There are no more critical decisions your company faces than those associated with hiring professional help.  Your technical staff develops the work product that is ultimately provided to your most valuable asset – your customers.  They have a tremendous impact on your firm’s professional reputation.  Your staff, permanent or contract,[...]

Many of us will have the unpleasant experience of being terminated at some point during our working years. Regardless of what terminology is used – laid off, let go, fired, down-sized – the end result is the same: your relationship with the employer has just been severed. While you may[...]

It happens towards the end of just about every interview: the moment when the hiring manager asks whether you have any questions. Of course, you should arrive at the interview prepared with several possible questions to ask, ultimately choosing your questions based on how in-depth the interview actually was and[...]

Over the past few months demand for contract engineering staff among our clients has increased. This includes local firms seeking to bring on technical talent through a contract-to-direct arrangement. This trend is reflected on a national level. The American Staffing Association (ASA) reported last week that staffing employment is up 4.4% compared[...]

In what continues to be a challenging business environment for numerous industries, firms in MA, NH and RI are finding it difficult to improve profitability. If you seek cost savings along with the flexibility to respond quickly to changing market conditions, engineering contractors may provide the solution. Why Engineering Contractors?[...]

After bouncing up and down over the past few years, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts’ (AIM) monthly Business Confidence Index edged up in May to a reading of just over 52. The Index uses a 100-point scale, with a reading above 50 indicating a majority optimistic feeling among the business[...]

With everyone busier than ever, it’s no wonder that phone interviews have become a common method for our clients to quickly screen technical candidates we refer. In effectively using phone interviews, you can save time and money by rapidly identify those candidates you want to interview more formally. To ensure[...]

As professionals in the engineering staffing industry, we know first-hand that some candidates don’t even think about professional references until we ask for them. The ensuing rush to locate former managers and request their help often leads to unnecessary delays in the interviewing and hiring processes.As the saying goes, always[...]