Spherion, my employer, is currently getting some major bad press over allegedly allowing a person with a questionable background consisting of charges of sexual assault on a minor to work in a school.  I hope to hell this is a false accusation.

I know a lot of times we in the recruiting industry feel that in order to meet our clients needs we have ( Read more... )

So once again I’ve neglected to be good with updates, so here is a group of them in one go:

Job Hunt:
I am continuing my quest to find a better job at a better company. I have applied to numerous wonderful companies and institutions and am hoping to hear positive news from one of them soon enough. I have unfortunately received a few rejection ( Read more... )

(12:11:18 PM) Kate Waxman: ok i need help with the email to the hiring manager
(12:11:29 PM) Dave: Dear hiring manager,
(12:11:59 PM) Dave: Please see attached the resume for my husband, David Waxman. While not only being a talented, hard working and detail oriented person; he’s damned cute.
(12:12:04 PM) Dave: Hire him, or I murder your children
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Managed to fall right asleep last night.  Slept for a while but woke up around 4AM in the mist of some kind of anxiety attack.  I think the stress from work mixed with the dissatisfaction of my job and the shortcomings of my wages are getting the best of me.  I’m looking to rectify this situation and doing all that I can but need to work on the ( Read more... )

Why does this exert from my companies Intranet SCREAM of George Orwell’s 1984 to me?

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: Spherion Employment Report - June 2007
More U.S. workers believed in a strengthening economy and job market in June, despite declining confidence in their ability to find a new job themselves, according to the June U.S. Employment Report ( Read more... )

Wow, I am so excited. I am finally all caught up at work. For the first time since October when I got hospitalized I am 100% caught up. I have no outstanding paperwork or tasks to complete from any earlier than two hours ago. My inbox is down to 6 new items; all from the last two hours. That is amazing as about a month ago I had 140 items ( Read more... )

Today I woke up in intense pain again. I shoved a pain pill down my throat and tried to stay in bed; but the pain was too much. I had to get up, bend over, crouch and toss around like a fish out of water. The pain never seemed to subside at all and I attempted to do my morning of work before leaving for CT for the holidays. Of course, like ( Read more... )

So every Wed. I do my weekly numbers for sales billed from the prior week and make my estimates for the end of month, year, quarter. Well, today is actually the closure of November so ... as with most month ends I bite my bottom lip as I begin ( Read more... )

Since I work from home I am at my desk a lot. The $75.00 Target desks Kate and I purchased when we moved into our apartment almost three years ago have worked well; but mine is starting to fall apart and is uncomfortable to work on all day long. I am now looking at getting a new desk, but I don't know what I want. I require on my desk at all ( Read more... )

I know I myself as a recruiter have done things like this. There aren't many ways I can learn about a candidate before I send them to my client. There are thousands of candidates and only a few loyal customers; so when it comes down to it I'd trample a hundred candidates to make my client happy. I've googled for candidates, looked for ( Read more... )