SkillsetGroup started its relationship with a pistachio farm in California in 2013 when our CEO Clint Armstrong found the orchard and packaging operation its new CEO. Since 2013, SkillsetGroup staffed 14 more executives at 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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BizByte: Agriculture Jobs in Calif. Get Tougher with Climate Change.
SkillsetGroup produces the BizByte feature weekly to present some of our continuous, up-to-the-minute market research that helps us keep our staffing and consulting services among the best in the nation.
BizByte: Labor Shortages Affect Agriculture and Food Processing
SkillsetGroup produces the BizByte feature weekly to present some of our continuous, up-to-the-minute market research that helps us keep our staffing and consulting services among the best in the nation.
Biz Byte: Record Gas Prices Speed Renewables, EV Adoption
Gas prices are at record highs across the US. We look at how the Ukraine-Russia conflict has affected the petroleum market, and how that problem is causing some governments — especially in the EU –…
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Biz Byte: Global Supply Chain Still Reeling in 2022
Global supply chain disruptions are characterizing the first quarter of 2022, leaving markets still reeling with shortages of goods and labor across industries. SkillsetGroup produces the BizByte feature weekly to present some of our continuous,…
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Infographic: How Much Thanksgiving Turkey Do Americans Eat?
Billions of pounds of turkeys, millions of pounds of potatoes and untold trillions of cranberries will wind up in American stomachs Thursday for Thanksgiving. Food production and processing companies are…
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Hire Workers with SkillsetGroup Industrial Division
We’re scouting all the time — someone on our team likely just got off the phone with a perfect fit for you, even as you read this sentence. We tap our expertise in the industrial…
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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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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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