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An Entertainment Blog about the Staffing Industry

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Yours Truly

Jul 212 min read

Don't try to help

You know when someone offers to assist you with something but ends up screwing everything up? Frustrating, right? You know what else is...

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Yours Truly

Jul 142 min read

Go with your gut

When you've been in my line of work for a while, you tend to see the same people drift across your desk on a semi-regular cadence. Humans...

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Yours Truly

Jul 73 min read

'Noon' is a difficult concept

My office periodically travels to client sites to help out during large hiring events. While not typically my cup of tea, I recently...

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If Google maps can't find you, neither can the post office...

Yours Truly

Jun 232 min read

If Google maps can't find you, neither can the post office...

Surprise is a good thing. “Why,” you ask? As if I need to tell you. Puh-leeze. It provides much-needed amusement! Duh! "Do tell!' you...

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Yours Truly

Jun 162 min read

I'm willing to do it now

Having well internalized that 99 percent of our applicants don't read the job description or overview of requirements before applying, I...

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Yours Truly

Jun 93 min read

Interview Emails

Are you one of those people who would forget to put a shirt on in the morning save for the fact that you would freeze to death in...

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Yours Truly

May 122 min read

What's the big deal?

I filled a difficult position recently and celebrated for a few seconds once the paperwork was filed before turning my attention to other...

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Yours Truly

May 62 min read

Just not feasible

I love me an impossible odds movie. You know the type: the lone ranger against an infinite number of bad guys, a countdown clock, and a...

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Yours Truly

Apr 282 min read

Just can't

Do you ever have days where you just...can't? Whatever may not have riled you on a normal day is too much on one of those days, and you...

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Yours Truly

Apr 213 min read

Just hang up the phone!

Are you aware there are people alive today who have never used any kind of phone other than a smartphone? This will definitely date Yours...

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Yours Truly

Apr 72 min read

That's ok

Financial stability is something every adult should dream of, no? I mean, who in their right mind would not want to be financially...

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Yours Truly

Mar 313 min read

Requirements...who needs them?

Every job has a list of requirements necessary to do the tasks associated with that position well. Sometimes we call them prerequisites....

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Yours Truly

Mar 243 min read

The common denominator

Self-awareness is important. I know this because I’m a judgmental person (hello – I write a blog judging people). IF you are going to be...

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Yours Truly

Mar 172 min read

It's too early for this

We have discussed previously that it is typically not a good thing if a recruiter recognizes your name or phone number. This point was...

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Yours Truly

Mar 102 min read

The Art of the Scam

Where I'm from, weather can be a bit of a hassle. Snow and ice are not great to drive in, and we in our area tend to compound the...

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Yours Truly

Mar 32 min read

Your mother? Seriously?

I hired a guy. Shocker, right? I tried to come up with something new to start this post, but when you hire people for a living, it’s hard...

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Yours Truly

Feb 251 min read

A little clarification, please

So there I was, wrapping up a Friday afternoon. As the senior member on staff that particular Friday, I dismissed the rest of the office...

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Yours Truly

Feb 195 min read

Two-part questions

So, there I was, conducting a phone interview with an exceptionally average candidate when it struck me (and not for the first time): Why...

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Yours Truly

Feb 113 min read

How did you not know?

I have a lot of meetings as part of my job. Different customers to discuss updates in staffing plans and standards, different interviews...

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Yours Truly

Feb 43 min read

Apparently he's confused

There are two types of people in the world. A true statement, but a truth that encompasses approximately one million different yin and...

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I started this blog because one of my siblings pushed me into it...But also to give you a glimpse into my thoughts and experiences as a staffing agent.

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