Handling Failure
As we confront the many challenges that come our way in life, we know that we won’t be successful at all of them; we know that we will have to face failure. Failure is a part of life just as much as anything else, in things big and little. Failure at some point is inevitable, Read more »
Working a Job Fair
Job Fair “season” is here! Many companies hold job fairs in late spring/early summer in order to catch new school graduates. Read below for some tips on how to work a job fair or two to your best advantage. Before you set foot in the career fair arena, be sure your resume is the best Read more »
RealStreet Summer Internship Opportunity
Note: This position has been filled. Thank you to all that applied. RealStreet Staffing is currently seeking a Summer Staffing Intern (30-40 hours a week) to support our busy professional recruiters in our Marriottsville, MD office. Check out the video for more details and find the duties and requirements for the position below. The internship Read more »
Find Out the Financial Health of Your Target Employer
When you are applying for a job, naturally your main focus is on selling yourself to the company you are interviewing with. But at the same time, career counselors all advise that you need to investigate the company as well, to evaluate whether it would be a good place for you to work. One of Read more »
RealStreet Contest Winners are Chosen from SAME JETC
Last month, our Business Development Managers, Chris and Don, exhibited at the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Joint Engineer Training Conference and Expo (JETC) in St. Louis! They networked with great people from across the US, engaged in powerful conversations about our staffing services, and even had time to do a little partying in Read more »
Project-Based Job Interviews
If you are looking for a job, you should be aware of and prepared for a new trend in hiring. When hiring someone, companies traditionally looked at resumes and conducted one or more interviews. But increasingly, these traditional activities of the hiring process are being abandoned in favor of a performance-based evaluation, according to business Read more »
Benefits of Phased Retirements to Both Companies and Workers
As our workforce ages and there become less younger workers available to take the baby boomers’ place, some companies are looking to implement what is known as “phased retirement.” Phased retirement is when employees work part time at a company instead of retiring completely. This allows a company to retain their skills, knowledge and expertise Read more »
Resume Tactics to Avoid
As you create your resume there are certain things you should make sure you do: Use action verbs Show real results (numbers, percentages, etc.) Remember that it’s a sales too, not a history of all the jobs you’ve held. And so on. Below are some things you never should put on a resume as well Read more »
Harnessing the Positive Power of Stress
Whether you’re happily – or unhappily – employed or unemployed, one constant we all have to deal with is stress. We’ve been told by those in the health professions that too much stress is not good for us, that it can lead to various ailments and actually harm our bodies. And we are constantly bombarded Read more »
Attracting New Grads to Your Company
More than 75,000 people applied to work at Google in just one week back in February 2011 (according to AOL.com) many of them new or soon-to-be-new college graduates (Google even has a “student site” for new grads to learn more about career opportunities at the company). But you’re no Google. You’re no Nike or Accenture, Read more »