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 worth your salt every day?

1) Get to Work on Time

A great employee will always be at work a few minutes early, and ready to start work when the shift begins. You see, it’s normal to want to chat a bit before work or sip your coffee. But doing that at work, once the shift starts, hurts the company’s productivity. It means less business gets done than should.

2) Be Extremely Responsible

Always give work your all. Do everything to the best of your ability. If you see something not working, say so. Maybe a forklift driver accidentally delivered material to the wrong part of the warehouse. If you see some products where they shouldn’t be, say so. It will help the issue get solved.

3) Work Hard

A good work ethic is a great thing. Commit to getting your work done at a good pace. Never slack off 10 minutes before quitting time. Do what needs to be done; don’t leave it for the next guy or gal.

4) Be a Good Team Player

People who get along with their colleagues are invaluable to a company. If a team on a shift doesn’t get along, it can create unnecessary conflicts. Make a point to get along with people, both at the staffing agency and the client company.

If someone is difficult and you absolutely can’t get along with them, be professional. Don’t argue or fight with them.

5) You need to meet the company’s goals

Companies have goals. A great employee will embrace them and meet them. Are you working as a forklift driver in a new building? Think of the contribution to the city the building will make. Think of all the people who will be working in it. Be proud of your contribution!

If You’re Job Hunting in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, We Can Help

Are you looking for a great job? We can help. We place people in light industrial jobs all over North Texas. Stride Staffing’s goal is to build stronger connections between employers and individuals by doing staffing differently. Really.  Contact us today for our employment agencies in Richardson, Texas and other locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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 some notice.

Here are the steps in taking a day off.

Step #1: Touch base with Stride Staffing

Touch base with Stride Staffing and let them know the day you plan to take off. Be very clear about the day you want off. Give the month, date, and day of week, whether it’s Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.

Step #2: Confirm the time off with Stride Staffing

As it gets closer to the time, be sure to confirm your day off with Stride Staffing. Remind them a week before, and refer to the e-mail or phone message you sent a month before. Make sure they are not inconvenienced by the day. Make sure they know you will not be in that day.

Step #3: Confirm the time off with your assignment

It’s also a good idea to confirm the day off with your assignment. Speak to your supervisor at the assignment site. If you know the e-mail, it’s also a good idea to confirm it with e-mail. Make sure they know you will not be in.

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Three Ways to Become the Go-To Employee

The go-to employee! It’s a key and enviable position no matter what industry you work in and no matter what your job description is.

The go-to employee is the one both the boss and the rest of the team turns to in times requiring a cool head. In times requiring peak performance. In times requiring a new path.

The go-to employee is like a most valuable player in sports. And just like most valuable players, being a go-to employee has its rewards. Go-to folks are more likely to get higher raises and better promotions than average employees.

Yes, but how do you become a go-to employee? Here are three ways.

1) Be Cheerful, Flexible and Calm

Both your boss and co-workers need to know they can turn to you with a rush assignment, a sudden problem or just to ask how something should be handled. One way you get to that point of trust and responsibility is to be cheerful, flexible and calm. All the time.

It’s easy to get frustrated at rushes, problems or stuff your boss or Mel in shipping have no idea how to do. Don’t. You need to be approachable and viewed as the person who is always willing to help.

2) Take Responsibility

The go-to employee is the one who can be depended upon to get it done. Whether it’s a sudden inputting of labels no one realized were needed yesterday or packing 150 boxes due tomorrow, be the person who takes responsibility for completion of the task. Not just part of it. You never act as if it’s someone else’s responsibility the issue happened or someone else’s responsibility to get it done.

A go-to employee instills trust in boss and co-workers. If they need to go home or be somewhere else, you are the person who will do it, even if it takes until 11 p.m.

3) Go Above and Beyond

In every assignment you’re given, do more than 100 percent. Those labels no one realized were needed yesterday? See they are printed out and put on. But also come up with a plan to ensure such a crisis never happens again. Do more members of the team need to have access to destinations? Does the database need an upgrade?

If you are given an assignment to assemble components, see if you can come up with a more productive method. Share it with your boss. New and different ways of performing tasks are one of a go-to employee’s jobs.

Land the Right Job

Landing the right job for you is complicated. A staffing company can help, with more job postings and straight talk advice. Stride Staffing’s goal is to build stronger connections between employers and individuals by doing staffing differently. Really.

Contact us today for staffing agencies in Garland, Texas, and other locations.

Don’t Love Your Job?

You’ve spent an enjoyable weekend with family or friends. Now it’s early Sunday evening, and that familiar feeling is starting, just like it does every week at this time. It’s the gloom that comes over you because you’re reminded that Monday morning is up next, and you will be returning to your job for another five days of unhappiness.

You’ve been told for years that happiness is a choice, so you’re left to wonder why you can’t be happy at work. After all, this career is what you have worked toward since high school, and now you’ve achieved success and seem to have everything you’ve ever wanted. You reason there must be something wrong with you, but you may be overly self-critical.

A Gallup survey from 2014 reveals that fewer than one in three workers feel engaged at their job. And if the problem of job discontent is so widespread, you probably should ask yourself what you can do to change the situation. How do you join the lucky one-third who expresses satisfaction with their work?

Consider these steps:

Begin with some soul-searching

Ask yourself what’s keeping you in your current rut. Maybe it’s not your career but your boss or the organization that’s the source of your misery. In that case, a change of venue within the same career might be in order.

 If it turns out you no longer want to do that type of work, you must identify a role that would be a better fit.

 Answer a few key questions

  • What am I passionate about?
  • What makes me curious?
  • What would I be doing if money wasn’t a consideration?
  • What kind of work would I be excited to tell my family and friends about?

What you’ll be trying to do is make an educated guess about what kind of work you might enjoy. Once you do that, look for activities or people who can tell you more about these jobs.

Build a network

You might not be aware of the power of a network, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports more than 70 percent of all jobs are found through networking. Recruiters and hiring managers typically consult their networks before they ever post a job opening, so it stands to reason that building a reliable network is one of the keys to finding career opportunities.

Help others help you

Be ready to talk to others about yourself by developing a short pitch about your passions and strengths. Tell them what kind of role you’re seeking. That way, when something relevant comes up, they’ll have you in mind.

And you don’t have to stick with one narrative. Watch the reactions you get, and if your pitch doesn’t seem to be resonating, redo it.

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