Working Weak

An Entertainment Blog about the Staffing Industry

The good, the bad, and the ugly about the staffing industry. Recommended that those easily offended, expecting political correctness, or looking to argue should move right along to somewhere else.

Time Travelers

Time Travelers Accuracy on a resume is important. I mean, I get it. NO ONE likes updating his/her resume. For most of us, updating a...

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Oct 5, 20253 min read

Who Wrote Your Resume?

It is not at all uncommon for us recruiters to see resumes from the same people that are different. There are reasons for this: The...

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Sep 28, 20252 min read

Language Requirement

I read an article recently about a freshly graduated finance kid that wandered around Wall Street with a sign and a QR code lamenting his...

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Sep 21, 20253 min read

Resumes 2.0

Your resume is an ever-expanding story, if you will, of your career path. I would try to pull in a never-ending story reference, but I...

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Sep 14, 20252 min read

Due to...

I am self-aware enough to know when an irritant is one of my own making. When I could choose not to be irritated but don’t because my...

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Sep 7, 20252 min read

I don't see the email

Email has a unique set of etiquette and special rules relative to other forms of business communication. It is simultaneously the most...

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Aug 31, 20253 min read

An Observation

My sister is an engineer. She likes to talk about "assumptions" – as described by her, writing calculations about who-knows-what,...

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Aug 24, 20251 min read

"I have a question"

There are multiple reasons to ask a question. These include: To glean information that we do not currently possess ("What is the meaning...

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Aug 17, 20252 min read

Can't find the paperwork

Now is the most technologically advanced the human race has ever been. [Sidebar: How depressing would it be if that was NOT a true...

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Aug 10, 20252 min read

Experience Detection

For one reason or another, I have spent a fair bit of time playing “Two Truths and a Lie” with my friends and family. Couldn’t really...

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Jul 13, 20254 min read

Months...they're difficult

I haven't been in school for...well...a long time. Let me date myself, yet again, since I enjoy it so much. The fond memories I have of...

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Jul 6, 20252 min read

It doesn't matter if it matches, it's still wrong

I was on vacation last week and stayed in a chain hotel that had been converted from an old bank building built in the 1920s, which was a...

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Jun 29, 20254 min read

I was gonna say...

I was going to start this blog by asking if you've ever paid attention to how someone speaks, more so than the words that come out of...

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Jun 22, 20252 min read

Figure it out

I don’t like change. I’m probably going to die in the house I live in right now to avoid the stress of finding a different address,...

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Jun 15, 20252 min read

It. Is. Required.

Does anyone else subscribe to the notion that there are only seven original storylines in human history, and everything otherwise created...

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Jun 8, 20253 min read

75 Minutes

I was examining my calendars earlier this week and appreciating that we schedule a lot of things in life: work meetings, dinner...

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Jun 1, 20252 min read

Building Numbers

Buildings have numbers! OMG! I know, right?! You would think that would be the end of the post, but I feel obligated to explain further....

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May 11, 20252 min read

Valentines Day

I’m old enough to remember when Valentine’s day was a legitimate holiday that wasn’t trendy to hate. It was a celebration of love!...

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May 4, 20252 min read

Photo Id

I passed through a TSA checkpoint at an airport last week (Is that redundant? Are there any TSA checkpoints not at airports?), and was...

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Apr 27, 20253 min read

Distances are hard

My high school chemistry class spent an inordinate amount of time on unit conversions. At least, I thought it was an inordinate amount of...

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Apr 6, 20252 min read

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I started this blog because one of my siblings pushed me into it...But also to give you a glimpse into my thoughts and experiences as a staffing agent.

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