This is part one of three of the About Staffing Job Hunt series.Ugh!!!!!!!Ugh is the first word that comes to my mind when I think about cover letters.  What’s the point? Doesn’t my resume have all of the information you need? It is quite the opposite actually. T...

 We want to learn about you! Being interviewed by a Staffing Specialist at a staffing or recruitment agency is different than an interview with a Staffing Specialist for an internal position at their company. As a ‘candidate’, you are sometimes interviewed f...

 Looking for a Job? Applicants who are looking for a job, often ask me about how to indicate what they are looking for in an employer or position. When doing up a resume, the goal is to get the interview.  In the interview, the goal is to get an offer.  When r...

 You are a two-page document! In a desperate pursuit to apply to as many jobs as possible, we quickly throw together a resume to be one of the first applicants to fill a recruiter’s inbox. As a recruitment and employment agency based in Calgary, we see this everyd...

You have 38 minutes! Prepare for an Emergency The last speech I gave in public was mid-2014 when I presented to a large group of locally owned and operated staffing agencies throughout the United States. My presentation topic was disaster recovery plans. My main point focuse...