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How the frontline actually hires.
How Shift Differential Pay Works, How It Affects Overtime, and How to Fill Hard Shifts
When night, weekend, and holiday shifts go uncovered, employers often fill them by extending people already on the schedule, which…
Child Labor Laws: How to Apply Age-Based Work Rules Across Locations
Federal child labor enforcement is rising. The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division assessed $37,215,327 in child labor civil…
The Credentialing Process: How to Verify Licenses and Certifications for Frontline Hiring
Filling a CNA or security officer opening in days and confirming the hire is legally allowed to do the job…
Hospitality Staffing: How to Keep Housekeeping and Front Desk Covered Year-Round
A hotel can’t sell a room nobody cleaned, and it can’t check in a guest when nobody is at the…
Pros and Cons of Offering Referral Bonuses
43% of new frontline hires leave within 90 days, according to the 2025 Fountain Frontline Report, so a referral bonus…
How to Manage Gen Z Employees on the Frontline
Gen Z now makes up 41% of the U.S. shift workforce, overtaking Millennials in Deputy’s analysis of more than 41…
How to Reduce Average Time To Hire Rates By 50%
The 2017 State of Talent Acquisition Technology study found that the majority of respondents (62%) stated that average time to…
Impact of Raising Minimum Wage on Small Businesses
Over the course of this year, 21 states will be increasing their minimum wages. While this is great news for…
Managing Employee Turnover
Employee turnover or employee retention is a funny thing – it happens in every enterprise and is inevitable. Every business…
8-Step High Volume Hiring Process
Hiring a high volume of qualified hourly workers begins with a bulletproof hiring process. Easy peasy, right? Nope! Although Talent…
Hiring Process Tips: Building a Strategic Recruiting Process
Whether you own a restaurant, retail store, or a franchise, companies just like yours are struggling to get the right…
The Gig Economy – 9 Things Employers Need to Know
What is the gig economy? According to Tech Target, a gig economy is a “free market system in which temporary…
5 Reasons Your Application is Losing You Candidates
The best application forms are ones that provide enough information for recruiters and HR professionals to differentiate between strong and…
Seasonal Hiring Guide
There are certain annual inevitabilities that signify the ending of a year. Shorter days, cooler weather, scarves as far as…
8 Ways To Improve the Candidate Experience in Recruitment
Remember the good old days of hiring? Maybe you were the owner of a chain of franchises, or maybe you…
Recruiting Hourly Employees: 4 Surefire Methods for Recruiting Hourly Employees
If you compare the workforce to a literal pool of talent, hourly employees are definitely the salmon. These workers swim…
3 Effective Hiring Strategies and Methods
As we approach Q4 of 2018, I am asked more and more about hiring seasonal workers for the upcoming holiday…