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What stresses you the most these days?

Sybil — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:55:08 +0000

Time for a blog! With each daily newspaper, TV news broadcast or email subscription, I discover a new stress in my life.

Here are my own personal stress makers in no particular order:

Unemployment (that’s a big one for an executive search/staffing firm), higher taxes, budget cuts, North/South Korea standoffs, Israel and the Mid-East crisis, the Afghanistan war being the longest in our history, nuclear arms for Iran, the SUNS losing to LA, politicians and their daily antics, athletes/celebrities/CEO’s making more money than anyone should be entitled, housing declines/short sales/foreclosures, the oil spill, Jack Bauer having to leave the country again, gas prices, boycotts, innocent children drowning in backyard pools and/or being killed by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

To these stress makers, I ask: “What can I do about it? How do I stop the stress when I have no control over your issues or your actions?”

I find it more and more difficult to focus on the positive, good and lasting values I have always followed and admired. Am I admitting that I am tired of it all? Yes, I am. Am I the only one looking for some good news and solutions? Am I the only one trying to figure out where we all went wrong?

So, I am ready to listen to your suggestions. Maybe if f you add your own stress maker to my list along with your BEST ‘stress buster’ solution, that may be helpful to me … and the rest of the world trying to figure out where we all went wrong.

On a positive note (my glass is always half full), please check out our nationwide job listings at www.spectra-az.com/candidates.html and nominate yourself for those that match your background/skills. We have also launched a new free career portal with great resources for our job seeker friends at www.spectracareer.com.

Wishing you great success…

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Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:01:05 +0000

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Great News

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:01:28 +0000

Here’s great news…the U.S. work force is over 92% employment as of February 2009! Great Job!! The glass is 92% full instead of 8% empty.

We could all do ourselves a favor by steering clear of the negative daily news and news reporting and by staying focused on doing a great job at work every day, being creative and coming up with new ideas that can save our employers money or help with sales, doing the job – being a virtual employee – and being on the lookout for virtually anything that needs to be done – and doing it!

Here at our staffing firm, we work everyday trying to fill thousands of job openings across the country. That’s what we do. So, stop believing in the negative news and start believing in yourself and your ability to match your skills and experience against thousands of job openings across the country. If you don’t believe us, just check out our FREE NATIONWIDE JOB SEARCH database. GOT JOB? We do.

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