Deborah and Joyce Celebrate 10 Years at Abel Personnel

Deborah Robinson (left) and Joyce Simms (right) of Abel Personnel DEBORAH ROBINSON Deborah Robinson submitted an application with Abel Personnel in the summer of 2011. She had recently relocated to the Harrisburg area after holding key positions at Indiana University and at the New York City Health Department, which included Interim Director of Recruitment and […]

THE GREAT RESIGNATION: MITIGATING THE SECOND WAVE

In September, Abel Personnel commented on the scope as well as the opportunities of the Great Resignation, the unprecedented drop in the US workforce from April to August 2021. Updated numbers for the phenomenon indicate: 20 million U.S. workers left their jobs between April and August this year, according to the latest federal BLS data. That’s […]

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 […]

Interview Preparation: Soft Skills & Behavioral Interview Questions

Through our Abel Personnel blogs, we’ve recommended how to construct your resume and explained how your resume leads to your interview; however, it’s the interview that results in the job offer. We also provided some initial insights on how to prepare for the interview. Digging deeper, let’s address behavioral interview questions and how you can […]

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 […]