When looking for a new car do you solely rely on one form of research? Not likely. Your search for the perfect career should be just as in-depth. While you may start your job search online, taking additional steps can greatly increase your chances of finding the right career the first time. Here are some great ways to locate, qualify, and land your dream career.

• As many as 70-80% of jobs are not published. While your social media news feed and online ads may be full of job postings, some of the best careers are kept confidential. A large number of job seekers rely solely on online efforts to locate their next career, while according to Forbes, the majority of employers locate their new hires through referrals and their own career sites.
• Take a test drive. Want to know what it would be like to work for a specific company? Walk in the door and find out! While the majority of candidates apply online or email a resume, very few take the time to come in and physically drop off their resume. Doing so is likely to give you a good idea of the work setting, company culture, and leave a lasting impression.
• Be an internal applicant. While candidates from internal sources including employee referrals, walk-in’s, and a company’s own career site are just as likely to book an interview as applicants from job boards, job fairs, and print advertising, they do have an added advantage. Internal referrals are almost twice as likely to be hired as external applicants, according to SilkRoad technology . As an internal applicant you are more likely to have an understanding of the company culture, history, and goals. An employer’s website gives you far more information than you will find on any job board or job search engine. Having additional knowledge of their products, services, and mission will quickly set you apart from other applicants who do not have this knowledge.
• Work your network. Talk to your peers and network about what sets their current career apart from their past experiences. Letting others in your profession know that you are open to new career opportunities can quickly get you information on the estimated 70-80% of job openings that go unpublished.
• Be proactive in your search. So you know you are ready for your next career, why wait for it to come to you? Identify companies or organizations that you have an interest in and get your CSV in front of them. Waiting for a job posting or only applying to those openings that you are aware of, drastically decreases your career options.
• Follow up. Sending a resume or application simply is not enough. With every job opening averaging over 100 applicants, the small touches could be the difference between an interview and falling down in the stack of paperwork. A handwritten note, a follow up call, or even a simple email can bring attention back to your resume.
• Stand out. With recruiters taking on average 9.5 hours to screen resumes and applications for one opening, standing out among the crowd is critical. Making sure that your resume and application are professionally completed without errors, stains, or spills is the first step. If you are applying for a position that requires creativity, this is a great place to tastefully display your talents.

While the search for the perfect career can be daunting, disheartening, and difficult, keeping a positive and professional demeanor throughout the process is a necessity. If you feel you have reached a point in your search where frustration has taken over, consider partnering with an industry experienced recruiter or take a small break from your search.

Are you a stand out professional, technical professional, or skilled worker seeking contingent, temporary, or long term career opportunities?  Visit our job seekers section for more information!  Want to learn more about how you can gain access to Trillium’s national network of professionals and skilled workers? Contact us today!

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According to Business Insider, here are the top 13 most common reasons for termination:

1. Poor performance
2. Bringing your personal problems into the office
3. Falsifying your resume or application
4. Attendance and punctuality
5. Lying or stealing
6. Sleeping on the job
7. Associations with office politics
8. Engaging in gossip or complaining about work
9. Sexual harassment
10. Insubordination
11. Violation of company Internet or email use policy
12. Being intoxicated at work
13. Social Media misuse

While some behaviors cannot be predicted, there are a few things you can do to reduce employee turnover.

• Provide clear expectations that are reinforced regularly. If an employee has clear performance goals, attendance expectations, and understands your organizations policies and procedures they are often less likely to have issues in these areas.
• Promote a positive and productive work environment. Employees in a new environment can quickly be pulled into existing gossip or office politic issues. Making sure these issues are handled with your existing staff can decrease the likelihood of your new hire becoming involved.
• Provide work environment based training. Providing your staff with trainings on topics such as office etiquette, sexual harassment, and your specific policies for computer use and social media can be crucial to a new hire’s success. Often times trainings revolve around job specific duties and behaviors that may have been considered acceptable for a previous employer could carry over.

Recruiting, identifying, and screening for the right fit is a difficult job. Working closely with hiring managers on a regular basis and having a clear expectation of what you expect from each role on your team can greatly increase the odds of success.

Want to learn more about how you can gain access to Trillium’s national network of top level talent? Contact us today!  If you are a stand out in your profession and seeking contingent or long term career opportunities, visit our job seekers section for more information!

Trillium, a national leader in staffing and recruitment is a valued staffing partner to over 5,000 companies nationwide. Trillium is privately owned by Oskar René Poch.

Despite the recent recession and high unemployment rates, trucking companies have struggled to locate qualified talent in the recent years. High turnover rates, an aging workforce, and the struggle to find long haul drivers have made the recruiting search a difficult one. Recently, the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics predicted that US companies alone would create over 115,000 truck driver jobs each year through 2016. Where does this leave logistics employers? In a battle for talent.

With the strong and consistent demand for talent, employers have to employ a wide range of recruitment and retention strategies to keep qualified drivers in the seats and trucks rolling. Not sure where to start? Here are a few tips to increase your competitive edge in the battle for safe and qualified truck drivers:

• Create a company culture and employment brand that drivers want to work for.
• Employ a wide range of recruiting strategies such as advertising, pursuing passive candidates, offering referral bonuses, and working with a staffing agency that is specialized in the industry.
• Build rapport with driving school instructors. Be the employer that they want their students to work for.
• Offer tuition reimbursement programs.
• Speak with your current drivers to learn more about what they enjoy about working for your company and to identify areas of improvement. Implement changes to help retain your talent.

The increased demand for drivers also impacts other logistics positions as well. An increased demand for dispatchers, warehouse personnel, and logistics professionals will continue to rise. Preparation and retention are the key to remaining staffed and keeping the wheels in motion.

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Trillium, a national leader in staffing and recruitment is a valued staffing partner to over 5,000 companies nationwide. Trillium is privately owned by Oskar René Poch.

With the EEOC obtaining $365 million for victims of discrimination and over 99K private sector workplace discrimination charges filed in 2012, there is definitely a need for improvement and education among employers. Here are a few of the more frequently filed charges:

• Retaliation- 37,836
• Race- 33,512
• Sex Discrimination (including sexual harassment and pregnancy)- 30,356

What can you do to decrease the likelihood of being charged in an EEOC case?

• Work with your legal counsel to develop and implement discrimination and harassment policies if you don’t already have them in place.
• Require all staff to review and sign off that they have reviewed and understand the policies.
• Engage your supervisory staff in regular trainings about fair and legal hiring and management practices.
• Encourage your staff to attend off site educational seminars on equal opportunity hiring and diversity in the workplace.
• Do not ignore inappropriate behavior. Report and act on it quickly.
• Make it very clear that there is no tolerance for discrimination of any type from your staff.
• Encourage supervisors and managers to attend EEOC Training Institute seminars and workshops.

Promoting and maintaining a EEO compliant workplace means much more than just avoiding charges and penalties. It means a positive working environment and employment brand that also yields higher productivity, less employee turnover, employee referrals, and easier recruitment process.

Want to learn more about how you can gain access to Trillium’s national network of top level talent? Contact us today!  If you are a stand out in your profession and seeking contingent or long term career opportunities, visit our job seekers section for more information!

Trillium, a national leader in staffing and recruitment is a valued staffing partner to over 5,000 companies nationwide. Trillium is privately owned by Oskar René Poch.