Lessons from the Trenches: Build a case before terminating underperforming employees
No one likes to do it, but not terminating poor performers can lead to the demise of your business.
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Fluor and Greenville Tech Foundation’s ‘circle of giving’ focuses on workforce development
Since 2013, Fluor Foundation grants have supported, among other scholarships across multiple disciplines, more than 100 veterans in Greenville Tech’s Quick Jobs for Veterans program.
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SC DEW announces the unemployment rate has improved by 32.8% since April
In order for the state to get back to pre-COVID-19 pandemic numbers, 91,820 South Carolinians will need to find work.
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Workforce Development Board is there for workers and employers
From organizing job fairs to funneling grant money to local businesses, the Greenville County Workforce Development Board oversees a substantial amount of resources that are dedicated to helping the county’s…
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Help Wanted: How to hire quality employees during a pandemic
“Talent is available that [employers] wouldn't normally be able to tap into because of where we are in the world right now,” says Julie Godshall Brown, president of Godshall Recruiting.
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SC jobless claims fall below 10,000 for first time during pandemic
The number of unemployment claims for the week ending Aug. 1 represented a 27% decrease in claims, or 3,285, from the week prior.
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Greenville Tech’s Quick Jobs program helps workers find their future — quickly
Julia Lezcano, a self-described “missionary’s kid from South America,” arrived in the Upstate a decade ago with nothing but two suitcases. Now 43 and her family’s sole provider, she sells…
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Tips: In job candidates, attitude beats experience
Most hiring managers make the job offer to the person with the most experience, but I know from experience that isn't the best way to hire.
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Employee well-being during the pandemic
By Lee Yarborough, President | Propel HR Since March, we have all been acutely aware of our health and the health of those we love. The numbers of people who…
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85,000 more people apply for unemployment benefits in SC
Of the 85,000 new claims filed in the week ending April 4, nearly 10,000 were from Greenville County and 6,000 were from Spartanburg County.
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