In Texas, the sprawling farms and cattle ranches need electricians to function — many are like small towns. The oil and gas business that still dominates in Texas also needs electricians to maintain massive drilling…
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How Do You Become an Electrician in California?
The demand for electricians will only grow in the next decade as the U.S. electrical grid retools to accommodate renewable energy, off-grid power banks for homes and businesses and the growing prevalence of electric cars…
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How Do You Get a Welding Certification in Texas?
Welding, like other skilled trades, is suffering from a shortage of new welders as the experienced ones retire. That means companies across industries all over the U.S. are scrambling for skilled welders. Couple that with…
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How Do You Get a Welding Certification in California?
Welding, like other skilled trades, is suffering from a shortage of new welders as the experienced ones retire. That means companies across industries all over the U.S. are scrambling for skilled welders. Couple that with…
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Los Angeles-Orange County Demographics, Cost-of-Living and 2023 Salary Data
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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SkillsetGroup: ‘Always Ready to Help Me Grow in My Career’
Brenda Varela is a new second-grade teacher in Long Beach, and she said she might not have gotten there without the support of SkillsetGroup. No, we don’t staff public school teachers, but we do support…
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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 Do You Switch Careers Between Aerospace and Medical Devices?
Here in the skilled labor and engineering divisions at SkillsetGroup, we often see candidates career-switch back and forth between aerospace industry and the medical device manufacturing industries. Workers have always migrated between these industries; the…
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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 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 that…
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