Frank’s Employment

Wow, it’s been a busy week for our staff for the first of February!

Rebecca visited onsite a new prospective client who may need assistance staffing for a temp-to-hire Receptionist position.

Elyse met with an IT professional whose outplacement she is conducting on behalf of a client company.  She’s also designing a custom skill review using Outlook for a customer who needs to test all of its office employees.

Dawn recorded the criminal background checks we ran for a client hiring new employees using our microstaffing solutions to assist with one piece of the process.

Craig successfully finished a search for a CNC machinist with expertise in Fanuc controls, Daewoo and Haas machines, and G code.

And that’s just the highlights from one day!

Hope your business is starting the month in a productive way too.  We’re ready to help when you need more staff to accomplish those goals.

The US Congress voted in late December to extend the COBRA subsidy available to qualified workers who have involuntarily lost their jobs.

This legislation originally provided the grant covering 65% of the COBRA premium for up to nine months.  The new legislation expands eligibility to up to fifteen months.

The legislation originally covered qualified workers whose employment had ended by December 31, 2009.  The new legislation extended the employment ending date as late as February 28, 2010.

The most recent Kiplinger Newsletter reminds employers of two new deadlines relevant to this extension of the COBRA subsidy.

1. Employers must send a (separate) notice by January 31st to any involuntarily unemployed workers eligible for retroactive coverage under COBRA.  This would include workers whose original 9-month subsidy expired in 2009 and who dropped COBRA coverage as a result.
2. Employers must notify by February 27th all COBRA-qualified former workers about the subsidy extension.

The Department of Labor website has additional information about the ARRA-funded COBRA subsidy.  You may access this by clicking here.

Several people have commented on the fun introduction Elyse gave for our raffle prize at a recent Women’s Business Council luncheon.  The process for the WBC is that any company sponsoring a prize gives a brief presentation about their business, by way of introducing their gift for the monthly event.

By popular demand, here’s the text of her intro:

“I’m Elyse with Frank’s Employment.  And I’d like to talk about our business by talking about the basket I’ve brought as a raffle prize today.

It’s a Halloween basket.  It contains assorted candies: Mounds; Double Bubble gum; Payday; and Milk Duds.  And in the middle is a $35 gift certificate for Town House Books and Café.

So how is that related to my work in staffing?

Well, most people think about hiring a new employee as a pretty scary process!  Not fun.  Certainly not a treat.

We’ve got Mounds bars because you may be worried that you’ll be buried in a mound of résumés when you advertise.

We’ve got Double Bubble gum because you might find that the search doubles your already-heavy workload.

We’ve got Payday bars because you’re likely afraid of what you’ll pay in time, energy, and lost productivity while looking for your ideal candidate.

And you’ve probably already guessed that the Milk Duds represent your concern of making a big mistake in your hiring — a dud.

There’s a simple way to let go of your fears: trust the professionals at Frank’s Employment.  We handle temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire approaches.  We have microstaffing solutions if you need help with just one aspect of the hiring process, as well as full service staffing from start to finish backed by our guarantee.

When you turnover those fears to a Frank’s staffing professional, you will find more time and energy for what you most value.  Maybe even the chance to relax with a good novel and a great sandwich at Town House Books and Café.

When you’re ready to focus on the treats of hiring a great employee, call Frank’s Employment!”

Congratulations to our basket winner.  And thanks to the October luncheon participants, who gave the first-ever big round of applause for Elyse’s creative presentation!