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Posts tagged: Las Vegas Location

Choosing the Right Staffing Agency

Not all staffing agencies are created equal. If you have made the decision to seek out a staffing agency to help improve your workforce, it is important to understand how to choose one that’s right for you.Here are a few key things to consider before you contact an agency.What are your workplace needs?Evaluating your company’s [...] Read More

How to Use Temporary Staffing to Drive Profits

Contrary to popular belief, temporary employees are more than just fill-ins!  In fact, temporary employees are an integral part of many of the world's leading companies.From reducing costs to increasing productivity, hiring the right temporary employees can have a lasting impact on your company. Here are just a few of the many ways that temporary [...] Read More

Making a Career Transition

Did you know that most new professionals will change careers up to 8 times over their working life? At PrideStaff, we consistently work with job seekers throughout Las Vegas looking to enter a different field. In fact, our owner Bob Daniel taught career planning at The Watson Management Development Center in Armonk, NY.   While embarking [...] Read More

A Career VS a Job

We can all agree that there’s a big difference between a career and a job.To help determine if you have a career or a job, ask yourself this simple question: Why do you work?  If the answer relates specifically to earning money, more than likely you have a job!  On the flip-side if you answered [...] Read More

The Right Hiring Decision

So your business is stable and or growing and you’re now in a position where you want to hire someone to assist you in getting to the next level.  There are a number of questions you should answer prior to beginning the search for the “right individual”:Can the business afford an additional expense right now?What [...] Read More

PrideStaff Makes Inavero’s 2013 Best of Staffing Client and Talent List

FRESNO, CA – PrideStaff, a leading national staffing franchise organization, today announced they have each been named to Inavero’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 [...] Read More

How to Fight the Midday Slump!

Does this sound familiar? At work, you're going full steam ahead all morning, crossing things off your to-do list and feeling productive. You take a quick break for lunch and figure you'll dive right back into your work and power through the afternoon. But somewhere between 2 and 3 p.m. you find your attention wandering [...] Read More

Etiquette for Using Personal Technology at Work

Most companies allow their employees to bring their own smartphones and even their tablets to the office. But does that mean you can--and should--use them whenever you like? Obviously, each office should have its own policy for appropriate use, but there are several simple rules that all users should follow.Mobile devices should be used with [...] Read More