After placing your name at the top of the page, the next easiest thing about drafting your resume is adding your contact information. Email, phone, location — you’ve been memorizing this information since your preschool days. Easy, breezy, right? Not so fast. Go back a few keystrokes. Is that really your email address!? Have you […]
Have you ever thought about what your voicemail message says about you? Are you making a good first impression? When you’re on the hunt for a job, you post, email or submit your resume with the goal of getting a call back. When that time comes, the recruiter or hiring manager will punch in the […]
Staffing specialists aren’t the only ones who should be asking questions in an interview or conversation with a temp candidate. What type of questions should a temp ask a recruiter? Talking with a Staffing Specialist at a temporary employment agency can be a unique advantage to get the right information to prepare for impressing the […]
There’s lots of advice out there for job seekers for what to put on a resume, how to prep for an interview, what questions to ask during your interview, and so on. This advice is all very helpful, but sometimes you need specific advice for the role you’re applying for. Aren’t you always wondering what […]
Are you planning to do some Spring Cleaning? Have you heard of Suit Karma? You can help someone transform someone’s life by donating your gently used professional clothing. Placers has joined the Men’s Wearhouse national suit drive, “Suit Karma” to help nonprofit organizations provide opportunities to their clients who are transitioning to self-sufficiency. With support […]
Administrative temp openings are towards the top of the list of placement requests for staffing agencies. But just because a lot of companies need administrative assistants, doesn’t mean all administrative openings are the same — we actually see quite a bit of diversity in administrative roles. For one, there are many different titles that are used: Office Admins/Clerks, Legal […]
As a business leader or hiring manager, how do you fill the open positions on your team? Do you post openings, create requisitions and wait for your HR team to provide you with qualified candidates? With the average job being open for 23 business days, every day the position is open really counts! Today’s hiring […]
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Delaware Online reports that “after years of steady declines, employment in Delaware’s manufacturing sector appears to be on the rebound, following two consecutive years of steady growth. The state is on pace to reach 28,000 manufacturing jobs this year, a number not seen since the early days of the Great Recession in 2009. That’s still […]
The U.S. unemployment rate fell below 5.0% for the first time since the start of the recession. At 4.9%, the nation’s unemployment rate decreased from its peak at 10% in 2010. The Labor Department also announced yesterday that there were 5.6 million job openings in December, just shy of the all-time record of about 5.7 […]
