Business Solutions
Our roots go back to 2000, when we were a Unix engineering and Java development shop. Over the years, we adapted to our clients’ changing needs in information technology. By 2010, we broadened to an array of offerings and specialties. Similarly, our Business Solutions grew out of careful listening to our clients and our desire to be useful to them…to complement one or more Information Technology Solutions. We see this as a natural evolution in our business.
Fallacies about staffing agencies
Some organizations are hesitant to turn to staffing agencies. But hesitancy should never be based on myth—and too many decision-makers buy into misconceptions.
When to change jobs: Dread it? shed it!
Inertia is a powerful force. But when it’s the only thing keeping you in your job, it’s time to start looking for your next opportunity. Here are the signs.
Mentoring: Not just a lone entré from a limited menu
Mentoring is not about the status of people; it’s about the nature of the interaction...from the intangibles to the listening, learning, and growing.
Celebrating visionaries & integrators on National IT Professionals Day
National IT Professionals Day, celebrated on the third Tuesday of September, is dedicated to recognizing the contributions of information technologist globally.
Understanding “employer branding”: Double the challenge in the staffing world
In the staffing world, employer branding is a unique reflection of the partnership that develops between a firm and an organization who provides staffing services.
Attention Indifference Disorder and marketing strategy
Attention Indifference Disorder is characterized by the myriad confusion of digital media that confounds marketers. One size doesn't fit all. Target your audience.
Human Resources: We’re not out to get you!
A message from Human Resources almost never means you’re getting fired, so don’t panic. HR is not in business to drive employees crazy. We can actually be nice.
Choosing a staffing agency: How to hire the best…at hiring
The first step in outsourcing hiring is hiring the outsourcer. Are you choosing the right staffing agency? Here's some tips for picking the right partner.
Outsourcing recruitment: Why no one’s laughing at those who choose staffing
In a tight labor market with limited options, those with hiring responsibilities are left scratching their heads. Outsourcing recruitment can be the answer.
Hiring a Chief Information Officer
Garnet River CEO and Principal Consultant Steve Richards has been involved in hiring many CIOs. As a manager and adviser, here are patterns he's seen worth talking about.
Mentoring and casting off the tyranny of the should
CEO Steve Richards has a passion for mentoring, usually on the topics of career and work path. Here he shares lessons learned, tools for guidance, and why it takes courage for people to pursue work spent in "flow" and a career with meaning.
There’s a growing accounting workforce gap, technology can help close it
When done right, technology maximizes—not diminishes—the value of the worker. This is especially true when looking at the growing accounting workforce gap.
Empowering employees: RPA, job satisfaction, and work-life balance
While concerns about automation replacing human workers remain, businesses doing it see a connection between RPA, job satisfaction, and work-life balance.
Workforce planning: What it is and why it matters
One of the great challenges for most businesses (and economies) is the dynamic that the most in-demand skills and high-growth occupations are the toughest to hire for. Workforce planning is a proactive approach to addressing this problem.
To improve productivity, outsource staffing operations
We’re big on automation but bigger on people. For times when businesses struggle to meet demand and sustain growth in HR, here's a solution: outsource staffing.
Confessions of an ERP specialist: RPA is a quicker, easier solution
Change can be hard. Recognizing there's a need for change might be harder. An ERP specialist shares why RPA is a great solution that excels at “quick and easy.”