By Sharon Rector "Don't ever feel that you are the only one to ever have done something silly or said something crazy. We all do it! Yours truly... especially! I had not ever had any kind of experience in an office environment, when I accepted my first secretarial...
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Job Fair and Showcase A Hit!!
By Melvin Collins, Jr. The Job Fair and Showcase for February, "My Heart Is Set On A Job," was a huge hit with employers and job seekers alike at The Red Men Museum sponsored by The Heart Of Texas Workforce Solutions Center in Waco, Texas. The setting was plain...
Watching The Weather
by Sheena Williams "March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers." However, before we can get to the flowers, we need to get through the wind and the showers! Spring is in the air, but so are storm clouds, high winds, and tornadoes. So, to make sure...
What It Takes to Handle Change With Grace and Ease
Excerpt from Life Transitions, Managing Change Creating Your Future It has been said the path to your greatest personal growth is through your problems. You are invited to embrace your problems for unless you have them, they will have you. There's a huge difference...
10 Ways To Make Your Cover Letter Stand Out
February 9, 2012 By Natalia Hundreds of resumes are flooding into many hiring and HR managers. So how do you get someone's attention? Does your cover letter "kill" or get thrown in the "b" pile? Many of your comments indicate that some of you think that using a cover...
Customer Service
By Sheena Williams When most people think of customer service they think of sweating away in a fast food restaurant or maybe sitting on the phone in a cubicle eating Cheetos. That could not be further from the truth! Customer service is exactly what it sounds like,...
A Great Place To Work – Check Out City of Waco Benefits
by Yolanda L Salazar The City of Waco is one of the top ten employers in the Waco, Texas area. If you secure employment with this employer, you are one of the fortunate ones. Earlier this year, we published an article entitled "Do You Want To Work For the City of...
So You Have A Record
by Sheena Williams There are times in our lives where we have made some bad choices, or some bad choices were made around us, and we find ourselves unable to find work due to the fact that we have a rap sheet. It can be difficult to find employment because the hiring...
An Applicant’s Blind Opponent
by Erica Mitchell-Breedlove In my Human Resources (HR) profession, I review anywhere from 80 - 1,500 employment applications on a weekly basis. Most applications are accompanied by additional precious employment documents, i.e. resumes, cover letter,...
Flu Season – It Doesn’t Go Well With Work
by Sheena Williams We are not doctors, but having had a few colds around the office, we know that working with a runny nose and a fever is no fun for anyone! So in the interest of cold season coming up, we thought it would be nice (and self-serving because we needed...