehousing is no exception. You may need to communicate instruction...

Finding the right shift will make or break the job. Why? Because you end up building your life around work, in most cases. There are pros and cons to 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd shift, but the trick is to figure out which one is right for you.

1 st , 2 nd , or 3 rd ?

In a production-driven environment, there are usually three shifts that keep things running smoothly night and day:

1 st shift is the typical 9 to 5 work environment, although it could start and end earlier; 7 to 3 is one variation. 2 nd shift is the swing, which runs in the latter part of the day to the middle of the night, usually, 4 pm to 12:00 am. 3 rd shift is known as the night shift. This is the midnight to 8 am typical shift.

If you have three choices on when to work, which is better for you?

The first question to ask is whether you’re a morning or night...

Managing employee time off is always challenging, but particularly during the holiday season when it seems that everyone wants time off. At the same time, the holiday season is often the busiest time for employers. It’s a huge problem and very few managers actually do well juggling the multiple days off, simultaneous requests, and the demands of a busy departmental workload. Here are some tips for how to manage employee time off around the holidays.

5 Tips for Managing Holiday Time Off

1. Require planning time off in advance.

Planning your holiday work schedule in advance is just about a necessity today. We know strongly production driven environments schedule well in advance around the holidays. Other companies like retailers have very specific rules about time off during the holidays. Healthcare organizations often schedule time off requires three to...

Did you know that you can receive full-time benefits when working with a staffing agency like People Plus? Many people think you have to have a full-time job to get medical, dental, vacation, and more. In fact, today’s staffing firms provide just as many benefits as any employer. Let’s look at some of the typical benefits of a firm like People Plus.

Typical Benefits When Working with a Staffing Agency

Did you know the Affordable Care Act requires any staffing agency with more than 50-employees to offer health insurance? You must work at least 30-hours a week or at least 130-hours in a calendar month to receive these benefits. But it’s important to know that you won’t receive benefits from the employer you’re working for, who is contracting with the staffing agency for your time. Instead, agencies like People Plus offer many of the same types of benefits that a full-...

You may think your social media posts are a harmless bit of fun. The reality is, your employer looks at them with the utmost seriousness. While you may find that last picture of you horsing around at a party very amusing, it could cost you to lose out on a good job later on. Here’s how to clean up your social media profiles.

Social Media Clean Up 101 1. Keep your private life private.

There’s nothing wrong with having a social media account to document your personal life. The trick is making it employer-proof so a prospective company can’t find you online. You can do this by setting up accounts under a different name and email. Or you can mark the account as private and not searchable by employers. This is highly recommended so that you keep your private life separate from your professional life.

2. Be careful what you post—just in...

Have clear expectations, create a probationary period, measure performance, use the buddy system, make sure you work with a staffing firm that holds onboarding training for your candidates. It will then describe how People Plus holds onboarding training for employees.

Every candidate deserves to start on the right foot. This requires that the employer provide the tools and training they need to bring them up to speed quickly. However, many employers struggle in this area. They may improve their onboarding process but it could also take trial and error that ultimately costs them good people. We’ve seen employers struggle with onboarding. These five tips will help you get your new hires up to speed faster and help retain them longer.

Five Tips to Get New Hires Up To Speed Set Expectations From Day One

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It may seem like there is no harm no foul to skip an interview. This post will discuss the top negative implications of skipping one without giving the company notice.

We’ve all heard about ghosting, which occurs when a candidate fails to show up for an interview. Today, 76% of employers admit they’ve experienced a no-show candidate. If you’re a candidate, this is not only bad form, it could have a serious impact on your career. Here are three ways being a no-show can have negative implications for your future.

Being Blacklisted After a No Show Of course, employers and recruiting firms talk with each other. Your information is recorded in their applicant tracking systems (ATS). This includes any behaviors that would flag you as a bad hire. In this case, if you ghost the employer this will be carefully noted in the ATS. For the recruiting firm...