The Celebrity Staff blog offers advice and tips for employers with job seekers in the administrative, management, and legal fields.
I get it. You need to hire someone, can’t find them on your own, the jobs been open for two, four, eight weeks now and now turn to a staffing company as a last resort and want to know price, makes sense.Before looking at what a staffing service may cost, you should first explore the expenses you already have as part of the equation.
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We’ve all seen Alice in Wonderland and the opening scene with the white rabbit rushing around looking at his clock, panicking, and saying, “I’m late, I’m late for a very important date.” We all hear the panic in our candidate’s voice when they call to say they are running late.
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You go in for a job interview. The interview lasts 45 minutes. You walk out that door and you suddenly feel a sigh of relief because the work is done. WRONG. Let’s review some effective follow-up tips to boost your candidacy and avoid seeming desperate.
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If you’ve spent at least three days in sales you’ve probably heard the phrase, “ABC: Always Be Closing.” This phrase was uttered by Alec Baldwin in cult classic Glengarry Glen Ross, which was an adaptation of the screenplay written by David Mamet. Hearing the phrase gives people the impression of the overly pushy and aggressive sales person who is willing to stop at nothing to win a deal.
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Communication is the key to any relationship that you have. It is especially important when you are looking for a job and working with a staffing service. When you work with Celebrity Staff, here’s the interview process we follow:
a) You apply for a position with us
b) We call you to set up an interview
c) We ask you to complete an application and assessments
d) You come in and interview
e) We search for a position that matches your skills
Remember back in the day when companies would be willing to do interviews without scheduling appointments? Those were the times when trust and credibility were most easily attained. The times when wearing a business suit had a major impact on your professional evaluation and the decision makers performing that judgement. If you took the time to look the part, you were taken more seriously and it seemed easier and faster to land a job.
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Do you know a person who has an excuse or complains about everything? When you talk to this person do you want to say “shhh”? I often wonder what a person feels they are gaining when they talk bad about other people or companies. I have done countless interviews in my time as a manager and a good portion of those interviews I have heard the candidate talking bad about the company and/or manager.
Continue reading »When you begin job searching you always have high hopes with every interview you go to. You leave the interview feeling confident and saying to yourself, “I can’t wait for that phone call to offer me the job.” But there are times where that phone call never comes or you get an email from the employer saying they went with another candidate.
Continue reading »In today’s job seeking world, it’s becoming more and more important to not only have a well written resume but to also have strong interviewing skills. When decision makers make the final cut they are looking for who interviewed the best, who said the “right things,” and who showed the “right stuff” during the interview.
Continue reading »A co-worker sent me an article last week written by Liz Ryan, CEO of Human Workplace, entitled, “What Did You Earn At Your Last Job?” The article made the argument that job seekers shouldn’t have to disclose their current or previous compensation with any hiring official. The article states, “Your personal financial information is your own business. It’s no one else’s business. There is never any reason to share your past earnings with people you don’t know.”
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