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How to Prepare Early for Year-End at Your Staffing Agency
Even though year-end is months away, it’s never a bad idea to double check that your staffing agency has all the pieces in place to make sure the year-end filing and printing is a smooth process. The Lone Oak Payroll tax manager, Ariel Peterson, provides some...
How to Improve Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Teams and employees with high emotional intelligence (EI) often give businesses greater adaptability and innovation, leading many employers to look for high EQ (emotional quotient) in potential job candidates. But it’s also crucial that employers, managers, and...
Payroll Funding and Invoice Factoring: What’s the Difference?
Within the staffing industry, you may hear the terms payroll funding and invoice factoring being used interchangeably. This is because they refer to the same process. But while we can apply the term invoice factoring to any industry, the term payroll funding is...
How is Lone Oak Payroll Different than Other Payroll Funding Companies?
Lone Oak Payroll® is a unique provider of payroll funding. While other funding companies offer payroll funding, they do not have the software to calculate, process or execute payroll like Lone Oak Payroll. This requires companies like yours to partner with a...
How to Differentiate Your Staffing Agency
In today's constantly shifting workforce, it's critical that staffing companies identify ways to set themselves apart from their competition. This is especially true with the current labor shortage. How are you building a foundation for your staffing company's...
Understanding and Reducing Procrastination at Work
Procrastination is often a top contributor to delayed projects, inconvenienced customers, and poor work quality. It’s also a symptom of burnout and stress. Understanding the root cause of procrastination and how it works can help us stop it from wreaking...
The Importance of Adaptability for Staffing Agencies
Adaptability is one of the most important traits a business can have. In times of hardship, such as during COVID-19 restrictions, the most successful staffing agencies are the ones nimble enough to redirect their resources and reimagine their workplaces. In light...
Payroll Funding vs Bank Loans: Which One Is Right for Your Staffing Agency?
Lone Oak Payroll is a payroll funding and services company tailored for the staffing industry. We offer invoice factoring for staffing agencies, providing the necessary cashflow to help businesses accelerate their growth. If you own a staffing firm and are...
Building a Video Communication Strategy
Although the technology has been available for many years, most offices didn’t take advantage of video communication until the beginning of the pandemic. Now it’s an expected and crucial aspect of any business’s communication strategy. Because of video’s ability to...