Updates from Debra

Congratulations to Our New Placements!

TG & Associates successfully placed individuals in these positions during the First Quarter - 2005.

Position	Company	Location
Customer Service Representative	Allegra Print & Imaging	Rockville, MD
Outside Sales Representative	Allegra Print & Imaging	Lawrenceville, NJ
Production Manager	Allegra Print & Imaging	Louisville, KY
Outside Sales Representative	Allegra Print & Imaging	Louisville, KY
Customer Service Representative	Allegra Print & Imaging	Tucson, AZ
Office Manager	Baukol Retirement Specialists	Sea Tac, WA
Prepress Technician	Bent Tree Printing	Dallas, TX
Transfer Analyst	Campbell Wealth Management	Fairfax, VA
Production Manager	Dasher, Inc.	Harrisburg, PA
Account Manager	Duplicates Ink	Conway, SC
Sales Associate	Kwik Kopy Printing	Fort Myers, FL
Outside Sales Representative	Kwik Kopy Printing	Fort Myers, FL
DTP/Prepress Technician	Paragon Press	Shreveport, LA
Administrative Assistant	Planmark Financial	Alpharetta, GA
Director of First Impressions	Prestige Wealth Management	Pennington, NJ
CSR/ Account Manager	Printing Resources of So. California	Upland, CA
Prepress Technician	ProSource Printing	Cranberry Township, PA
Bindery Operator	Reino's Print & Copy	Malvern, PA
Production Manager	Sir Speedy Printing	Wilmington, DE

If you are seeking a top performer, call or e-mail Shari Moore, Shari@TGassociates.com, our Staffing Manager, to find out about our Customized Staffing Solutions.

EMA Conference Highlights

I have just returned from Dallas where I attended the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Employment Management Association (EMA) 36th Annual Conference and Exposition. Being an involved member of SHRM is how we stay abreast of people trends, recruiting and staffing issues, the latest tools and assessments available or anything devoted to human resource management. I have some interesting highlights I would like to share with you:

• By 2010 (only 5 years from now), there will be 10 million fewer workers than jobs in the U.S.
  
• The Generation X workforce is one-half the size of the about-to-retire Baby Boomers workforce.
  
• "We are about to face a demographically driven shortfall in labor that will make the late 1990's seem like a minor irritation." - Anthony Carevale, Former Chairman, National Commission for Employment Policy
  
• "If you want to hire the people who have always been the bread and butter of the labor force, you're going to have to hire them away from someone else." David Ellwood, Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
  
• A survey by Hudson Global Resources found that 42% of workers are somewhat to very likely to look for a new job in 2005. They are citing this to be at an epidemic level.
  
• By hiring smart you will build a culture of excellence where people want to stay, which attracts more top talent.
  
• An "A" level employee (great employee) is 40% more effective than an average employee.
  

 

Looking for your next "A" level employee? At TG & Associates we are prepared to help you hire and retain great employees! There are many choices for staffing agencies. But there is a major difference when you trust your staffing services to TG & Associates' Customized Staffing Solutions. We are not recruiters and we are not headhunters. We conduct staffing the way you would do it if you had the time and the resources to do it. Our customized services are designed to find top performing candidates and fully evaluate their competencies and their behaviors before we present them to you for interview. Call Shari toll free at 877-842-7762 to learn more about the solutions we can create for you!

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Retention is Critical

You cannot afford to lose even one great employee. And believe me; if he or she is a top performer, your competitor has eyes on them.

Now is the time to be proactive in retaining your top performers.

In one of the most extensive studies of its kind, the Gallup Organization identified five key questions with a direct link to retention:
1. Do I know what is expected of me at work?
2. Do I have the information and equipment to do my work right?
3. Do I have the opportunity to do what I do best everyday?
4. Does my supervisor or someone care about me as a person?
5. At work do my opinions count?

The Gallup Organization cited #4 as the top reason for turnover.

These questions are part of a longer survey called the Q12. The answers to these questions not only give you a clue about retention issues, but they will also tell you how engaged your people are in your business. For more information on this subject, you should read "First Break All the Rules" by Marcus Buckingham. It is a must read.

I strongly recommend you conduct this survey with your entire staff and address the issues immediately.

To learn more about the complete list of 12 questions recommended by the Gallup Organization, read The Engagement Challenge (Q12). Click here for the complete list of questions.

 

Team Culture Analysis

Your competitive advantage is a competent, stable, well-led team.
Do you have the advantage or is the competition kicking your butt?

The best way to find out if you have what it takes to run circles around your competitor is to diagnose your infrastructure. It's like lifting the hood on your car and making sure that you are running on all cylinders.

The Team Culture Analysis (TCA) combines the DISC personality profiling model with "Role Fit Theory." The combined insights provide a basis for building and developing great teams and maximizing organizational performance. The TCA system has its own questionnaire that develops an "Ideal Team" profile based on your organization's specific goals and objectives. Team members are then profiled and compared to the team goals to assess the "Actual Team" against the "Ideal Team" profile. The extensive report, which includes graphics, and a evaluation of each individual's contribution, helps you, the team leader, identify and address gaps that may impede reaching your goals. Its unique strength is that the system gets to the root cause of team problems in hours rather than months.

Call today to find out how to conduct a Team Culture Analysis (TCA).
Save $300 If you purchase your TCA by May 15, 2005.

Click here to download a free sample report

The Guerilla Marketing series of books has become the #1 best-selling marketing series of all time. This latest book continues the pattern of the previous books and will provide the tools to revitalize your marketing. We had the distinct pleasure to meet with Al Lautenslager recently to hear firsthand about the key points of the book. This book successfully defines marketing in terms of a 30 day schedule of topics that are straightforward and clearly explained. The format includes a summary for each day and an action plan to move forward. These plans give you simple steps for understanding your marketing needs and for finding the solutions that are going to help your customers be successful and as a result make them appreciate what you bring to their table.

Debra's Calendar through June 2005