DEALING WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN THE WORKPLACE

Since Pennsylvania’s legalization in 2016, over 633,000 patients and caregivers have signed up for purchase of medical marijuana through a doctor’s prescription. Some significant percentage of those patients are part of the active workforce right now. There may be some program participants at your workplace or among the applicants for open positions. How you maneuver […]

DID THE APPLICANT POOL INCREASE WHEN SUBSIDIES WERE CUT?

In an early September article, Abel Personnel asked Will Job Seekers Return in Droves Soon? This question was of course referring to the federal payments of an additional $300/week of unemployment compensation that were set to expire the week of September 6. Many pundits had posited that these federal subsidies had the effect of making […]

NAILING THE INTERVIEW – IT’S ABOUT PREPARATION

Perhaps you’ve had this experience: you had an interview, you felt it went great, and then you were completely mystified when you weren’t selected for the position. What you might have missed is an understanding of what hiring managers are looking for in the selection process. There are several steps involved in the preparation process, […]

WILL YOUR RESUME WIN YOU THE INTERVIEW?

ALWAYS REMEMBER: The primary purpose of a successful resume is to win an interview. Melissa Davis is the Information Technology Recruiter at Abel Personnel, as well as a successful Certified Professional Resume Writer. From her experience, it is important that you know exactly what a company is looking for. Put yourself in the employers’ shoes […]

BEST READ THIS BEFORE YOU WORK WITH A STAFFING FIRM!

You areconsidering applying for a job through one of the online job sites, and realize the posting is from Abel Personnel, a staffing firm. You hesitate, unsure of how Abel Personnel (and other staffing firms) can support your job search, and perhaps whether to consider a temp job. Below are the answers to many of […]

SIX ACTIONS TO FOSTER EMPLOYEE RETENTION

At Abel Personnel, we’re accustomed to the unhappy tales of valued employees suddenly submitting a letter of resignation without any prior indication of dissatisfaction or interest in moving on. Replacing such employees can be an arduous, time consuming and costly task, beyond the process of posting the job, receiving resumes, arranging interviews, checking references and […]

DIVIDENDS OF A GREAT ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE

Your applicant (of course placed through Abel Personnel) has accepted your offer. You are both pleased and relieved. Your applicant hopefully is as ecstatic as those football players when their names are announced at the NFL Draft on TV. After all that effort, you want to make sure that your new hire first shows up […]

THE GREAT RESIGNATION = A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

In 2019, Texas A&M’s Anthony Klotz foresaw a “Great Resignation,” a significant number of US workers voluntarily quitting their jobs. A recent article in Inc. Magazine by Phillip Kane asserts that this prediction has come to pass in 2021, by presenting the following statistics: Some of the elements that our client has included that may […]

WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT ASK ABOUT VACCINATION STATUS

“Can I ask the candidate about vaccination status, or does that violate HIPAA?” Many of Abel Personnel’s clients are expressing considerable confusion and frustration over what they can ask job candidates (as well as their employees) about their COVID-19 vaccination status. Those applicants who are questioned (whether “pro-” and “anti-vax”) may respond, “you can’t ask […]

Will job seekers return in droves soon?

Federal Unemployment payments of an additional $300/week of unemployment compensation are set to expire the week of September 6. Currently there is no expectation that this federally-funded benefit will be extended. There is speculation that this benefit resulted in a significant number of potential job applicants choosing to stay on unemployment as a more financially […]