How to Manage Your Job Frustration

Work can be stressful. It can bring on a rollercoaster of emotions, and frustration is a common passenger on this ride. While it’s entirely normal to feel disheartened at times, managing job frustration is crucial to maintaining a positive and constructive approach to your career. Here are some insights that may help you handle job… Read more »

How to Motivate Your Temporary Workers

With so much riding on the success of your teams, motivating workers is key to fostering a positive and productive work environment. While temporary employees might not be with your organization for the long haul, their contributions are integral to achieving short-term goals. Here are some straightforward strategies to keep your temporary workers engaged, motivated,… Read more »

Meet Your Recruiter, Karina Ramirez!

Every month, we connect our readers with a new team member to give you insight into what it’s like to work with our team of amazing and passionate recruiters. Today we’re highlighting our recruiter Karina Ramirez. Karina has been with All-Star Personnel for a year now. She loves to read and listen to music. She… Read more »

You Got Fired – Now What Do You Do?

Getting fired can be extremely hard, but you might be surprised how many successful professionals have been through it. Big names like Mark Cuban and J.K. Rowling have both been there and risen to greatness despite – or even partly as a result of – their struggles. The truth is that not every job is… Read more »

The Right Attitude for the Job Interview Is This

First impressions matter, particularly on the job hunt. An interview is a critical point in that process and showing up with the wrong attitude can ruin your chances no matter how good your resume looks. Candidates need to strike just the right balance of self-assurance and humility to make a good impression. Here are the… Read more »

Your Temporary Job Assignment Ends, Now What?

Temporary contracts are a unique kind of work. If you’re not used to moving from contract to contract it can be confusing as you come to the end of a job assignment. If you’re at that point and need a few pointers on where to go from here, read on. Here’s what you should do… Read more »

Struggling to Make Small Talk? 3 Safe Topics to Keep the Conversation Going

Whether you’re networking or kicking off an interview, small talk is an important skill when you are setting off on your job search. Some candidates are highly skilled in shooting the breeze with their prospective hiring managers, but others need to learn how to manage a conversation. Having a selection of no pressure ice breakers… Read more »

Want to Be Successful? 3 Ways to Think That Way All the Time

Winston Churchill said, “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” He knew that failure was a stepping stone to greater success so long as the individual learned from their mistakes. It’s the same for professionals in their career. Often success seems like such a final endpoint, but in truth, success… Read more »

Who Should You Use as a Job Reference?

Good references are an important part of what makes an employer want to hire a particular candidate. In a competitive job market, your references can be the thing that puts your resume on top of the pile. A good reference proves your value as an employee and that’s important from a hiring perspective. Even though… Read more »

How to Show You Are a Hard Worker

Are you a hard worker? Does your employer know you are? Sometimes it’s difficult to show managers exactly how hard you work at your job, and if they don’t recognize that effort, it can have a negative impact on your compensation and even your job security. Showing you are a hard worker should be one… Read more »