Email Etiquette: Think Before Hitting Send

Ever fired off an email and immediately regretted hitting the send button? Or innocently sent a message that was taken completely the wrong way? We’ve all stuck our electronic foot in our mouths, but this can easily be avoided.

“Ducking and Dodging” for a Good Cause

The first annual “Ducking and Dodging for a Cure”, co-ed dodgeball tournament held on Saturday, April 4, was a huge success raising more than $1000 for Camp Quality Heartland. A total of 13 teams participated in the event which was organized by employees in Aureus Medical Group, a Celebrity Staff affiliate firm. Click here to [...]

Unemployment Part II: Disciplinary Action

It is difficult in these economic times to avoid talk on the television and radio of the financial crisis we are in or the seemingly hopeless state of the economy. Likewise, unless you are only tuning into the Disney Channel, it is hard to miss the topic of unemployment and how its effects are playing a part in the world today. Now, I recognize that flipping the channel to a show about a teenage alien can be a much-needed reprieve, but only with knowledge can you really find peace.

Cook up a Recipe for Workplace Success

Being good at your job is only part of the recipe for success at work. To heat up your career, remember to add these key ingredients:

How to Get Noticed at Work

Should you sell yourself at work? If you want to move up the corporate ladder and get noticed, then yes you should.

At the end of the day, we’re all salespeople no matter what job we do and in virtually all aspects of our life. We sell ourselves to potential employers, potential customers, potential significant others, and potential friends.

C&A Named Among Best Places to Work

C&A Industries, parent company of Celebrity Staff, has just received some exciting news!  For the second year in a row, we’ve been recognized as one of Omaha’s Best Places to Work. Click here to read all about it.

7 Simple LinkedIn Dos & Don’ts

LinkedIn.com is a professional networking resource that continues to evolve since its inception nearly seven years ago. Having a LinkedIn profile is a “must have” in 2010 and a few simple reminders on how to effectively use the tool can go a long way toward projecting the image you want to portray to existing and potential contacts/colleagues.

We’ve all heard that you can’t undo a bad first impression — that’s true online as well as in person. Here are seven basic tips to help your LinkedIn profile put its best foot forward:

Working with a Staffing Partner is Smart Business

Businesses of all sizes have made changed and sacrifices to endure the economic fallout experienced during the last 24 months. Cutting costs makes sense from a management perspective with corporate down-sizing, layoffs, and outsourcing of positions. Expectations have risen to do more with less, but “running lean” takes a toll on the human factor, the people talent. Today’s economic climate forces businesses and organizations to make tough choices concerning its employees – which are both one of its greatest assets and its biggest expenses.

Love your Job

Last night I had an hour-long conversation about teeth. Teeth and the current happenings in the dental world, actually. Believe it or not, it wasn’t the first conversation about teeth that I’ve had. I can’t pretend it’s the most interesting topic ever, but during this conversation, I was riveted.