The 5 Keys to Effectively Managing Part-Time Employees

The part-time workforce is a large – and growing – portion of the American workforce. In fact, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are approximately 19 million people working part-time voluntarily (for reasons such as school or childcare) and just under 8 million working part-time because they can’t find full-time work. But [...]

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St. Louis, MO Staffing Agencies

The best jobs in St. Louis, MO are right here.   Erica Orrison, Owner/Strategic-Partner for PrideStaff’s St. Louis Metro office, dedicates herself to building an…

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5 Ways Job Interviews are Like First Dates

With Valentine’s Day almost here – and love in the air – it reminded us how true the analogy is between the first date and the job interview. Here are just a few traits the two situations share: 1. Arrival time matters. When you’re going on a date, arriving 30 minutes ahead of schedule makes [...]

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3 Hiring Lessons from the Mandela Memorial Service

Those well-versed in sign language watched the December memorial service honoring Nelson Mandela with a mix of shock, horror and embarrassment. The sign language interpreter procured by the South African government was using gestures that were completely unintelligible! Not only did the debacle raise major security concerns as to how the man (who reportedly suffers [...]

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Why You Should You Follow Up After a Job Rejection

You thought you had the job opportunity in the bag, only to get a rejection letter in the mail. Should you a) shoot off an angry email to the hiring manager, b) write off the experience altogether or c) follow up. The answer, of course, is “c”. As one of the leading employment agencies in [...]

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