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Why Saying “No” To That Promotion Could Be a Good Career Move
Every employee dreams of a time when the boss comes around and offers a surprise promotion. It’s a validation of a professional’s value to the company to be offered a higher level position, with new responsibilities and challenges. Or, is it?
Before you excitedly accept a promotion, it’s time to consider how this move could potentially damage your future career goals. Here’s when saying, “No” to a promotion makes better sense.
1. The promotion has a new title, but doesn’t include a raise in salary or perks.
This is a sneaky thing when a company presents a promotion without any additional financial reward or other perks attached to it. It’s practically an insult to do this to anyone. Sure, you may be ready to take on new projects and are eager to grow in your career, but that should be worth something to the company. You may use this as an opportunity to ask for clarification on how the promotion benefits your career and earnings goals. But if any talk of money or other incentives gets shot down, gracefully decline the offer.
2. You already have an overwhelming list of projects and tasks now.
It’s unrealistic to put added pressure on yourself to perform more than you are currently if you find yourself overwhelmed, stretched thin, and ready to explode. Take the promotion in, consider it, and then talk it over to see what tasks or duties can come off your plate. If the company is unwilling to support your work-life balance, this is not the promotion you should accept.
3. The promotion negatively affects your family and lifestyle.
Very often, promotions have other things tied to them, such as a major relocation to another region or a role that demands ongoing time away from your family and your personal life. You must consider that the promotion may seem like a great idea, but what kind of impact will this have on your life and your family and friends? If you never get to see them, you will have a long lonely road ahead of you and it could potentially ruin your relationships and other goals.
These are some of the reasons to turn down a promotion at work. If you are struggling with growing in your career or have concerns about a potential change in your job, then you may want to look into a new and more rewarding job through our recruitment agency in Detroit MI. Click here to browse our open positions today!
Sick of Searching For Jobs? Use These Tips to Shorten Your Search!
After weeks, and even months of trying to find a job, you are practically at your wits end. Searching for jobs is exhausting in and of itself, and then there are the long applications, the waiting to hear back from hiring managers, and the long pauses in between interviews. The entire experience is highly frustrating at best.
Is there anything you can do to speed up the job search? You betcha! Read on to learn some tips to shorten the job search and make it from point A (unemployed) to point B (a new job) with your sanity intact.
1. Use technology to your advantage.
The good news is that there are many technological tools that can speed up any job search. Most job boards offer automated job leads, there are apps that allow job seekers to create short introductory videos to share with recruiters, and social media makes it easy to send information to hiring companies with one click. Take the time to familiarize yourself with some of this technology and start using it to streamline your job search efforts.
2. Get your friends and family on board.
Imagine having a team of people helping you find a job? This can drastically speed things up because you are not going it alone. Let your friends, family, colleagues, college instructors, pastor, even your dentist know you are looking for a job. Very often, it’s more about who you know than what you know that can help you land a great job.
3. Take on temporary work.
While you are searching for work, why not fast track things by getting registered for work as a temporary employee? You can earn money while you learn new skills and if you do a good job, there’s a chance that you can get offered a permanent job at the end of your contract. Very often, companies only do their hiring through staffing agencies, so you’ll be in the right place at the right time for a job offer.
4. Head to job fairs.
The community is filled with events that can help speed up a job search process. Check with local workforce centers and find out about upcoming job fairs. Visit staffing agencies like Advance Staffing Solutions that are represented at these events, as they normally have a number of immediate placement opportunities. If you are a recent college grad, your campus career center can be another way to speed up the job search process.
When searching for a job, use short, but focused time periods to get a lot accomplished. This will help you get a job sooner and more efficiently. And partner with Advance Staffing Solutions! We can bring new job opportunities straight to you.
Job Fair/Open Registration
This job fair is being held at Advance Staffing’s Monroe Location:
35 E Front St. Monroe MI 48161
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
10:00am-3:00pm
Bring 2 valid forms of ID and a resume
Must be at least 18 years of age
Have a Diploma/GED
Verifiable work experience in the last 12 months
Below are just some of the HOT jobs offered in Monroe County:
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Packaging/Press Operator, Dundee, 1st Shift, $9/hr
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Skilled Assembly, Monroe/Dundee, 1st, $13-14/hr
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Silk Screen Printer, Dundee, 1st
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Medical Biller, Temperance, 1st, $13-$15/hr BOE
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Warehouse/Delivery Assistant, Monroe, 1st, $10+OT
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Customer Service, Part-Time, Monroe, $10-12/hr
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Sales, Part-Time, Monroe, $12-$15/hr
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Team Leader, Dundee, 1st, $10/hr
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Shipping/Receiving, Blissfield, 1st, $10/hr
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Production, Blissfield, 3rd shift, $10/hr
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Machine Operator, Carleton, 1st, $10+/hr
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Purchasing Clerk, Dundee, 1st, $12-15/hr
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HR Assistant, Monroe, 1st, $BOE
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Actuator Technician, Monroe, 1st, $10/hr
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FCAW/GMAW welders, Monroe, 1st, $14/hr
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General Labor, Carleton, 1st/2nd, $9 + OT
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Press Operators/Production, Monroe, All shift, $9/hr
*Not able to make it to our Open House/Job Fair but would like to be considered for a job opening? No problem! You can either send us your resume at monroejobs@advancestaffingsolutions.com or go to our website and apply online. Recruiters review resumes and applications on a daily basis and will contact you within 48 hours of receiving your information.*
5 Apps That Can Make You a Better Boss
Have you ever wondered how you can learn how to be a better boss when you have so much on your plate all the time? Turns out, there’s an app for that. Here’s a rundown of the best apps for management skills development on the market today.
Dispatch
As a boss, are you continually weeding through hundreds of emails each day, only to find yourself buried in responses? You are not alone. The average manager gets around 150 to 300 emails a day. Luckily, there is an app called Dispatch that can help you chop down those emails and get back to actually being around your people — instead of sitting behind a computer all day. Dispatch “lets you get rid of mails by swiping, respond faster with snippets, and process your mails with other apps.” It’s available on Apple iTunes.
EasilyDo
Always forgetting important tasks, employee birthdays, ordering office supplies, setting up travel, and other critical team-building activities? EasilyDo is an app that can help you stay on track with daily reminders of what’s priority as a boss, and executing some of these things for you. It’s akin to having a personal assistant to help you stay above water. It can even integrate with your email and contacts for smooth transitions between tasks, and sending alerts and reminders to others.
Flow
Managing a team, tasks, and projects can be the bane of every boss’ life. The Flow app makes it easier by creating a collaborative task management space where managers can allocate tasks, communicate with team members, and stay on top of deadlines. Use the Flow app to separate tasks into teams and individuals who have the right skills to achieve them.
TimeTrade
Tired of the back and forth emails asking you to schedule meeting times and get phone numbers and other contact info in place? TimeTrade is a perfect management app that helps you to streamline meeting schedules for yourself and your team members. Powerful analytics also let managers see where they are spending the bulk of their time. The best part is that there is a free version.
Talkboard
If you have a creative team or employees who spend a great deal of time working in silos, why not bring them together during meetings using the collaborative whiteboard of Talkboard? It’s simple to use, and interfaces with Apple iPads. Integrate video and images, social networking, and more to make presentations and meetings fun again.
Open Registration in MONROE!
Saturday March 19th
8:30am-10:30am
Open Registration
We have openings in…
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Machine Operators
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Packagers
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Assembly
In the following areas…
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Monroe
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Carleton
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Dundee
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Blissfield
Hourly pay ranging from $9-$13 per hour depending on experience.
Must have worked within the last 12 months
High School Diploma/GED
Bring two forms of ID
There’s Such a Thing as Being “Too” Relaxed at Work!
Has your job become dull and uninspiring? Have you begun to get too relaxed and lazy on the job? You are not alone. As many as two-thirds of all working adults become disengaged when it comes to their jobs. And another major percentage find themselves searching for other opportunities while on the company clock.
This is never a good place to be. But you can get back that excitement of your job if you take the following steps.
Go back into the past.
Think back to when you first started your current job and how you looked forward to getting started. Were you anxious to prove yourself to your new employer? Was your brain filled with new ideas? Take a look at your career now. What has transpired since then? Chances are, you are just getting settled in and taking things for granted. Try to find some aspect of your work you can get behind again, and go for the gusto!
Find your passion.
Instead of sitting back and just watching the clock each day, why not discover something about your work that gets your wheels turning? Think about the things you are passionate about – be it a cause, a personal interest, or a way of doing things. Integrate this into your daily tasks and projects. For example, maybe you enjoy planning parties. You could ask your boss if you can head up a team celebration committee!
Consider how in-demand you are.
If you were to leave your job today, what marketable skills can you bring to the table? When you become too relaxed at work, it’s easy to take this for granted. Someone more skilled, or with fresher skills just out of college may be thrilled to take your place. Get some training in an area that honors your job and industry, and appreciate your job a little more.
Share your ideas more often.
When is the last time you contributed a new idea to improve things at your workplace? It’s common to “shut down” when you feel like you are getting accustomed to the job and no one cares anymore because you are not the new person. However, you do have great ideas to share so make it a point to connect with your supervisor on a regular basis to share new ideas for improving things around the office.
By taking the above steps, you must step outside of your own comfort zone and stay motivated. In the end, however, you will enjoy your job more and grow as a working professional. If none of these tip work, and you want to find a new job altogether, click here to see the open positions available through Advance Staffing Solutions!
Free Job Fair – Wood County Library
FREE JOB FAIR
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
1:00PM-4:00 PM
Wood County Library Atrium Meeting Room B
Employment opportunities
Assistance with Resume Building
Help with Job Applications
No registration required
Open to the General Public
Interview tips
Summer job opportunities for Students
Want to Move Your Resume to the Top of the Pile? Use These Tips!
It’s been estimated that for each and every job posting advertised that recruiters can receive as many as 300 – 500 resumes from eager candidates. That’s a lot of reading and screening! Unfortunately, most recruiters have very little time to spend on each resume, so they skim through them looking for specific things, make a pile out of about 1/10th of the original resumes, and start calling people in for interviews. In other cases, the applicant tracking system may scan resumes first and only kick out those that meet the job descriptions.
Sadly, your resume could end up at the bottom of the pile, or worse yet, in the bottom of a garbage can – that is, if you don’t know the secrets of success (that we are about to share with you now). If you want to move your resume to the top of the pile, read on.
Use a standard resume template
Any recruiter will tell you that they cannot stand it when people try to ‘reinvent the wheel’ with their resumes. They don’t want to see a resume that’s super creative (unless they are hiring for a creative role), with fancy colors and head photos of the candidate. Instead, stick to the rules and use a simple format with defined headings for Skills, Education, Career History, etc. These will have a better chance of being read properly by the ATS, and by the recruiters.
Try a nicer paper
If you plan to mail your resume in (who uses snail mail anymore?) be sure to invest in high-quality paper that has a nice texture and is slightly off-white. Your local office supply store can help you pick out the best paper and matching envelopes for this purpose. Have your resume professionally printed out. Don’t turn your resume in on brightly colored paper or poorly printed from an at-home machine.
Call the recruiter
It may seem simple, but taking the extra step to call the recruitment office 48 hours after sending in your resume can alert the hiring team that you are an interested candidate. Provide the recruiter with your full name spelled out, the job title you are applying for, and your contact phone number where they can reach you. Don’t ask them to interview you on the spot or take up too much of their time. Just say thanks and that you hope to hear back at their convenience.
Get recommended
Another way to ensure that your resume makes it to the top of the hiring pile is to ask for a direct employee referral from a colleague who works there. If you can, send this person a copy of your resume and ask them to walk a copy down to the HR office in person. If you don’t know anyone who works there, you can also reach out to the staffing agency you are registered with and ask if they are recruiting for the job, then get them to send the employer your resume. This can be a very effective way to get called in for a job interview sooner.
The last secret to success in a job search is to partner with a staffing agency like Advance Staffing Solutions. We have staffing experts on hand in Michigan and Ohio to help you land whatever career you’re aiming for!
How to Un-Brand Yourself as a Job Hopper
Have you had a variety of jobs over the last few years? Maybe you were laid off, worked a lot of temporary assignments, or just had bad luck with companies closing their doors during the recession – in any case, your resume looks like you could be a job hopper. A classic job hopper frequently changes jobs, and this can be seen as a negative mark on a career history. Companies want candidates who can stay on board for at least a year or more so they can earn a good return on investment in training and hiring new employees.
How can you successfully un-brand yourself as a job hopper in the minds of recruiters? Follow these tips:
- Know how to explain the frequent or short-term jobs
Depending on the circumstances, most of the time the reason employees leave their jobs is because of something involuntary – through layoffs, company closures, end of temporary assignments, and offshoring. Do you have a way of explaining this to recruiters? Now is the time to come up with a positive way of explaining what happened and how you did not let it affect your career goals. In fact, turn the experience around so that it was a positive step that helped you to build your career. - Be careful of how you are listing jobs
A big mistake that many job seekers make with their resumes is separating temporary jobs into individual jobs, which makes job hopping look worse. Instead, list the jobs under the name of the agency you worked for, with a brief explanation and the dates for each assignment. In this way, the jobs are in a logical progression under a singular agency or employer. - Consider a skills-based resume vs. a chronological one
If you have a lot of jobs (more than five in a three year period), it may be best to put your information into a skills-based resume template, instead of a chronological timeline of jobs. In this case, list your top skills and achievements in the very top half of your resume. Following this, put your software and educational knowledge, and then your jobs can be listed by year in the bottom portion of the resume. - Share your references
Let others speak for you by including some great professional and personal references. Let them know you are trying to establish yourself in a stable work opportunity and so they can speak to this ability. Prepare your references in advance and give them some talking points, such as your ability to complete tasks on time, your interpersonal skills, and your reliability.
If you’re looking for a new career in Ohio or Michigan, partner with the team of staffing experts at Advance Staffing Solutions! We have an inside track on the hottest, newest and often unlisted exciting job opportunities, and we work with many high-profile companies that would love to hire a candidate like you. Click to contact us today.
Open Interviews
Wednesday, 4/6/16
12:00pm-4:00pm
Positions are located in Blissfield, Dundee, Monroe areas.
Starting Wage is $9.00-$13.00 per hour
South Central Michigan Works!
Lenawee County Human Services Building
1040 S. Winter Street, Suite 1014, Adrian, MI 49221
POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
Warehouse, General Labor, Assembly, Welders & Packagers
Must have…
HS Diploma/GED
Work history within the last 12 months
Pre-Register Online
www.advancestaffingsolutions.com
Malinda Tepe
734-457-0056
malinda@advancestafingsolutions.com
Monroe Job Fair
Career Opportunity & Expo
Friday, April 8th
10:00am-1:00pm
Location: Monroe County Community College
Health Education Building
1555 S Raisinville Rd., Monroe, Michigan 48161
We have numerous openings in the Industrial and Clerical field
Bring updated Resume