Diamond Award winners have won the Best of Staffing Award for at least 5 years in a row, consistently earning industry-leading satisfaction scores from their clients. EVERETT, WA – February 15, 2018 – TERRA Staffing Group, a leading staffing agency and employment agency headquartered in Everett, announced today that they have earned Inavero’s Best of […]
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Safety Standard of Excellence Program Aims to Reduce Temporary and Contract Worker Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Everett, WA, December 19, 2017— TERRA Staffing Group recently earned the Safety Standard of ExcellenceSM Mark. The Safety Standard of Excellence program, developed by the American Staffing Association and the National Safety Council, promotes staffing industry-wide safety standards through […]
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Everett, WA – January 31, 2018 – TERRA Staffing Group, a top staffing and recruiting firm headquartered in the Pacific Northwest, named its Tacoma office both “Branch of the Quarter” for fourth quarter and “Branch of the Year” for 2017. The awards, based on achieving sales, quality, profitability, and service delivery targets, were given at the […]
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Compensation mistakes can impact a business’s ability to hire quality candidates. After all, employee compensation is an investment in talent. It should pay off for your business – both in terms of the talent quality it attracts and their ability to contribute productively. To improve candidate quality and maximize return on compensation investment, any business […]
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Imagine: You’re looking through applications trying to find a star candidate. On paper, you find someone who looks outstanding. Their skills are top-notch, their experience is right on target, and they express all the enthusiasm and dedication you’re looking for. The interview is promising, and they accept the offer with excitement. Once they start the […]
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Turnover happens at every company. When your turnover rates suddenly spike, however, HR staff may react with alarm. What’s happening? How can you prevent this unexpectedly high rate of turnover from becoming a chronic problem within your company? How to reduce turnover: Use exit interviews to help you understand the problem. Exit interviews can help […]
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The battle over recreational marijuana use continues to rage in the United States, with several states—including Oregon and Washington—voting in favor of allowing recreational use of the drug by adults of a legal age to do so. When marijuana use becomes acceptable, however, companies have questions. How should our policies change? What can we do […]
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Sonya Buckingham was a single mom raising three kids. For eight years, she and her family resided in Georgia, where she worked as a cab driver. Deciding it was time for a change, they relocated to Washington State. Finding a job proved to be difficult. “Walking in to companies and trying to find a job […]
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Oregon’s Equal Pay Act, which takes effect in October 2017, expands the state’s laws regarding wage disparities among employees. It also changes several rules for employers. Here, we cover some of the key points of the law. What’s Changing? The existing Oregon Equal Pay Act prohibited discrimination “between the sexes in the payment of wages […]
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Beginning July 1, 2017, Arizona joined California in requiring paid sick leave for employees. The new law was approved by Arizona voters in November 2016 as part of Proposition 206, which also increased the state’s minimum wage. It applies to nearly every business that hires at least one Arizona employee, even if the business’s headquarters […]
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