How to Pick a Temporary Agency

Article description: Temporary agency is an employment agency that finds workers to fill short-term temporary jobs. For instance, temps are regularly employed to work throughout seasonal increases in business or to cover vacations or sicknesses.

Jobs at temporary agencies can lead you to an excellent way to enhance your skills, acquire some experience in a new business and have some profits during in your in-between jobs. If you are not yet prepared to obligate to a permanent job or would want to get to recognize a new production from the inside out, by means of an agency to discover temporary occupations is a good answer.

A lot of temporary agencies have extended their role in the employment sector to fill “temporary to permanent” positions where they begin as a temporary job, however, could become permanent if the company opt to hire the applicant.

Temporary agencies provide temporary staffing that not only grant additional job skill training, but you don’t know at what time the boss you worked for one last day week will offer a genuine reference for the job you are interviewing for the next day. The trick is to find a temporary agency that fits for you.

Various temporary agencies concentrate in an exact type of job or industry. For instance, you are located in Dallas Texas; local web searches can tell you what kind of employees the agency is searching for.

Verify with your friends. You might already know someone who works for temporary agency. Inquire how frequently they have assignments, and if they are satisfied with the agency staff.

Recruiters of various temp agencies use advertisements and job fairs to recruit applicants. National firms might attract superior number of applicants due to the brand name, but large local firms are frequently evenly well recognized within their region such as Eli Daniel Group based in Allen Texas.

There are much greater dissimilarities, nevertheless, in how firms screen applicants before recruiting. If the agency needs a temporary with specific abilities, computer matches are usually enough, but personal interviews can help guarantee that employees are better suitable for certain needs. With this, you should be confident enough with the temporary agency you’ve chosen as they provide different ways to screen deserving employees, too.

Author: Brandon Foster, Eli Daniel Group

Does it Work? Go Mini Steamer

Does it Work? Go Mini Steamer

ALLEN, Texas—

This week’s ‘Does it Work?’ product takes us to the Eli Daniel Group in Allen. Employees there will put the Go Mini Steamer to the test.

“If it is a quick way to get looking sharp, I think it’ll be awesome,” said Chris Lawson of Eli Daniel.

After a quick read of the directions, we find that you can only use tap water in the steamer.

It’s supposed to take two minutes to heat up. We noticed some bubbling and steaming after only about a minute.

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Employers address costs, benefits of social media in workplace

Claiming oneself as a "social media expert" can prove baseless at a time when five-minute attention spans and 7 year olds with iPhones dominate the culture, when the line between making necessary business connections and being off task is as fine as one mouse-click.

Social media -- and their undeniable influence on personal and professional realms -- are already a revolution. And one that's changing as quickly as a Facebook status or TweetDeck.

"CEOs know there is a major culture shift among us," Foster said. "It's always changing, and they're trying to keep up."
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Growing tendency among Hispanic bilingual job Hispanic market work for 'customer' from home

By Jay Torres

Digital Special Star

BALCH SPRINGS - Technological advances in communication have created a trend of working from home that benefits many Hispanic entrepreneurs say that exploit these advances.

These advances in communication, which is becoming safer and cheaper-are attached to consumer dissatisfaction when companies use centers to receive or initiate calls in countries like India, Mexico and Costa Rica to serve its customers.

For some employees who work flexible hours and earn 10 to $ 14 per hour, this trend is the solution to transportation problems, time and the balance between family life and career.

"I love this job," says Adriana Lozano, who works through a computer placed in the living room of her apartment in Granada Corporation, a California based company that offers technical team and a six-week paid training for those who want to work a schedule flexibly from home.

"I can see when my daughter goes to school and I'm here when you return. Not just me but I feel better that she is happier to see his mom at home, "says Lozano.

Kit Cooper, president of Granada Corporation, says that the expenses that your company will save on rent and maintenance of the site, it hands in the form of bonus to employees.

Cooper hopes to occupy by the end of this month to 50 employees of the Metroplex to work from home and 200 more in 2013.

Cooper prefers that employees know about the Latino culture because this knowledge provides a better customer service.

"Our experience tells us that to provide better customer service and retain Latino market, you must have the support of employees who identify with the customer," says Cooper.

Granada Corporation provides customer service for electricity distribution companies and others. The service requires no telemercadería or sales, consumers initiate the call.

Lozano said that the salary is better with Granada Corporation compared to other companies known as "call centers", where hundreds of employees are gathered to receive or initiate calls.

"I save gas and travel time and I have to pack my lunch because I cook what I have in my kitchen," says Lozano.

Meanwhile Chris Lawson, president of Eli Daniel Group, an employment agency, says that the trend of working from home benefits Hispanics.

Lawson says he is optimistic about the future of Hispanics over jobs.

"I see a bright future for Latinos because demand for them will continue to increase, and much more for those who are bilingual and have knowledge of technology," says Lawson.

According to Lawson at least 15 percent of its customers require bilingual employees.

Lawson recommends that Latinos emphasize in your employment history that are bilingual.

"It's a skill that is in high demand but often I see hidden in small print," says Lawson.