You may have seen various resume or cover letter bloopers posted online. At Integrated Staffing, we have seen several as well. The following were received in just a two week period: Skills: Pulled orders in an accurate and time consuming manner. Experience: Not willing to relocate anywhere. ...
You may have seen this recent Bloomberg posting… The best and worst fonts to use on your resumé: Using Times New Roman is the typeface equivalent of wearing sweatpants to an interview. A resumé, that piece of paper designed to reflect your best self, is one of the places...
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America. Over two dozen cities and towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. While Waterloo N.Y. was officially declared the...
Today's blog is from Points To Ponder in the June issue of Reader's Digest. Not only is the quote regarding jobs, it is from the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, who is now one of the current presidential candidates - Carly Fiorina. This quote is from...
As an employment agency, Integrated Staffing has encountered situations of potential unemployment claim fraud. The following is taken directly from the government website: When someone collects unemployment insurance (UI) benefits by lying to the Department of Labor, he or she is committing fraud. We take UI...
CareerBuilder posted an article on job sectors for the future. Though the article covered both shrinking and growing job sectors. Let’s focus on projected areas for growth… Here are three major areas of change: Digital and Physical Publishing Some occupations that focus on entering data and producing it...
Following up on our previous blog, which discussed the latest jobs report, here are a few statistics from the latest unemployment report. This report was published in March 2015. So where does New York stand? We are in 31st place, tied with Florida and Alabama. Here’s how...
Here is the latest jobs report, as posted today, on USA Today. Milder weather helped the labor market shake off a winter chill in April as employers added 223,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell from 5.5% to 5.4%, lowest since May 2008. Economists surveyed by Action Economics expected...
Here is a compilation of reference issues and tips from various sources. As an employment agency, Integrated Staffing has encountered all of these! Personal references? Don't even bother. Except in unique circumstances, you should make a practice of ensuring that all references are past employers. If you have...
Want to be more successful at getting hired for that right job? See if these tips will work for you… Be focused about the job you want. Know what you enjoy doing, your current skill set and future goals. Then research the company to ensure it...