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Kinsa Group at IFT Annual Meeting & Expo 2018 in Chicago

July 10, 2018 in Events, Food & Beverage Industry Information, News

 

Kinsa Group’s Recruiters will be at the IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo held at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL next week on July 16-18, 2018.   IFT brings together science of food professionals from around the globe representing all segments of the science of food profession—research and design, ingredients, safety and quality, technology, equipment, processing, packaging, […]

 

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Kinsa Group Named to Forbes America’s Best Recruiting Firms List

April 17, 2018 in Candidate Testimonials, Employer Testimonials, Forbes Best Recruiters, News

 

Forbes America’s Best Recruiting Firms Kinsa Group announced today they have been recognized by Forbes, Inc. as one of 2018’s America’s Best Professional Recruiting Firms.  Working with market research company Statista, Forbes, Inc. set out to identify the most well respected recruiters in the United States. Forbes, Inc. compiled a top 250 ranking of the best recruiting […]

 

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Laurie Hyllberg to Speak at Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network Leadership Meeting

February 12, 2018 in Events, News

 

Industry Leadership Series: Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network   Wednesday, February 21, 2018, 4pm to 7 pm, at The Hatchery In the Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network’s second collaboration with The Hatchery Chicago, we will explore what the cultural, professional, philosophical, and practical differences are between working with a large CPG and working for a […]

 

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What 2,700 U.S. Workers Want from Their Work

December 26, 2017 in HR Best Practices, News

 

As we inch closer to the end of the year, it’s natural to reflect on what we are grateful for in life. Many workers, it turns out, are not including their job on their gratitude list this year. How do we know? Gallup’s State of the American Workplace report found more than half (51%) of workers are […]

 

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Free Job Postings on Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network Through December

October 30, 2017 in News

 

Post for Free On Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network Career Center Did you know that the Chicago area Food and Beverage industry is the second largest in the nation? Approximately 4,500 firms make up the cluster, accounting for 130,000 employees and $32 billion in sales! For these reasons, the Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network was created […]

 

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Joe Sommerfeldt to Attend 2017 Clean Label Conference

January 23, 2017 in Events, News

 

Clean Label Conference Westin Hotel, Itasca,Illinois, March 28 to 29, 2017 Joe Sommerfeldt, MSHR and Kinsa Group Account Manager, will attend the 4th annual Clean Label Conference.  The conference, presented by Global Food Forums, is the industry’s technical product development summit dedicated to providing practical, impartial and “how-to” formulation advice to R&D and applied food […]

 

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How Changes from the New Secretary of Labor Could Affect HR

January 9, 2017 in HR Best Practices, News

 

Anytime the nation undergoes a transition of presidential power from one leader to the next, there are standard cabinet changes—particularly when a new party takes leadership—that almost unavoidably cause a shift in one or more policies. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s recent appointment of Andrew F. Puzder, chief executive of the company that franchises the fast-food […]

 

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Blocked Overtime Rule: What Should Employers Do Now?

December 19, 2016 in HR Best Practices, News

 

Now that a federal district court judge has issued a nationwide injunction against the new overtime rules that were to go into effect on December 1, 2016, many employers are asking “what should we do?” Some employers have already prepared to comply with the new regulations and are ready to roll out new payroll practices next […]

 

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FaB Wisconsin Annual Meeting Re-Cap

November 9, 2016 in Events, News

 

Contributed by Laurie Hyllberg, VP, Kinsa Group I attended the FaB Wisconsin [Food and Beverage Wisconsin] Annual Meeting last Tuesday, Nov. 1 at Feeding America. The President and CEO of Campbell Soup Company, Denise Morrison, was the keynote speaker. Her presentation was a lot about the transformation of Campbell’s Purpose Statement “Real Food That Matters for Life’s Moments” and its […]

 

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Overtime Rule: Preparing Millennials & Gen Zs

October 24, 2016 in HR Best Practices, News

 

Under new overtime rule regulations set to become law on December 1st, approximately 4.2 million salaried employees will be reclassified as non-exempt employees with set work hours: Wages and the Fair Labor Standards Act. The new law may cause a backlash with our youngest workers since less workplace autonomy runs counter to so much of […]

 

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