There is a great article on MSN from Careerbuilder about the increase in temp jobs and how they can lead to permanent positions. We have seen a huge increase in temp to hire jobs. Many of the temp jobs start as strictly temp, but the companies like the person so much and see their excellent [...]
More >>Lisa McCallion, President of McCallion Staffing Specialists, Montgomeryville, PA, has been certified as a business owned and controlled by a woman by the National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC), the first national certifier of Women Business Enterprises. Over 700 public and private sector individuals participated in establishing the Standards and Procedures of this rigid certification [...]
More >>Interviewing can be very stressful. There are several steps you can take to reduce or limit your stress. 1. Before you arrive at the interview, make sure you have showered, dried your hair, shaved, etc. You want to make a great first impression. Make sure your clothes are clean, pressed if necessary. Please wear clothes [...]
More >>Well, this was a memorable summer! We started with unusually hot weather, then it turned to rain and storms, then an earthquake, and to finish it off we had a hurricane. Who will forget the summer of 2011? The economy stayed stuck in neutral, some days shifting into reverse. Problems arose around the world with [...]
More >>McCallion Staffing Specialists, a leader in the tri-state area in staffing and recruiting for over 30 years, has achieved their Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) Certification. This designation fulfills vendor eligibility requirements for public and government-sponsored projects and business partnerships with set utilization guidelines for minority or women-owned enterprises. “It will be exciting to see what [...]
More >>When you were young, I’m sure your parents or grandparents used to tell you to “mind your manners” or “where are your manners”? Well manners still come into play in the business world. We all have witnessed terrible manners. Do you remember the last time? A receptionist or front desk person was rude to you [...]
More >>This post was inspired by Charlie Gilkey’s recent (genius) article, “20 Inconvenient Business Truths.” I read it and realized, in career coaching, I share inconvenient truths with my clients on a regular basis. I know it’s sometimes hard to hear these things but, in the end, they make you stronger. Almost everyone starts at the [...]
More >>A hearing held on June 15, 2011, by the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement opened the debate on proposed legislation (H.R. 2164) that would require all U.S. employers use E-Verify, the federal government’s electronic verification system, and would eliminate the I-9 immigration status form. The legislation, which was introduced on June [...]
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