How many times have you heard a business leader, entrepreneur or manager of people say, “We just can’t get the staff,”? Hiring is an ongoing, ever-challenging activity for employers to undertake. Building a solid talent attraction strategy isn’t the half of it – there’s finding them, managing the process, and all the paperwork that goes […]
The word “sustainable” is thrown around at the moment, particularly in the manufacturing industry. Usually it’s in regard to how businesses source, manufacture or dispose of products. It’s a hot topic of conversation – and rightly so. But today, we’re not talking about sustainability in the physical sense. Sustainable recruiting is far less tangible; it’s […]
Staff turnover – also often referred to as employee attrition – is a key metric that any business or HR leader should be familiar with. Improving it is an ongoing challenge which HR teams around the world grapple with constantly. Staff turnover effectively comes down to one key metric: the length of time the average […]
The entire world is moving away from the “just find someone for the job” attitude, to really evaluating their candidate and employee experience. In the manufacturing industry, it’s important to build a strong, reliable and high-performing workforce. So, as a dedicated staffing agency in this space, here are our best practices for manufacturing hires: #1: […]
As specialists in the manufacturing sector, we’re used to dealing with the ever-changing needs of our clients, particularly when it comes to volume. How many heads you need to hire can vary massively, whether due to seasonal requirements, an uptick in business, or other miscellaneous factors which might mean you need people on board – […]
As business leaders, we talk a lot about customer experience – that is, the journey your customer goes on when they engage with your business. But what about candidate experience? Curating a great one should be a key part of your recruitment strategy and process. Candidate experience encompasses every interaction an individual has with your […]
As business owners, Executives or HR leaders, we all have various processes to manage and analyse. It’s our job to understand what’s working, what’s not, where we’re being productive and more. Finding incredible staff is such a fundamental part of running a business, but the process itself sometimes falls by the wayside in terms of […]
It’s often said that the hardest part of running a business is finding the right staff. Staff who are reliable, competent and committed don’t come around every day, so making the right decisions with regards to hiring is crucial. So, when your business faces a challenge or stepping-stone which you’ve deigned to solve by bringing […]
Hiring in the manufacturing industry is often done a little differently to other more ‘corporate’ sectors. For starters, decisions are not always made based solely on what we can see on a resume – reason being, there’s often a lot to be said for the hands-on, more technical skills which a piece of text just […]
Here at NLG, we’re certainly proud to call ourselves recruitment consultants – emphasis on the consultancy part. When it comes to hiring and recruiting, finding the talent is merely the first act; the show goes on and, particularly operating within the manufacturing sector, one of the struggles we often hear of clients coming up against […]