are you right for staffing?
THE EXPERIENCE OF SOME SUCCESSFUL STAFFING PROFESSIONALS:
- Investigator of unemployment claims and electronics manager for Target
- Marketing assistant in department store
- Middle school teacher, art student, and Avon representative (at the same time)
- Soda jerk and buyer for department store
- Art student and waitress
- Biology major and buyer for upscale boutique
- Salesperson for automated mini-bars and cheerleader (we hired her anyway)
- A mother whose children were leaving for college and wanted to build a career
- Newspaper editor
- Administrative Assistant in a think tank
WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?
Staffing professionals are in a class by themselves. They are the most interesting people at a party. They're funny and engaging. They are successful and confident. In other words, they are the people other people want to be.
- A talent for sales.
- Fearlessness in approaching people and the ability to win them over.
- Exceptional intelligence, curiosity, and intuitiveness about people.
- Great listening skills.
- Tremendous energy and drive.
- Success motivation.
- Creativity.
- A successful track record for finishing what they start and not only meeting expectations but exceeding them.
