You’ve got a new job! Congratulations. It’s an exciting time. First days are exciting. It’s important to be prepared and do a great job to impress your new employers. Here are some tips on how you can be better prepared. 1) Know Your Route to Work Don’t wait for the first day to figure out… Read more »
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How Do You Turn a Part-Time Job into a Full-Time Job?
If you’ve been hired for a part-time job, you may want it to turn into a full-time position. After all, if you work full-time you make more and potentially have benefits. That might work for your employees too. If they have full-time positions available, it can be more convenient for them to hire someone who… Read more »
Top 5 Ways to Stay Safe on The Job
Safety on the job is very important. It’s easy to assume that all jobs are safe. However, if you’re working near manufacturing equipment, moving equipment such as forklifts or on floors where something might be spilled, for example, you need to take some safety precautions. And those are just three examples. Here are the top… Read more »
How to Get the Job When There Are a Ton of Other Applicants
If you’re looking for a job, it can be easy to get discouraged when if you know there are a ton of other applicants. You might wonder if a company will even look at your application. But remember, companies need people to do their work. If you can do the work, you’re valuable to them…. Read more »
How Should You Dress for an Appointment With a Staffing Agency?
If you’ve got an appointment with a staffing agency, you might be wondering what you should wear. Treat an appointment with a staffing agency as a job interview at a company. The staffing agency is the group you want to hire you to begin work. You want to dress as you would for a job… Read more »
4 Tips To Help You Nail First Impressions at Interviews
When you have a job interview, first impressions are huge. If you show up late with coffee spilled across your shirt, you may have lost the job before you even open your mouth. Why? Because the staffing agency and hiring manager are evaluating you for the job at every minute of an interview. They will… Read more »
Don’t Be Just Another Warm Body At Work
When you’re hired by an employer, you need to care about the company enough to do a good job. Companies don’t need just another warm body to fill its order and make its warehouse run smoothly. They need to care. So, how do you show that you’re not just another warm body at work, but… Read more »
How Do You Take a Day Off When You Work for a Staffing Company?
When you work for a staffing company, you work for the staffing company even though you’re at another company for your shifts. So it’s a good idea to know how day off requests work. If you want to take a day off, remember that both organizations, the staffing company and the one you work at, need… Read more »
How to Deal with Conflict at Work the Right Way
Conflicts at work happen enough that it’s a good idea to know how to handle them when they come up. It could be anything from a coworker filling the refrigerator with some special diet ingredients so no one else has space to a supervisor being overly demanding and not understanding that you can’t get everything… Read more »
Are You Stressed and Want to Quit? Try These Strategies Instead
If you feel stressed at work, you likely have plenty of company. Sixty-five percent of Americans report that work is their top source of stress. One-third have chronic stress from their jobs. Stress, especially if you feel it all the time, can make you want to quit. But many of us, of course, need jobs!… Read more »