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Who of you out there gets the first-day jitters? Almost everyone feels a sense of nervous excitement on their first day on the job. It helps to go into a new position armed with a set of questions to set yourself up for success. It will not only make you look good; it will give you a sense of confidence that you know what to expect on the job. If you’re beginning a new warehouse job, what are the best questions to ask on your first day that will start you off on the right foot?

Ready to Start Your First Day Off on The Right Foot?

#1 How would you like me to communicate with you?

This is a great question for your manager on your first day. It’s so easy to mess things up simply because you didn’t realize the answer to this question. Does your boss like emails or a phone calls, a text, or something else? How often should you provide updates...

Every warehouse depends upon its foreman or managers to maintain the daily processes and people necessary to keep goods moving in and out of the building. Warehouse leadership should carefully cultivate soft skills to help them do their jobs more effectively. This blog will help you understand the soft skills that all warehouse foremen should master.

Soft Skills All Warehouse Foreman Should Master Decision-Making

Knowing how to make the right decisions at the right time is an important way for warehouse foreman to do the job well. Warehouse foremen make many decisions throughout the day but knowing the right direction to go takes some aptitude. Understanding the impacts of internal and external forces and their impact on the human...

An increasing number of people— about three million , in fact, work the night shift between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Another four million work at some point during the night and even more work floating or more erratic schedules. Interestingly, night shift workers are “grey collared,” meaning they are a mix of factory, warehouse, or other physical laborers, as well as professional office workers in all categories. Not to mention those freelancers out there earning side hustle money.

It seems like more people are working the night shift. What are the benefits of working when others are sleeping? How could the 3rd shift help you and your family?...

Highly skilled workers or those with specific hard-to-find technical, scientific, medical, or other expertise can be very hard to find. While these professionals may have a long history in the field and a network of colleagues, sometimes they need a little help finding the right career match for their skills. That's where a recruiter can help. This article will help you understand why working with a recruiting team, no matter your skillset, can be important.

What’s Happening in the Specialized Skills Market?

Today there are more than 650,000 skilled labor jobs that are going unfilled each year because we don’t have enough qualified candidates to go...

Companies have been concerned about the high cost of worker accidents and injury for decades. It's a critical concern both for the well-being of the workforce we employ but also due to the high costs of worker's compensation for the American industry. The key to workplace safety rests with our efforts to build a more positive safety culture for our teams.

Here are some tips for how to develop a positive safety culture in the workplace.

What Kind of Safety Culture Do You Have?

OSHA says, “Safety cultures consist of shared beliefs, practices, and attitudes that exist at...

Here’s the reality; not all jobs are created equal. For example, we know that many of the full-time with benefits positions are being replaced by contract roles. That places some uncertainty into the position that simply isn’t there when an employee is a full-time hire. Contract workers lack the time off and other benefits common to full-time roles. Too, many well-paying jobs have been replaced by lower hourly rate positions, a problem that has prompted cries for a higher minimum wage for workers. This leaves many workers searching for good jobs and finding ones that they just don’t want to apply for. If you can’t find a job that looks appealing, are you simply looking in the wrong place?

The Best Places to Look for Jobs...

As we write this, around 10 million Americans are looking for work. The pandemic did a number on a job market that was booming in early 2020. A year later, some people are still struggling to find a job in their chosen career. If you are having trouble finding a job that matters in your long-term career, we can help you find one. But we also have some tips to help you find a job that counts.

Tips to Help in Your Job Search

If you can’t find a job in your field, don’t give up. There are some steps you can take now that may help get you noticed by employers. The first thing...