The economic hub of the San Joaquin Valley, the Fresno metropolitan area is home to more than one million people. Its leading employers encompass a variety of industries and predominant among them are agriculture, manufacturing and health care.Here’s a snapshot:Talking Turkey – And Then Some One of Fresno’s employment success stories is Foster Farms, whose [...]
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Searching for a new job can be a stressful, demanding and sometimes disappointing process. Even though there’s usually a light at the end of the tunnel i.e. the hope that you’ll land a great interview, the experience itself is emotionally draining and often discouraging.But it certainly doesn’t have to be. By taking measures to refresh [...]
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It’s not uncommon for temporary employees to feel a little awkward in the workplace. Especially in an environment where staff has been together for many years, it’s easy for a temp to feel like the odd person out. While everyone else is familiar with each other’s personalities, working styles and probably even personal lives, a [...]
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Fresno is a medium-sized city in Central California. With a population of just over 500,000 people, Fresno is the fifth largest city in California (and the largest inland city in the state). It’s known as the financial, industrial, trade, and commercial capital of the Central San Joaquin Valley.Fresno is located approximately 200 miles north of [...]
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A recent article in Forbes Magazine reported that it takes approximately 7 seconds for someone to develop a first impression. For job seekers, this means that prospective employers are making assessments about you based on your appearance, body language and behavior as soon as you walk through the door.Here are the top 5 ways to [...]
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Like it or not, social media is now part of our daily lives. Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn make it possible for employees to externalize their professional lives and broadcast it across the Internet.Sometimes this type of free speech online runs up against certain limitations in the workplace. For example, many [...]
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Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. FourSquare. Pintrest. Yelp. Tumblr. The average person views hundreds of social media posts daily.Trying to reach an audience in a vast sea of up-to-the-minute social media posts can be a challenge for any business.That said, there are a number of highly effective ways to reach a specific target audience simply by tweaking [...]
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Networking is a polarizing topic. Some professionals swear by it for career advancement and important employment leads. Others only associate it with cold calls and awkward social events.But regardless of which side you’re on, we can all pretty much agree that networking is an important and unavoidable part of a professional life.Particularly in a world [...]
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It’s a common misconception that staffing firms are just for hiring temporary workers as “fill-ins”. In today’s economic climate, however, there are many other excellent ways to utilize staffing firms. Countless businesses rely on staffing firms as strategic partners to keep their workforce as strong and efficient as possible. Here are just a few of [...]
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PrideStaff, a leading national staffing franchise organization, today announced they have each been named to ClearlyRated’s 2013 Best of Staffing® Client and Talent List. Presented in partnership with CareerBuilder, the fourth annual Best of Staffing list provides the only statistically valid, objective, service quality benchmarks in the industry and reveals which staffing agencies are delivering [...]
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October 1, 2013
