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.

It's obviously not your cup of tea

It's obviously not your cup of tea There are a fairly wide-ranging set of conclusions one can draw about a person based on work history...

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May 8, 20232 min read

You, sir, are awesome...

It is inevitable that some fraction of the world believes themselves to be God’s gift to mankind. It is also inevitable that 99.9 percent...

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May 1, 20233 min read

I'm true to my word...let me explain

I interviewed a younger man recently, and the interview went a bit sideways before I was able to course-correct and get us back on track....

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Apr 10, 20231 min read

What's an internet browser?

I wrote last week about the realization that the dictionary is nothing more than an endless loop of synonyms, and you had to have an...

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Apr 5, 20232 min read

"It wasn't a quit!"

I realized just now that the dictionary is nothing more than an endless loop of synonyms, which I hadn’t ever fully digested until this...

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Mar 26, 20234 min read

I told you to use Google Maps...

For those of you who may not precisely remember your college physics class [stifles laugh], the first law of thermodynamics begins...

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Mar 22, 20233 min read

"There shouldn't be anything on my background"

The vast majority of jobs run a background check on their potential employees. This shouldn't be a shock to people in this day and age,...

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Mar 13, 20233 min read

0.8 Miles

Commuting. A necessary part of getting to work. For the lucky few, this involves transitioning from your bedroom to your living room. For...

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Mar 5, 20234 min read

Application follow-up texts (and other random bits about applications today)

Applying for a job and communicating with potential employers during your job search is far different than when I was young. I’m going to...

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Feb 27, 20234 min read

Hilarious, still to this day...

I ran an interview with a young-ish candidate a couple of years ago. [Sidebar: Ok, fine. Not the most original of introductory sentences...

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Feb 24, 20233 min read

Preferences, people, preferences

Preferences. We all have them. Clothes. Food. Décor. Hobbies. A job is no different. Yes, one could argue that people end up in a given...

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Feb 14, 20233 min read

You Know-ers

Filler words or phrases: Um. Like. You know. Anyway. Well. So. Or, to put them in context with punctuation, you have: “Ummmm……” “…, like,...

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Feb 5, 20232 min read

On Resumes: Spell Check

Resumes are not always required when applying for a job. It depends on the company, and it depends on the position. It is highly...

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Jan 30, 20233 min read

She Used to go by He

I took a week off from work last month and went to my sister's house for the holidays. Family time: fraught with a mild tension relieved...

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Jan 22, 20233 min read

On Employment End Reasons: They Weren't Giving Me Enough Hours

Employment end reasons (i.e., why you quit/got fired/quit showing up/etc.) are simultaneously one of my biggest pet peeves and sources of...

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Jan 16, 20234 min read

On Email Addresses

Email addresses. Not a novel concept anymore. I remember getting my first email address, in fact. As a teenager, a username needed to be...

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Jan 8, 20234 min read

Let's Begin

To start off, I’d like to reiterate the disclaimer on the front page: If you are easily offended or looking to argue, take yourself...

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Jan 1, 20233 min read

Hello

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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