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5 Signs It May Be Time to Change Jobs
It’s Monday morning. You are coming off a nice weekend with your friends, hiking the Appalachian Trail or checking out the latest breweries. But alas - the weekend is over and now you are back in...
What to Know Before Relocating: Tips from Staffing Professionals
Image Source: Warner Bros. It’s time- you are preparing to make the big move (a.k.a. relocating). Your home is being overtaken by those large brown boxes and rolls and rolls of packing tape. Things...
How to Overcome a Career Setback
Mean Girls (2004) “Raise your hand if you have ever felt personally victimized by Regina George.” Yes, this may be a quote from the infamous movie Mean Girls, but ever think this quote may apply to...
Friday Services Finds Employees Full-Time Work
1,500 By itself, with no context, this number is does not mean much. 1,500 what you ask? Dollars, puppies, avocados? But what if I told you that 1,500 represents the number of people Friday...
5 Tips to Make Your Resume Stand Out
You have heard it time and time again - a resume is your key to getting that dream job you’ve always wanted. Yes, it may sound cliché, but it is true! Resumes often serve as the first impression a...
Machine Operator, CNC Operator, and CNC Machinist – What are the differences?
So, you are looking for a job in the manufacturing industry? Odds are, on your search you have come across the following positions: Machine Operator, CNC Machine Operator, and CNC Machinist. Tilting...
Five Tips to Help Job Seekers Speed Up the Hiring Process
Let’s face it, once you interview for a job, the worst feeling in the world is waiting to hear back. It’s called the "waiting game", and it is what every job seeker loves to hate. You can...
Working Through the Holiday Season – How to Stay Focused
It is beginning to feel a lot like… the holiday season. No, I don’t just mean the peppermint mochas, Christmas cookies, and holiday lights; I mean it is starting to feel like the holiday season at...
So, You Got the Interview – Now What Do You Do?
You did it! After sending resume after resume to countless job openings, and receiving what felt like endless negative responses, you finally got that call for an interview. You sit there with a...
How an Employment Agency can Help YOU Find YOUR Ideal Job.
"How can an employment agency help me," you ask? We have all been there- you are sitting at your desk, or on your couch, at home with your computer on your lap and Netflix on in the background. You...
Record Low Unemployment Rates Can Mean a Better Job for You
According to a recent report on MarketWatch.com, a financial information website and a subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, our nation is continuing to experience record low unemployment rates. A...
Three Quick and Easy Ways to Make Your Resume Stand Out
You did it. You spent a few hours writing your resume, making sure to include your complete job history, all of your skills, your education, and even a few of your strengths for good measure. You...
Jobs for Veterans – Why Helping Vets Find Work Benefits Us All
Today is National Hire a Veteran Day. Friday Services places a high commitment on helping find jobs for veterans. Find out more about our current opportunities, veteran's resources, FREE resume help...
Want to move forward in your company but aren’t sure how? Three steps you can take toward success.
You’ve been at your job for a couple of years, and maybe you’re beginning to get bored and need more of a challenge. Or maybe you took the job because your family moved, or you needed more money,...
Five Ways to Tell If Your Staffing Agency is Great
Our nation and region are experiencing record low unemployment rates, and that means if you’re looking for a job, or want to make a move out of your current job, you’re in a great spot! You could...
Resumes: The Holy Grail or a Fool’s Gold?
I answered a call on my business line from a client who had utilized my training programs for many years. I anticipated another enjoyable conversation, just as each had been in the past, but today...
If time is money, do you spend it or invest it?
We each have all the time there is but never seem to have enough! During a sales training seminar, I had each participant make a list of their daily activities. They were then instructed to mark...
3 Ways To Make the Most of a Boring Job
An interesting post by Douglas LaBier Ph.D. in Psychology Today, “Feeling Bored at Work? Three Reasons Why and What Can Free You” suggests that workplace boredom can be as stressful and as damaging...
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