Posts Categorized: SCR News

5 Advantages of Employee Development

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Most organizations invest a great deal of time and resources into their training programs, giving employees the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for their roles. H owever, many companies focus heavily on training without realizing the advantages of employee development. Understanding the role of development in conjunction with training will greatly increase the chances of… Read more »

5 Tips on Improving Staff Performance with Better Management

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Employers often ask a lot of their staff. They expect them to show up to work with smiles on their faces and settle in to enjoy a day of solid, hard work. But many employees are often disengaged with their jobs and, as a result, become less productive. Few employers realize that they can take… Read more »

Seven Steps to Recruiting the Best Candidate

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The job market is a frantic arena. It’s simply not enough for employers to sit back and let prospective candidates do all the running. Engaging the best candidate for your vacancy is a two-way street and you need to invest the time to get it right. Follow these seven steps to optimize your chance of… Read more »

5 Reasons Not to Trust Your Gut When Hiring

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Have you ever made the mistake of hiring someone who made a great impression during an interview but later turned out to be a lousy employee? If so, you’re not alone. According to OPP, a business psychology consulting firm, 39 percent of company leaders say they relied on gut instinct when hiring. Not surprisingly, the… Read more »

Visit SCR (#3743) at Distributech and Enter to Win a Car!

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Strategic Contract Resources, LLC (SCR) is excited to once again be exhibiting at DistribuTECH Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, CA as the ONLY recruiting firm with a sole focus of providing Project Personnel and Direct-Hire Recruiting Services to the Energy Sector. DistribuTECH, taking place February 3, 2015 through February 5, 2015, is the leading exhibition… Read more »

This One Uberskill Will Always Keep You Employed

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As we head into the new year, SCR is committed to helping our clients find the best talent in the energy sector and helping the candidates we work with be as successful as possible in their careers. Keeping these goals in mind we are closing out our 2014 blog posts by sharing a Yahoo Finance… Read more »

Preparation Tips for a Successful Telephone Interview

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Businesses use telephone interviews for a variety of purposes. Some firms use telephone interviews to screen qualified candidates and sort out the ones they want to look at further. Some companies use telephone interviews to cut costs. Others see the telephone interview as a crucial test and an integral part of the hiring process. No… Read more »

SCR to Exhibit at POWER-GEN International December 9th in Orlando

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Strategic Contract Resources, LLC (SCR) will exhibit at POWER-GEN International 2014 to be held in Orlando, Florida from December 9th – December 11th. For more than a decade SCR has continuously been a reliable and well respected source of project personnel for defined-term assignments and direct-hire recruiting services to the power industry. This year has… Read more »

Are Negative Thoughts Controlling You?

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Are Negative Thoughts Controlling You? Negative thinking is a destructive habit that limits you as a person and inhibits your potential. For most people it’s not if you have negative thoughts, but how many, and how often. But all is not lost. You can learn to retrain yourself to think positively, and thus find contentment,… Read more »

The 4 Habits You Need to Be Successful

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Matt Mayberry shared a great article on entrepreneur.com last week about the 4 habits you need to be successful. Check out the article and try applying to your career to see if small changes to daily habits can make a difference! The 4 Habits You Need to Be Successful   The most successful people in… Read more »