LinkedIn Success Stories

If you are skeptical about LinkedIn, or don’t know the best way to use it, here is a great article on how some professionals are getting the most out of LinkedIn.

Celebrity Staff Announces Q3 Employees of the Quarter

Congratulations to the Celebrity Staff Q3 Employees of the Quarter. Learn more about the winners, right here.

How the Rules for Dating Apply to Your Job Hunt

While talking with a candidate one day, I couldn’t help but be turned off by the words and actions they were displaying. I knew they were a good candidate for some of the positions we were working on, but everything they were saying and doing told me there was no way I could set them up to interview with my client. After my chat with them, I was reflecting on the day and realized how similar job hunting is to dating. You’re trying to put your best foot forward, not stumble over half your words or yourself, or spill a drink on yourself, all while trying to seem calm and collected.

PUSH or PULL Your Way to Success

Do you push or pull your employees? Let me explain what I mean by describing “pushers” and “pullers”.

Pushers use deadlines and required benchmarks to motivate employees. Pushers are vocal and provide feedback, but most often when things aren’t going well. They also tend to be very reactive when handling situations. Employees avoid interaction with Pushers as it usually means they have done something wrong. Pushers often give their employees the impression that their own success is more important than that of the company. This approach makes employees think that the bottom-line is all that matters.

C&A Debuts 2011 Community Video

C&A debuted its 2011 Community Video at our most recent leadership event. What a great way for Celebrity Staff employees to look back at all the amazing philanthropic endeavors achieved this year. Watch the 2011 Community Video.

First Impressions Start Before the Job Interview

Applying for work is like a job in itself! You have to keep track of so much information: names of the places you’ve applied, passwords for applications, names of contacts and phone numbers of each company, resumes you’ve emailed or mailed, and then there’s all that follow-up. All of this can become very tedious, monotonous and overwhelming, especially if you need that job now!

Hiring Mistakes? Never!

Making the right hiring decisions is one of the most important aspects of building a successful business. Hire a great customer service person, you have happy customers and happy customers can make your business. Hire a bad customer service representative, and your company has a bad reputation and you lose your customers. Hire an outstanding manager who has the ability to coach people and build business, you’ve got a tenured staff and low employee turnover. Hire a manager who makes it a miserable place to work and morale and productivity crash, soon you have employees leaving left and right.

Social Media Dos and Don’ts for Job Seekers

Job seekers, word to the wise, be smart when using social media. Check out this infographic on how businesses are using social media to hire and fire employees for reminders on social media dos and don’ts.

Celebrity Staff, C&A Host Summer Farmer’s Market

Celebrity Staff and parent company C&A Industries are hosting a weekly Farmer’s Market for employees through the end of August. Partners for a Healthy City helped C&A and three other businesses in the neighborhood organize the market and put together this fun promotional video about the project.

Celebrity Staff to Speak at 2011 NE SHRM Conference

Celebrity Staff Regional Manager Patty North is excited to speak at the 2011 Nebraska SHRM Conference in September at the Century Link Center in Omaha. Patty will present “Align and Activate a Staffing Strategy You Can Execute” with Aureus Group Regional Manager Chris Carlson.