To WIN the Race for Talent, Small to Medium Sized Employers NEED a Savvy Partner!
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In fact we’ve created a whole NETWORK of staffing and recruiting resources with you in mind – small to medium sized employers who know how important it is to hire the best talent, but not always with the time, resources or expertise it takes to WIN!
Our NETWORK of recruiting and staffing professionals has been the partner of choice for Northwest employers for over 45 years, placing PACE in the top 2% of staffing and recruiting organizations nationwide.
Take advantage of our menu of recruiting and staffing options – each solution CUSTOMIZED to fit your needs and budgets.
For employers who want to purchase specific services to improve or speed up their existing hiring process, HIRING HELP offers several customized options.
COMPLIMENTARY ACCESS to local staffing and market relevant expertise. Learn all about LOCAL market pay and candidate availability plus state of the art staffing and hiring strategies.
PACE offers a variety of recruiting packages, custom designed to fit each client’s needs for service and recruiting budgets. Professional job and candidate profiling delivers a short list of candidates with the right skills, experience, and “fit”!
With 50% of hiring decisions ending up being hiring mistakes, a working audition has become a popular way for Northwest employers to stay flexible while reducing hiring mistakes!
When its time to staff a temporary or interim role quickly we have talented employees ready to work NOW! Quick solutions for projects, leave coverage, or when you’re not quite sure what lies ahead
A comprehensive menu of professionally crafted skill and aptitude assessments, reference and background checks, and structured interview reports to make sure the candidate’s you hire are the “right fit”.
A fully outsourced co-employer service for employers who’ve uncovered who they want to hire, but don’t want to hire them directly. An ideal solution for protecting employers from unforeseen 1099 liabilities.
Our ONE STOP Managed Services platform provides a fully outsourced staffing services option for clients who prefer a HANDS FREE approach.
The role of AI in the hiring process has been an unexpected story in 2023. Everyone is asking “how will this “technology” impact me?”. Recruiters, Hiring Managers and job Candidates are no exception.
New to the temp to hire audition as a hiring model? Here’s a step by step way to introduce this model to your team.
What You Need to Know About a Candidate to Decide If They are the Right Fit! The goal of FIT FINDING is to find and hire an employee who not only does the job well, but enjoys doing it. FIT FINDING is a way to enhance the productivity of your team, retain team members and […]
Don’t ask who decided but we’re being told that Tuesday May 30th has been designated National Recruiter Day. What a great way to shine a light on these important contributors to business success, folks who so often don’t get the applause they deserve. And yes, talent shortages have put them on the hot seat for quite a while now, so its about time we said “we see you!” and value “what you do! “
Breaking down the components of “fit” reveals the science and art of hiring success!
We don’t like to brag, but one of the things we think is really special about PACE Staffing Network, is our track record of success when it comes to retaining clients. In an industry where client relationships are historically fickle with client turnover across the board exceeding 50% a year, the fact that so many […]
Do you find yourself wondering if you have some “quiet quitters” on your team? Has the team’s morale suddenly taken a turn for the worse? Are you no longer confident that the team has the same enthusiasm for its mission that it once had?
Hiring and firing are not just the opposite ends of the staffing spectrum, but together represent the two most important staffing decisions managers make when building their teams.
Hiring and firing are not just the opposite ends of the staffing spectrum, but together represent the two most important staffing decisions managers make when building their teams.
Just like personal relationships, business relationships, including relationships with staffing providers, come in all different sizes, shapes, and packaging.
The right recruiting story makes a difference to who you hire. Here’s some ideas on how to create the right recruiting story and get it told – often and well!
Some powerful interview questions to gain insights into a candidate’s ability to collaborate. .
Some important “must dos” for Northwest employers renewing their commitments to diversity and inclusion!
Shortages in the talent marketplace often leave employers wondering what to do. Here’s some options to think about .,….
Breaking down the components of “fit” reveals the science and art of hiring success!
Here’s 3 Recruiting Challenges for 2021 that Aren’t New – but Won’t Be Going Away Soon!
How flexible are your current staffing strategies? Here’s some questions you can ask to find out.
Make “Trust but Verify” a Foundational Principle of Your Hiring Process.
There are important differences between a job posting and a job posting. Check out job posting best practices here! .
Here’s how to screen candidates who don’t have a lot of work experience…finding that “just right fit”
Some important “must dos” for Northwest employers renewing their commitments to diversity and inclusion!
Administrative and clerical jobs are likely to stay remote and virtual post Covid.
Here’s how to define your culture in ways that is relevant to your team’s performance but also invites diversity and inclusion.
The logic was that the larger your net, the more candidates you could attract into your pool of candidate wannabes, the better your chances of hiring that “just right” candidate. But over the years, I’ve found this too be incorrect.
Here’s some things you need to know about temporary and contract employees and why they are great solutions for today’s volatile business environment.
When it comes time to talk about your staffing agency’s bill rates, here’s some things to pay attention to….
How ready are you to embrace the fiexible staffing strategies that will become increasingly popular during the Build Back?
The right staffing partner can provide a range of staffing options designed to solve common challenges hiring managers are faced with each day!
Using flexible staffing strategies will be key for Northwest employers during the post covid BUILD BACK. Here’s why….
There are many reasons why the “temp to hire” recruiting model has remained popular in all economic environments. An opportunity to cut costs is one of them!
Most temporary employees are subject to overtime pay rates regardless of the type of job they do. Here’s why its important to know if your agency is paying them accurately.
When taking a closer look at the true costs of being an employer, temporary employees are often much less expensive. Here’why…..
Learn more about how your staffing agency bill rate is calculated and what it includes
Northwest employers have used many versions of the temp to hire staffing model. Here’s an overview of your options.
To help our business community BUILD BACK BETTER….PACE Staffing Network is offering signficant discounts on temporary staffing bill rates between now and end of JUNE. Help us put our talented workforce back to work!
From a staffing and workforce strategy perspective there are a few things we want our readers to know about what we see happening in the local job market and what we think will drive some changes in that job market over the next 6 months.
If you’re one of those employers starting to lean into a more virtual, work from home staffing model, here’s some things we’ve learned about how to identify employees who are good at virtual work settings in the hiring process!
Here’s some things to think about before you select your staffing agency partner?
Some helpful tips for optimizing the productivity and morale of your temporary employees.
Independent Contractors can help with workplace flexibility but there are some risks around how you classify them.
As the pandemic nature of the Coronavirus becomes real, we wanted to quickly share our approach to support your business needs while protecting the safety and well being of our employees working at your facility.
We couldn’t be more grateful or excited to share the exciting news that PACE has won our 4th consecutive ClearlyRated Best of Staffing award!
The year ahead brings political and economic uncertainties while younger generations are entering the workforce – what does all this mean for staffing, recruiting, hiring and employee retention?
With 1-2 day or week temporary assignments all but vanishing from the Northwest marketplace, the trend is to keep temporary employees on assignment longer for more strategic reasons.
We predict that Northwest employers will use more temporary staffing solutions in 2020. Here’s why.
Employee turnover is on the rise, one in every five employees will be leaving their jobs this year, that is a 20% turnover rate! We have assembled the latest insights into why such high rates of turnover are occurring and how employer can effectively cope.
With a turnover rate that is more than double than that of all other occupations, LOCAL CALL CENTERS struggle TO maintaining a reliable workforce. Here are some tips for retaining your best call center reps…..
Making the reference check a key part of your hiring process can help you know more about who you are about to hire, and avoid costly hiring mistakes down the road!
Check out our checklist of “things to do” before you even start your recruit!
Paying attention to the red flags you uncover during the hiring process can help you minimize your chances of making a hiring mistake.
For Northwest Employers, the reasons an employee decides to take your job offer, may be the same reasons that later causes them to leave. The solution may lie in your hiring process.
The challenge most companies have when looking for talent is the tangible “How To’s” to set your recruitment and hiring processes in place!
Finding candidates with talent (not just skills or experience) is a great way for companies to compete in a TIGHT local marketplace!
In today’s marketplace there are costs attached to taking too much time in the hiring process. Here’s why…….
Here’s some quick ideas for small to medium sized companies to avoid hiring mistakes!
Our clients often ask how long they keep one of our temporary employees on assignment. There are no legal boundaries for length of assignment.
If you’re a recruiter or have been hiring in today’s candidate market. Chances are you”ve been ghosted. Here’s how to prevent “ghosting.”
PACE Staffing Network announces new partnership with WONSCORE – a state of the art candidate soft skill assessment program.
Check out this HIRING GUIDE that will help you find and hire great employees each and every time – a step by step approach to the right hiring decisions!
With 50% of hiring decisions turning out to be hiring mistakes, here’s some things you need to know about a candidate before you hire them.
With February hosting Valentine’s Day, it seems like the perfect time to revisit some of the age old conversations we’ve all had about workplace dating.
We just got news that once again we’ve won the BEST OF STAFFING recognition – placing us in the top 2% of staffing agencies nationwide!
Today’s employers face a wide range of staffing challenges and staffing agency solutions. Here’s how to make sure you are using the right staffing agency for your needs.
As the “gig” economy picks up steam, finding smart ways to utilize short term or interim employees is a business necessity.
PACE has been placing employees in high impact administrative positions for over 40 years. The content and dynamics of today’s EA/AA job market has an interesting back story!
Here’s how to screen candidates who don’t have a lot of work experience…finding that “just right fit”
With the 2018 college grads about to hit the market, now is a good time to relook at this segment of the marketplace with fresh eyes.
As your co employer, how your staffing agency manages its employer and compliance responsibilities can impact you. Here’s how….
With 70% of all resumes containing significant deviations from the truth, no wonder 50% of all hiring decisions are later considered hiring mistakes!
While management skills and functions can be taught, leadership talent can be identified in candidates without any management experience. Here’s how….
Check out these latest employment trends, how they will or are impacting you, and what you can do to stay on top of your staffing game!
Temp to Hire is one of our favorite things to do but we know that to make a difference for our clients, it has to be done right! Here’s why (and how)….
Ever wondered if you were being too nice to be the effective leader you want to be? According to a recent survey by Fierce Inc, you’re not alone!
In a tight labor market, writing job postings that actually attract the talent you need requires some finesse and digital savvy. Here’s some basics that are important to success!
Here are 5 things you can do now to find and retain the employees you need in a very tight labor market.
Finding great employees is not easy in any market, but in today’s job market, particularly in the Northwest, the challenge is doubly difficult. Here’s how to compete….
The homework needed to create a recruiting profile involves many layers of exploration. And the stakes are high. Creating the right profile is key to a successful hiring outcome.
Hiring based on the right “culture fit” benefits both companies and their employees and can dramatically impact team performance, morale and retention.
Here’s how and why…
Here are 8 things hiring managers can do to get the most of out of their service relationship with their recruiter.
At PACE the “match” is not just about a candidate’s skills and experiences but also about how well the candidate’s work style and placement preferences match up with what they will experience on the job.
Its not that hard to make a hiring mistake and a whole lot harder to hire right.
Here’s some ideas to avoid some of the common hiring mistakes!
We know how important the hiring/recruiting process has become. And it all starts with selecting the RIGHT RECRUITER or RECRUITING ORGANIZATION
The ability to recognize and develop “high potential” employees can have considerable impact on a leader’s personal performance.
If you’re a manager or supervisor, you’ve likely experienced the impact of an onboarding process.
The PACE Staffing Network has been around 40 years – long enough to experience the changing role of Human Resources in the local business and professional community.
We know there are some timeless “best practices” for hiring right that are particularly important when talent pipelines are lean.
The High Costs of a Bad Hire can be pretty alarming, particularly if you’re working in a tightly competitive marketplace as we have here in the Greater Seattle area. For those of us in the marketplace full time, we know how costly and time consuming it is to find and hire the right employee, and if you end up hiring the wrong employee, there are always significant hard and soft costs involved.
Read on to find out some of the ways an employer’s staffing costs will increase if hiring issues get out of control.
We’d like to take the mystery out of your staffing agency invoice and the pricing models used by most temporary staffing agencies. Get the inside scoop here!
When you’re hiring you need to know what qualities are most critical to hiring success. Here’s how to decide what’s most important now….
Getting to know a candidate quickly requires a simple set of interview questions designed to cover the “discovery” basics.
What you call your flexible worker makes a difference in what vendor you talk to, how much you pay, and what you can expect! Here’s why….