What Employers are Looking for as the Recovery Continues

The economy may be slowly recovering from the recession, but what does that mean for job seekers? You need to be aware of what makes you marketable and what makes you stand above the rest so you can highlight that experience.

Take a look at this data from a survey of 2,700 hiring and HR professionals recently conducted by CareerBuilder and USA Today:

What Not to Wear…to Work!

It is amazing how the warm weather can cause even the most sensible people to make the worst wardrobe decisions! We hear more complaints this time of year on dress code violations, both from employees and supervisors, than any other time of year. Yep, that means that your co-workers may be complaining about you! Not only do some feel it isn’t fair that another person is wearing something that violates the policy, but it can also cause distractions and conversations that can impact productivity and possibly your chances for promotions. Some studies say you have as little as 90 seconds to make a first impression, and in those 90 seconds it is purely how you look that counts.

Employee on the Go — Sarah Bonow

Each month a new C&A Industries (parent company of Celebrity Staff) employee is featured as an Employee on the Go, which are individuals who are going above and beyond in a positive way in the name of health and wellness. This month Celebrity Staff Operations Manager, Sarah Bonow, was featured in recognition of her overall zest for physical fitness and for her accomplishment of completing her first half marathon. Way to go, Sarah!

Email Etiquette: Think Before Hitting Send

Ever fired off an email and immediately regretted hitting the send button? Or innocently sent a message that was taken completely the wrong way? We’ve all stuck our electronic foot in our mouths, but this can easily be avoided.

Celebrity Staff Celebrates Administrative Professional’s Day

Celebrity Staff is excited to recognize the talented administrative professionals working for our clients and pay tribute to all office support staff in honor of Administrative Professional’s Day today. To celebrate, Celebrity Staff account managers will spend the day delivering treats and personalized thank you notes to our working administrative professionals.
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Cook up a Recipe for Workplace Success

Being good at your job is only part of the recipe for success at work. To heat up your career, remember to add these key ingredients:

How to Get Noticed at Work

Should you sell yourself at work? If you want to move up the corporate ladder and get noticed, then yes you should.

At the end of the day, we’re all salespeople no matter what job we do and in virtually all aspects of our life. We sell ourselves to potential employers, potential customers, potential significant others, and potential friends.

LOYALTY – A Celebration of 20 Years of Service

Loyalty and tenure: two words that rarely describe employees in today’s businesses. These qualities were once commonplace in a time when pensions were common and identities were associated with a company, not a career choice. Ten, fifteen, twenty years were expected and anything less was frowned upon.

Good News for Employment

According to a recent Careerbuilder.com survey, more than half (58 percent) of those laid off in the last twelve months have found new jobs. Fifty-one percent have found full-time positions (up from 48 percent in June 2009) and 7 percent have found part-time positions (up from 3 percent in June 2009).

Love your Job

Last night I had an hour-long conversation about teeth. Teeth and the current happenings in the dental world, actually. Believe it or not, it wasn’t the first conversation about teeth that I’ve had. I can’t pretend it’s the most interesting topic ever, but during this conversation, I was riveted.