Lon Matejczyk, Author at Apprentice Personnel

Apprentice Personnel Promotes Tim Willians to COO

Recruitment, Uncategorized / By Lon Matejczyk

Colorado Springs, Colo.: Tim Williams, Regional Manager over Kansas and Missouri for Apprentice Personnel, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer. Williams was responsible for Kansas and Missouri operations including the Kansas City, KS Metropolitan Area and Wichita, KS locations for Apprentice Personnel. He now takes additional responsibility for Colorado Springs, CO and Denver, CO …

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Gaps in your resume. Thanks to COVID-19, millions of unemployed Americans are now facing the prospect of trying to find a new job with at least one big gap in their curriculum vitae.

Overcoming Gaps in Your Resume

Job Openings, Employment / By Lon Matejczyk

Gaps in your resume. Thanks to COVID-19, millions of unemployed Americans are now facing the prospect of trying to find a new job with at least one big gap in their curriculum vitae. Should you be nervous about explaining why that gap exists? Well, it depends, right? Layoffs, needing to take time off to care …

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Why Now Might be the Right Moment to Consider a Career Switch

Training, Job Openings / By Lon Matejczyk

More restaurants and hotels are likely to reopen soon, so we expect demand in hospitality to resume in fairly short order.

Preparing Your Business to Reopen Amid COVID-19

Regulations, Workplace Safety / By Lon Matejczyk

The news about COVID-19 is getting better and, in Colorado, as in other states, plans are underway on how best to reopen the state. If you’re a business owner, how do you go about preparing for that moment when the all-clear is sounded, what steps should you take to ensure you’re ready, that your workforce …

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Colorado Orders Employers to Give Workers 4 Days of Paid Leave for COVID-19 Testing

Employment, Regulations / By Lon Matejczyk

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has issued emergency rules to “ensure workers in food handling, hospitality, child care, health care, and education can get paid sick leave to miss work if they exhibit flu-like symptoms and have to miss work awaiting testing results for COVID-19.” The Health Emergency Leave with Pay, or HELP rules, …

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New Federal Overtime Rules Now in Effect

Compensation, Job Openings / By Lon Matejczyk

The rules raised to $684 per week, or $35,568 a year, the threshold at which employees are exempt from being paid overtime. That’s a 50.3% increase from the previous threshold of $455 per week or $23,660 annually – and it means more than 1 million workers are now eligible for overtime anytime they work more than 40 hours a week.

Aside from taking a course or two on leadership and reading a few books, how can you be a better boss? Here are six quick guidelines.

6 Ways to Be a Better Boss

Employment / By Lon Matejczyk

We all know a boss who got her or his job by luck. Others earn their way into the driver’s seat. Either way, many people become a boss without getting the proper training to manage. Even great performers who rise to leadership positions may not have been trained to manage others. So, aside from taking …

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Holiday Hiring: Plan Ahead to Beat Your Competition

Job Openings / By Lon Matejczyk

It’s that time of year again for employers (and the temporary employment agencies they rely on). Everyone is suddenly knee-deep in holiday hiring. That includes tackling the annual challenge of finding, training, and retaining a seasonal workforce for the hectic holiday season. About 500,000 workers will be added during November alone. We’ll be busy helping to fill …

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Are You Ready for a New Career?

Employment, Recruitment / By Lon Matejczyk

Few of us ever stay in the same job any longer. We all know that. But you might be surprised by how often people job-hop. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, people nowadays hold 11.7 jobs between 18 and 48.