4 Crucial Summer Safety Tips For Outdoor Workers
Every season carries its own unique challenges for outdoor workers from the ice of winter to the rainstorms of spring to the brutal heat of summer. It’s very important to be aware of how to stay safe and know the various summer safety tips for outdoor workers, for the health and safety of you and your workers and for the good of your working environment. If you work outside, your risk for overexposure to heat rises significantly, and being unaware of how to stay safe can lead to heat-related disorders, illnesses, and even death.
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How To Manage Temporary Employees
Do you need extra help with your organization, but the project doesn’t justify hiring more full-time workers due to its duration? Temporary employees can help you get the work done for as long as you need the extra sets of hands, without worrying about all the time and money of a traditional hiring process or what to do when you no longer need the help. It’s important to manage temporary employees well and ensure that you’re treating them as equals so that the experience is mutually beneficial for the both of you.
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5 Spring Safety Tips For Outdoor Workers
You know what they say: April showers bring May flowers. They also bring a whole host of safety hazards for outdoor workers. Cold weather safety isn’t the only thing you should be mindful of. While the dawn of spring means warmer temperatures, it also means you have unique safety concerns that you need to navigate while on the jobsite, including increased risk of slip-and-fall accidents, lightning, and potential cave-ins. That’s why we’ve compiled this list of spring safety tips, to help you, your workers, and your co-workers stay safe. Let’s get into it!
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Can You Do Temp Work On Unemployment?
Many people who are unemployed worry about losing their unemployment benefits if they take on a temporary job, especially since it is temporary and does not offer job security to ease financial concerns. This leads people to wonder if you can do temp work on unemployment, or if you lose your unemployment benefits as soon as you start a temporary job. How does temp work affect unemployment? Can you collect unemployment benefits after a temp job? Can you find permanent employment through temp work? Can you even do temp work on unemployment?
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Is It Worth Working With A Staffing Agency?
The job search can be a nightmare, especially if you’re working by yourself. There are so many postings that claim to be urgently hiring, but then you never hear back from; so many postings that you only hear back from months after you applied; so many postings that are not honest, about aspects of the job, or the pay, or the hours…. You’re trying so hard to find work, but it’s so hard to find employers that will actually communicate and follow through and who are honest about the job! For this reason alone, it’s worth working with a staffing agency.
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Debunking 10 Common Myths About The Skilled Trades
When many people consider potential careers, they’re often discouraged from pursuing the skilled trades. There are many myths about the skilled trades ranging from people assuming that they don’t pay well to thinking that they’re only for people who didn’t do well in school to thinking they don’t involve skill and more. It’s unfortunate that there are so many prevalent myths about the skilled trades, especially since they are among the most essential careers in order to keep the world running smoothly.
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