Over the past two decades, my personal secret to success has been a simple one. To outwork and outlearn everyone else as best I can. This is so much a part of me; therefore, it is also a part of our Placers DNA. Part of our purpose at Placers is to serve our customers, including […]
Chris Burkhard was on WDEL again on Thursday 6/11/20 and he discussed a checklist for your job search, background and employment checks, making your resume and cover letter stick out from others, and keeping your head up when it can be tough to keep searching.
Chris Burkhard is on WDEL on 6/4/2020 for an interview to share knowledge, tools for success, and information all of us will find useful during this uncertain time. We can sometimes be impatient, especially when it comes to a job search, but Chris shares some next steps that will be useful in regard to what […]
In business, as in life, there is a hierarchy of needs. Abraham Maslow proposed that we have physiological needs (air, water, food, etc.), safety needs (security, health, employment, etc.), love and belonging needs (friends, family, co-workers), esteem needs (respect, status, recognition, etc) and finally self-actualization (a desire to become the most that we can be). […]
Our President, Chris Burkhard, speaks to the following questions during his interview with WDEL on 5/28/2020. These questions are racing through our minds during this time at home, whether we are laid off, unemployed, or simply looking for a change: I have sent my resume in for a job, now what? How do I build […]
Our president, Chris Burkhard, answers questions and shares advice within his interview with WDEL.
We are all human. We expect our needs and wants to be met. I believe you know what I am talking about. As you went about your Pre-COVID life you had wants like a new truck, travel, an active vacation, or that next promotion; perhaps, this all seems less important now. The world as […]
Our president, Chris Burkhard, not only shares advice about what to do if you’re recently laid off, but also what it really means when someone mentions updating your resume. He also touches on networking advice within this interview on WDEL on Thursday, May 14th.
Chris Burkhard discusses employment shifts with the pandemic and offers some information for the workers in our area during his interview with WDEL this morning. You can hear it here!
Have you had that frustrating moment when your computer screen freezes as if suspended in time? Lately, our Zoom screens lock mid-sentence making our faces look contorted and unnatural. Our lives and interactions are being played out over grainy pixels. Oh, what a difference a few weeks makes to our ability to adapt, thrive, and survive? The quarantine of […]