Droves of people are leaving California in general and LA specifically to escape the high cost of living and scarce housing stock. This is the biggest labor market story in California; how can businesses compete…
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Skillset Metro Spotlight: Demographics & Salaries for 250+ Positions in Dallas-Ft. Worth
The Dallas-Ft. Worth region is one of the fastest-growing job markets in the U.S., welcoming hundreds of thousands of people from Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and coastal cities as they flee the high cost…
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SkillsetGroup Lands on Inc. 5000 for a Fourth Time
Aug. 16, Inc. revealed that SkillsetGroup is No. 3,325 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most…
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The Math is Clear: You Need SkillsetGroup as a Staffing Partner
There has literally never been a better time to partner with SkillsetGroup staffing and consulting firm; just do the math. Here at SkillsetGroup, we’re doing labor market research constantly to make sure we’re getting the…
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SkillsetGroup: Building a Culture of Retention by Playing to Your Strengths
One of the evidence-based tools we use to build high-performing teams is Gallup’s StrengthsFinder 2.0. This tool typifies and standardizes dozens of personality traits to help employees gauge the best way to contribute to the…
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How to List a Second Language on Your Resume
In SkillsetGroup’s home territory, the U.S. Southwest, bilingual Spanish speakers are common. The greater LA area is also host to many who speak Vietnamese, Chinese and other Asian languages, as well as smaller neighborhoods with…
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How Do You Explain Employment Gaps in Your Resume?
Gaps on a resume, from an employer’s standpoint, are fairly common. If companies only hired people with perfect employment history, there’d be a lot of empty positions out there. The key to finessing your employment…
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SkillsetGroup: In-Step with the
Business Community
SkillsetGroup knows how important it is to keep in-step with the local business community. We make sure we support our local chambers of commerce wherever we have offices — like here at the Santa Ana…
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SkillsetByte: Worker Satisfaction Can Increase a Company’s Stock Value
In recent decades, US stock market performance seems divorced from what’s happening to the average worker. This is for a variety of reasons, but it’s clear that strong human capital and worker satisfaction can raise…
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SkillsetByte: Could Cannabis Deregulation Spark Job Growth?
The cannabis industry is booming in the states where it’s legal, employing hundreds of thousands and racking up billions in sales. Industry groups hope this economic activity will spur lawmakers to update federal regulations on…
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