Should You Accept A Temp-To-Hire Job?

You want a full-time job. You’re hoping to score a permanent position as quickly as possible. While you’re looking, you get offered a temp assignment, with the potential for a staff position in the future. Should you take it? Your instinct might be to turn it down. You don’t want to get stuck in a…

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Busting Staffing Myths: Do Staffing Companies Offer Benefits?

Most job seekers know the benefits of working with a staffing firm. However, when they think about “benefits,” they mean the term in a general sense. But what about literal benefits? What about those added elements of compensation that often come with full-time employment? Those kinds of benefits are a different story. People often rely…

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Ready To Re-Enter the Workforce? How To Find A Great Job

Careers don’t develop in a straight line. There are always plenty of twists and turns. These can include times away from the workforce. Now, that you’re ready to return to the professional world after a long break, how do you find that perfect position? It’s often necessary to step away from the working world for…

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Busting Staffing Myths: I Can Recruit Myself

Many job seekers delay contacting a staffing agency because they believe they can find a better job on their own. However, recruiters offer significant advantages and even the most demanding candidates can benefit from the assistance staffing agencies provide. Seeking out help can be tough. As you start your job search, you’re confident you can…

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How To Answer: Tell Me About Yourself

It may seem like a simple ice-breaker-type question, little more than an excuse to recite your resume, or maybe just a lead-in to more meaningful inquiries. However, the query “tell me about yourself” can represent a trap. In fact, it can become as much a trap for unprepared job seekers as more obvious head-scratchers like…

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Busting Staffing Myths: Turning a Temp Job Into A Permanent Job

Staffing agencies provide all types of jobs. However, many people have the impression that recruiters only make temporary assignments. This misconception keeps many job seekers from taking advantage of the benefits a staffing agency brings. That’s unfortunate because it leads candidates to close the door on a number of meaningful opportunities. Even in situations where…

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Busting Staffing Myths: Are Recruiters an Asset or a Liability?

A persistent myth about staffing firms is they are all the same. This is far from true. However, a wide gap exists in quality among recruiters. There are bad ones, which can actually represent a liability to your long-term development, and then there are the great recruiters; ones that act to amplify your career ambitions,…

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Using your employer brand to attract the best employees

You may not be Disney, Coca-Cola, Apple, or Google, but your company has a brand, whether it’s actively managed or not. And your brand extends beyond customers or clients—it reaches employees, too, including the ones you most want to recruit. In fact, your employer brand isn’t necessarily the same as your company brand. The former…

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Busting Staffing Myths: Recruiting Generalists vs. Specialists

You’ve heard the benefits of partnering with a staffing agency. And these details have you interested in getting jobs sooner and in finding better positions. But you still have a major worry: you have specialized skills and you don’t want to settle for a position outside your field. You don’t want to get thrown onto…

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