How to Incorporate High-Tech Training at Your Warehouse

Your typical warehouse seems a long way from the glass offices of Silicon Valley. However, technology lives everywhere. It’s right at home in the back area of any facility. In fact, with product tracking, just-in-time inventory, and a focus on short delivery times, the warehouse has become a hive of tech innovation. A new high-tech [...] Read More

Send This Email After You Were Rejected from a Job

When you made it to the final round in the hiring process only to find a rejection email in your inbox, your first instinct may be to delete it immediately out of frustration. However, if you reply in the right manner, it can actually benefit you. So how do you go about responding to a [...] Read More

5 Activities Your Team Can Do to Celebrate Independence Day

Ah, summer. Longer days. A flood of vacation requests. Waiting a week for customers to respond to your emails. And the big chance to show off your patriotic spirit. Depending on your business, you might already give your employees a holiday on Independence Day. But you can go further in setting the mood. Here are [...] Read More

Bend Staffing Firm Recognized as Winner of PrideStaff’s Office of the Year Award

After an amazingly successful start, Owner/Strategic-Partner Matt Ertle is pleased to announce that his Bend office has sustained that momentum and was recently named the recipient of the George A. Rogers Award. For nineteen years, the national, franchised staffing organization has bestowed this annual honor upon the PrideStaff office that has achieved the strongest results [...] Read More

Become The “Go-To” Person In Your Office With These 6 Tips!

Developing a reputation as the "go-to" person in your office comes with a lot of benefits. It can also mean a lot of extra work, but the added assignments represent an investment in your career development. The "go-to" status means you have a high profile among your colleagues. It can mean additional respect. It also [...] Read More

3 Social Media Red Flags That Could Cost Your Job

More and more, people think of themselves as brands. What in the long-ago past used to concern only large corporations, has trickled down, through athletes and celebrities and influencers, to become a day-to-day consideration of everyday folk. The rise of social media has given everyone their own internal PR shops. Not that everyone uses it [...] Read More

Important Skills Needed to Work in Customer Service

The best customer service representatives have mastered specific skills, which you need demonstrate on your resume, during interviews and throughout your job search. In every situation, the goal of great service is to show a customer that: You care about them and about fulfilling their order, solving their problem and/or answering their questions, whatever it [...] Read More

PrideStaff Live: Winning the Talent Wars

At PrideStaff, we’re always looking for new ways to help you overcome your toughest business challenges. Through our Innovations LIVE webinar series, we’ve partnered with some of the world’s leading experts to tackle your biggest HR, recruiting and talent management issues. Our next free Innovations LIVE webinar, “Winning the Talent Wars,” is coming up on Wednesday, [...] Read More

2018 SAGE // Small Business of the Year Nominees

The Bend Chamber’s 29th Annual SAGE Business Awards celebrates and honors the achievements and collaborative spirit of our region’s most innovative citizens. Local businesses and organizations are the force behind our growing economy. Working together, driving growth and delivering jobs.  Here at the Bend Chamber, we understand challenges and the continued commitment of our members to reach goals [...] Read More