Entries by Derek Freese

Why it’s a Great Time to Choose a Warehouse or Assembly Position

By now, you’ve likely heard from more than one source, the term explaining the employee shortage that all businesses across the country are experiencing right now: The Great Resignation. The pandemic has led people in all industries to re-evaluate how and where they’re spending their time, and whether or not their current or former jobs […]

What is Your Company Known For?

If you were at a business event and someone were to ask you or anyone on your team what your company is known for; would you be able to give them a confident response? Of course you are known for the products you sell or the services you provide, but what exactly makes your organization’s […]

Creating a Positive Workplace

Being considered a good place to work by your employees involves a lot of components. It’s a known thing in these times that a positive company culture is one of the most crucial aspects of a quality work environment, along with location and time flexibility as well as purpose. With people having many options for […]

Why Knowing What Meaningful Work Means to You is Crucial to Placement Success

One of the most important things to us at Award Staffing is that both our internal and our external employees find meaning in their jobs. When our recruiters place our associates, they do not want to simply place them in the first role that is available; they want to place them in a position that […]

How to Make Your Job Postings Candidate Centric

In the current times, which are being referred to as a “candidate market”; job seekers have the option to choose from many different industries and positions. This has not been the case in previous times, especially not to this extent. No matter what line of work, companies across-the-board are struggling to find and retain employees, […]

How the Right Placement Can Help You Find Your Purpose

One of the things we know to be important here at Award Staffing is that every person finds their purpose in the workplace. That’s why we feel that a big part of our purpose is connecting people through meaningful work. We know how important it is that people feel a sense of both contribution and […]

How to Provide Unsurpassed Service

One of the most important things to us at Award, is that we always provide our clients and associates with unsurpassed service. As the number one staffing agency in Minnesota, as well as one of the top 175 places to work in Minnesota for 6 years in a row; we are constantly striving to improve […]

How Working with a Staffing Agency Can Help You Find Meaningful Work

While everyone has different definitions of “meaningful work”, I think we could all agree that we all want to have a job that is meaningful. Working a job that feels meaningful, makes going to work 5 days per week more fulfilling and increases employee retention as well as the likelihood of people moving up within […]

How to Build Connections in Your Community

One of our biggest priorities at Award is building meaningful connections within our community. Not only are we in the staffing industry where relationships are everything, we also value giving back and partnering with local organizations to make a difference within our community through our Award Cares Program. Whether you are in the staffing industry […]

Top Benefits of Working a Warehouse Position

Now that we are well into the holiday season, one of the business industries across the board is the warehouse sector of the light industrial space. With stores needing to stock up on extra goods for holiday meals and décor along with people ordering tons of gifts online to be sent out to places all […]