The best way to help keep your employees safe might be by adding to your team during busy times.  Whether that means adding extra hands to a construction project to make sure work is done on time, on budget, and with enough staffing to cover all your bases and make sure all safety hazards are addressed, or bringing in on a temporary basis workplace safety experts to conduct an audit and provide recommendations, Davis Staffing is on call and ready to help you protect your team.  Davis Staffing can help you enhance the safety of your company all year ‘round.  We can provide safet ..read more

Searching for a job is tough enough as it is. There are job boards to search, open positions to review, cover letters to write, and resumes to update and adjust to precisely fit each job you want to apply to, all of which can feel like a full-time job in itself.  But if you’ve been sending out resume after resume and it feels like you’re spinning your wheels, it might be time to consider whether you’re utilizing all the tools and tips you can to make yourself stand out from other applicants.  See How to Master the Art of Job Searching to Become the Strongest Possible Candidate:  ..read more

Navigating the world of workers’ compensation insurance can feel like a daunting task for employers. One crucial factor that often comes into play is the “experience factor,” a numerical representation of an employer’s claims history and risk profile. But did you know that partnering with a reputable staffing agency like Davis can help improve your experience factor and lower your insurance costs? Let’s Break Down This Connection:   The Power of the Experience Factor   The experience factor serves as a crucial metric used by insurers to determine your workers’ compensation premiums ..read more

If you’re looking for a new job but haven’t had much luck on your own, it’s time to consider partnering with Davis Staffing.  With more than 60 years of experience in introducing talented candidates to our great clients to form solid working relationships, Davis Staffing has grown from a temporary job service in Matteson, Illinois, with just two employees, to a successful, trusted firm with offices in Chicago Southland and Northwest Indiana. We believe our success comes from maintaining high standards of professionalism for both our clients and candidates and know that treating everyone w ..read more

It’s an annual practice that might cause groans and frustration from everyone at your company, from the big boss on down the line: Performance reviews. It can be hard for employees and managers alike to try and recall all the events, achievements and lessons from the previous year, plus it takes a lot of time to prepare and conduct these reviews for everyone involved.  But there are big benefits to be reaped from performance reviews. It can help shine a light on those employees who have grown and adapted to a new situation along with highlighting those who have overcome challenges and wor ..read more

We all know that the world is getting more expensive by the day — the news might be reporting that inflation is going down, but the word hasn’t spread to the grocery store yet, or to utility payments, the cost of transportation, the cost of housing and just about everything else. It costs a lot to live!  If you’re between jobs, or working in a part-time or temporary job situation while you figure out your next move, you might be more focused on paying the bills than trying to get ahead financially. That’s understandable! But it doesn’t need to be an either-or situation. Being financially ..read more

We all know it’s an employee’s world right now, with companies trying to outdo each other in order to attract high-quality, talented employees. But is it possible your company isn’t doing all it can to attract the right kinds of applicants?  It’s hard to know whether your company is doing all the right things when it comes to finding new candidates — especially when hiring someone is an additional task on top of all your normal responsibilities and duties.  Here’s what you might be doing wrong, and how Davis Staffing might be just the ticket to improve the quality of the applications ..read more

In the beginning, you were curious about the prospect of taking a temporary job because it allowed you to bring home a paycheck while learning a new job — and the lack of long-term commitment felt like a good idea. What if you didn’t like the job or your coworkers? But now you’ve spent time there and everything is great. You love the work, you get along great with your coworkers and you can see yourself spending a long time in this position.  So how do you go about making this temp job a permanent one?  It starts by demonstrating the right attitude — being willing to pitch in and hel ..read more

Hiring new people is a big process that takes up a lot of your precious time. You have other things you’d rather be doing — other things that need your attention — and now you have to add reviewing resumes and setting up interviews to your ever-growing to-do list.  Except maybe you don’t. If you need to hire a new employee or several new employees, you might want to consider reaching out and partnering with a staffing firm like Davis Staffing.  If you think staffing firms just complicate matters or don’t really work, it’s time to think again!  Here are three myths about staffing ..read more

Everyone has days where they would much rather be doing anything other than work. We all have them! Whether there’s a big project that needs to be tackled but you just don’t feel like diving into it, or there’s a meeting coming up that will take a big block of time out of your day and you just can’t find the ability to concentrate to get anything done in the meantime, it’s normal to have difficulty getting motivated to just do the thing from time to time.  The good news is, you can help get yourself out of those ruts and back into a good frame of mind to be productive, and you can help th ..read more