How to Give Negative Feedback in a Positive Way

Giving constructive feedback sounds easy enough…until you have to actually do it. But, as a manager, it’s an important part of your job. So how can you offer corrective input to your employees without them getting defensive? Here are some tips to help you: Make it timely. Don’t hold onto negative feedback until an employee’s… Read More »

Get Employees Off Right in 2015

It’s a new year and, as one of the leading staffing agencies in Dade County, Future Force knows there’s no better time to make sure your employees get off on the right foot in 2015. The following tips can help ensure your team is fit, productive and ready for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Offer… Read More »

To Be or Not To Be…Friends With Your Staff

You get along with your employees. But should you befriend them? As one of Dade County’s top staffing agencies, Future Force can tell you that the answer is “no.” While it’s important to be respectful and have good relationships with each of your staff members, forming friendships with them crosses a line into dangerous territory. Here’s why:… Read More »

Tips for Hiring Your First Employee

Hiring your first employee is a sign your company is headed in the right direction. But if you’ve never interviewed candidates before, where do you begin? As one of Dade County’s top staffing agencies, Future Force knows the last thing your business needs is a bad hire, which can result in all sorts of problems. To… Read More »

5 Career Fair Success Tips for Employers

If you’re like most hiring managers, your recruiting strategy involves a variety of sources for candidates, including career fairs. As one of the leading staffing agencies in Dade County, Future Force can tell you these fairs offer a great way for companies to find potential new hires, put a face on their employer brand, and fill the… Read More »

Small Business Hiring Advice

A hiring mistake at a large company is damaging. However, as one of Dade County’s top staffing agencies, Future Force knows a hiring mistake at a small company can be downright deadly. When it comes to small businesses, the margins are narrower and the stakes are much higher. That is why you need to ensure your hiring… Read More »

Tips for Curing the Bad Meeting Blues

We’ve all been there. Sitting at a meeting that’s taking hours to wrap up. Talking in circles. Beating the same dead horse over and over again and yet, really accomplishing nothing of importance by the end of it all. It’s enough to make anyone want to run screaming from the room. However, the fact of… Read More »

Are You Sending the Wrong Message to Your New Hires?

In a perfect world, new hires would get to work on their first day with their office and computer set up, paperwork completed, and be ready to hit the ground running. In reality, though, many new hires have a boring or frustrating first day filled with forms and waiting around. But, as one of Dade County’s… Read More »

Building an Optimistic Workforce

The economy is supposedly getting better. And yet according to a recent study, 83% of U.S. employees are stressed by at least one work-related issue – which is up 10% from last year. The study, which was commissioned by Everest College, showed that “unreasonable workload” and “low pay” were the two biggest sources of stress… Read More »

Hiring Unemployed Applicants: Fact vs. Fiction

Not that long ago, there was an uproar in the media that resulted from companies placing job postings stating basically “don’t apply if you’re unemployed.” But while there are certainly employers out there that don’t look too kindly on being unemployed, is it really the “scarlet letter” of the working world that it once was?… Read More »