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.

Air Quality

[Alert: This post includes ripped-straight-from-the-headlines drama. Some readers may benefit by skipping this week.] We’ve had a bit of...

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Jul 17, 20233 min read

I won't be a disappointment this time.

Interviews come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but it is generally understood that one needs to be interviewed in order to get a...

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Jul 10, 20233 min read

Permanently means permanently

De Beers trained the world that ‘a diamond is forever.’ You know what else is forever? Certain crimes remaining on your record. Those...

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Jul 3, 20232 min read

"Why they be lyin' on me?"

Putting people to work costs money. Getting people to stay at and continue working is what makes us money in the staffing industry. In...

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Jun 25, 20234 min read

I didn't get paid

So, fun fact for my readers: I don’t need to work. I inherited a gigantic trust fund with a balance that is easily more than I would ever...

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Jun 19, 20232 min read

"You sound white, so you must be white..."

It can only be expected that we have recurring applicants. It's the nature of the beast. Some applicants are far more...memorable…than...

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Jun 12, 20233 min read

You need to call in if you're not going to work...

To this day, it blows my mind how many adults are out there who don't understand how working works. You have a job. You go to the job....

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Jun 6, 20233 min read

That shouldn't matter...

I came across a file the other day of an applicant who was screened by one of my coworkers, and it made me laugh. Ergo, I am passing the...

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May 21, 20232 min read

Stalking vs. stocking

We discussed the need for spellcheck as well as a basic grammar check several posts ago. For those of you who didn’t believe me then, let...

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May 15, 20232 min read

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

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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