Gaps in 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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What Quickbooks Skills do Employers Look for?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOtsT91SZ2A It would be hard to work in the accounting and bookkeeping fields without knowing at least a little bit about Quickbooks. Given that up to 80 percent of U.S. businesses use some version of…
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How Do You Prepare for a Job Interview?
The job interview (or series of them) is the final hurdle in securing a great job. This can be a make-or-break moment; the employer wants to find out whether you’re as good in real life…
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Hire Professionals with SkillsetGroup Accounting and Finance Division
Low numbers of younger workers entering the field and lots of retirees means finding good finance and accounting talent is one of your trickiest tasks. Reconcile accounts, get ready for tax season and prepare for…
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SkillsetGroup Top Sales Exec: Business Leaders Value Authenticity
SkillsetGroup staffing and consulting firm’s top-performing sales executive Lupita Baca celebrates her fifth anniversary with the company this summer, and she already has great advice for her colleagues. “Be organized, and be yourself,” said the staffing wunderkind who spends her…
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How to Showcase Your Second-Language Skills on Your Resume
In SkillsetGroup’s home territory, the U.S. Southwest, bilingual Spanish speakers are ubiquitous. The greater LA area is also host to many who speak Vietnamese, Chinese and other Asian languages, as well as smaller enclaves…
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Are Extended Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Causing Labor Shortages?
Extended unemployment benefits throughout the U.S. have businesses and staffing companies struggling to find employees for lower-wage jobs. In many cases, decades of depressed wages have created a situation in which the generous unemployment benefits…
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The Top Six Advanced Excel Skills Employers Look for
A lot of the administrative and accounting positions SkillsetGroup fills require advanced Excel skills – shipping and receiving clerks, office coordinators, financial analysts, accountants, financial planners, etc. Unfortunately, a lot of employees seeking work in…
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How to List Salesforce Skills on Your Resume
Few maxims about business remain true across industries and sectors, but from the tiniest mom-and-pop bodega to heavy hitters like Boeing or Tesla, collecting and organizing information about your customers is always helpful. That’s probably…
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From the CEO: Attract and Retain Workers During the ‘Great Resignation’
The so-called “Great Resignation” of 2021 – an unprecedented number of workers quitting their jobs post-COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns – has sparked a lot of soul searching among workers, CEOs and hiring managers. Companies’ true colors…
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