Our two new offices in Mentor and Strongsville are just about ready to go. Nick Rini will be our Branch Manager in Strongsville and Cheri Breen will guide our Mentor facility. These expansion offices are the first of FIVE new offices to be opened in 2012. ...

The demand for qualified Industrial, Manufacturing, Technical and Office Personnel is strong in North East Ohio. To exceed the expectations of clients and our highly-qualified job-seekers, Champion Personnel is opening new offices in Mentor and Strongsville, Ohio and in the third quarter of 2012, Champion will ...

Reprint from The News Herald: By Max Reinhart MReinhart@News-Herald.com @mreinhartnh Click to enlarge With Ohio's unemployment numbers still high, more often than not, employers with job openings have their pick of numerous qualified candidates. But according to a state study, some of an increasing number of job candidates take themselves out ...

We are excited about our partnership with the Cleveland Manufacturing Mart, host to the 2012 "International Manufacturing Conference and Expo: Putting A Face On Manufacturing". This is a two-day conference and Expo (Exhibits, exchanges of information, Buying and Sourcing opportunities) held February 14th and 15th ...

Onboarding is defined as a system that “decreases the time to productivity and increases the level of Engagement” for new participants to the organization’s success”. This includes new hires, vendors, contractors, board and the community. Tangentially, Onboarding, when merged with your marketing and sales initiatives, ...

Champion Personnel System, Inc. is embarking on an aggressive growth path. A component of that path is creating a new “Recruiter In Training” function that will support all Champion’s offices, from our corporate headquarters in Garfield Heights. This function will work directly with new candidates, our ...

Until 12.15 or other posted date, Our North Olmsted office can be reached at: Phone: 440-617-6391 Fax: 440-617-6397 Email is working just fine. We sincerely apologize for ANY inconvenience this has caused. We won't play the victim game or blame game. The buck stops with us. RAS, President  

Champion’s Purpose:  To Enhance Our Client's Profitability Through Increased Workforce Productivity  Champion’s Culture is a product of “Values In Action”. Our values are sacred to our ability to perform above all others in our profession and to be recognized as a valued advisor to our clients and ...

These positions are open NOW, due to tremendous expansion of our exclusive client located NE suburb of Cleveland. All are direct hire, not temp, all are with a superior organization that is truly a Great Workplace: National Account Executive (Account Manager) This is a vital and critical ...

Nick Rini proudly carries over 10 solid years of professional recruiting experience. Nick is one of the few Honest and straight-forward recruiters to have graduated from the depths of an "area" temporary firm and went on to flourish in the professional environment of Champion Personnel. Nick ...

First, Champion does NOT represent Aclara or Libra. We have chosen to work with organizations who collaborate with Expert Vendors and appreciate their Workforce. Meet Sarah Sakal: Sarah has successfully placed over 400 experienced and eager Electronic Technicians, Assembly experts and Technology Machine Operators. Should you wish ...

Are You a Machinist? Meet Paul Beckrest: Paul is an expert in Manufacturing Technology and has over 10 years successful recruiting experience in NE Ohio. What makes Paul special? He has been chosen by over 40 Champion clients as their exclusive recruiting agent, specifically for Machining, Fabrication, ...

Read this, change your job prospects: 20, 30, 100 Interviews and no job offer? Without knowing you, we can identify several simple solutions: Evaluate your resume as if you were the person with whom you will be interviewing. Chances are it repels, not attracts. It is poorly done, ...

Most people applying for a position are very poorly prepared for “selling themselves”, or knowing what to expect when they get there. An interview should be viewed like a Hollywood ‘screen test’: in a very short ‘audition’ you and the company have to decide whether ...

Some say “only if you are or are about to be unemployed.” Times they are a changin’…remember bell bottoms? Well, the traditional “job security” thing is not gone completely…but it sure is fading fast! Even Unions can’t ‘guarantee’ job security like in the past. Companies ...

This may sound like it is coming from one of your parents, and the following advice actually comes from a parent…with over 30 years in Staffing and Corporate life; First, show up to work early, stay late when you can, and look for work to ...

(as if raising a family isn’t work enough). First, give yourself a lot of credit. If you stayed home to raise the fam’…you’ve probably worked harder than most people do on their jobs! But you haven’t used your skills in years? You can’t remember where all ...

This will take just a little effort, planning and extra time on your part…but it works. There may be quite a few great companies near where you live, and you don’t know it. On a weekend, drive around in areas near your home, possibly industrial ...

What is a “Career Coach”? Some are called “Mentors”. The purpose of a career coach is to guide and assist you in your career development. This person could be a relative. But most relatives are ‘too close’ to be objective, and typically not schooled in ...

Hey, nothing negative is implied here by having a separate section for this job category. It’s simply that the process of applying for and getting hired on any Technical, Labor, White Collar Labor, General Labor job is in fact different than say…if you were applying ...

Every person connected to the Human Resource Profession has a different “preferred format” for resumes. If you go to a decent bookstore, you can find 30 to 40 different books that will help you write your resume countless different ways. There is some advantage in ...

Here are some questions you may be asked by company and staffing firm hiring authorities. Every authority has his or her own favorite interview questions that they feel will give them insight into the interviewee. We’ve compiled a list of 15 that you may want ...

Losing a job, getting fired, not being able to find another job is a sure way to financial and personal ruin. Once you start losing jobs or walking off jobs, it becomes a habit that is hard to break. If you have not had someone tell ...

Well, that happens. Now what? Sue? Contact the government? An attorney? Unless the termination was ‘way’ off-base, don’t bother. If you truly feel that the termination (not a layoff) was totally unfair, go ahead and contact someone. Most of the time the termination was probably ...

Fill out your basic credentials at our online application, or submit a resume to ras@championjobs.com  A Professional Recruiter will contact you to schedule an interview with the closest Champion office to your home. Or feel free to call any of our offices to speak ...

This probably is NOT the answer you expect: Most people we have polled expect a quick answer with some sort of sharp-angle on how to get more bucks out of the place you work for by simply asking for it, or by demanding it “or ...

From the Book: The Great Workplace 2.0. Robert Schepens, Author. How to become a Remarkable Workplace. The Great Workplace (2.0) (TM): It is all about our trademarked phrase: Connect, Engage, Collaborate. Understanding what the next generation of NEW Great Workplaces have as core characteristics can propel your ...

Over 30 years as a recruiter and employment agency owner has taught me a few things the average person needs to avoid in looking for a job. These issues are founded in simple advice, not the crap doled out by frustrated and unemployed 27 year ...

Blue Collar Workplace has partnered with Champion Personnel to bring Hiring Fairs to Lorain, Geauga, Ashtabula and Lake Counties for BLUE COLLAR JOBS!! Our clients are looking to hire up to 100 qualified people for the following openings: Electronics Assembly, Electronics Technicians, Mechanical Assembly, Through Hole ...

Mark your calendar now for TWO Champion Job Fairs. Our focus is EAST and WEST!  We'll come to you! JOB FAIR EAST (for Ashtabula,Lake and Geauga Counties)  : Tuesday, NOVEMBER 2, 2010  from 11am to 4pm BAYMONT INN & SUITES 7581 Auburn Rd Concord, OH 44077 HIRING IMMEDIATELY FOR ...

In honor of Halloween, this month’s Career Collectivetopic is scary resume and career mistakes. Here are the top ten mistakes I see job seekers make. Inflate their qualifications or lie on their resume.While a resume is not a legal document, it should be an accurate representation of your ...

Once, two frogs were hopping through the forest when they accidently hopped into a big churn of cream.  The sides of the churn were so slick and slippery that there was no place to hold on to, so the frogs had to swim in circles ...

I am the manager of a large, vibrant Staffing Service ("Employment Agency"). We have a lot of jobs and therefore a lot of “applications” for those positions we advertise. We use at least 5 major Internet sources seeking qualified candidates. This means ...

I have so many children you could call me Mother Hubbard. But the up side of this is that I get to listen to so very many work stories I could keep a blog alive for years and years and years. But every now and ...

HOW TO REPLY TO A NEWSPAPER AD Sometimes you will respond via email or snail mail.  Either way you will include a cover letter and your actual resume.   If it’s email: then you will have two separate attachments. EMAIL COURTESY.   NEVER, EVER attach your files with a ...

It's been a bit since we've chatted.  Just wondering how you're doing on your job search? I can only imagine. When you have one of those days when you can actually hear yourself groaning (not from body aches) but just because as you get out of ...

I’m connected to Michael on Face Book. He posted this on FB at about 9:45 this morning: “A sense of purpose is not something that we find; it is something that we are. Truth is not something that we look ...

I do a lot of blog readings for this web site.  Mostly, I’m looking for helpful tips to share here in The Great Workplace for those of you who are looking for a career opportunity.  And today I read this article entitled Objective of a Resume and ...

So how is your job search going? Have you registered with reputable staffing companies?  Did you take a personal evaluation of each interview so you can be better prepared for the next?  Fine tuned your answers? Let me know how things are going. Share your ...

Reprinted from + Cleveland 8.4.10 Posted byChris Thompson - 08.03.2010 I cannot help but wonder when was the last time this happened: From February to June of this year, the Cleveland metro led the nation's 40 largest MSAs in manufacturing job growth. The Cleveland MSA ...

You've been hard at work this week scheduling appointments.  Good work. Take a break this afternoon and go shopping.  What for you ask? Well do you want to stand out from the crowed applicant pool when there are over two hundred applicants who need to be ...

They’ve extended the unemployment benefits. PHEW! You’ve got the extension. But this may very well be the last so let’s get cracking.  It’s time. We just have to buckle down and make it happen.  And believe. It will happen. You’ve tried it all I’m sure by now ...

Champion Personnel System, Inc has been contracted and retained by a MAJOR Northeast Ohio corporation, to locate a professional Product Compliance Specialist (Subject Matter Expert) for their corporate headquarters located in Amherst Ohio. The person we are seeking will be highly competent in regulations such as ...

Many people in the industrial sector haven't a clue how to dress for a job interview.  And when one does....it totally excites the Staffing Expert and puts the candidate to the top of the list when all else is equal. But what works in making a ...

So, your benefits are running out. You’re feeling the pressure. But you’ve been trying hard to find a job with no luck. When you’re running in panic mode everything shuts down. Aside for the incredible sense of fear seeping through every muscle, you may feel ...

“We stand to learn more from our explorations into the future we desire, than from the past that continues only in ways that we choose to let it continue. Imagination is in fact a larger learning space than past experience. The only way to romanticize ...

“The Great Workplace 2.0” is an ongoing research and discovery project that has encompassed over 500 interviews of CEO’s, Corporate Managers, Innovators, Business and Social Entrepreneurs, the compilation of over 150 recently published books on business management for the new economy and over 100 “Whitepapers” ...

Over the next several weeks, The Great Workplace.com will introduce North East Ohio to a new set of standards for organizations striving to become noted as a Great Place To Work, or as we call it, The Great Workplace ...

Here is how to make sure you kill any interview, Blue Collar, No Collar, White Collar: 1)     Dress like you don’t care, or are going fishing/hunting. Make sure the baseball cap you wear is dirty, or has “Bud Light” on it (Patch or smell), or ...

Current, previous and desired. What are/were you making, and (of course) What Do You Want? It comes up in an online application (leave it blank), a phone screen, first interview and on the part of the pre-screener (recruiter) in their first conversation with you, and after ...

I want to thank  Taleo Corporation for providing the content to this article in White Paper format. Summary Report Social Network Recruiting: Managing Compliance Issues (you can email me at ras@thegreatworkplace.com and I will send the PDF in all its colorful glory!) In just a few short years, online ...

Robert Schepens, CPC Robert Schepens, President Champion Personnel System, Inc (O) 216.823.5900. (M) 216.280.9768 ras@championjobs.com. ras@thegreatworkplace.com Human Resource Manager: Location: Norton Ohio area. Accessible from any southern suburb of Cleveland, Akron area, Medina area, Cuyahoga Falls area. International manufacturing company, ready to engage in strong, focused growth. My client has built a wonderful ...

There aren’t any magic bullets or magic medicine elixirs that will get you the ultimate job, nor change a bad career to good. You can’t get a “do-over” by watching a David Blaine or Chriss Angell video. You won’t even get great advice from a ...

As an experienced HR Professional, Recruiter, Entrepreneur (the BIGGEST maker of mistakes) and Advisor to corporations large and small, I have seen that these bits of advice can save you huge headaches in this critical process. Most of us get “rusty” not interviewing, or not meeting ...

Before You Hire As an experienced HR Professional, Recruiter, Entrepreneur (the BIGGEST maker of mistakes) and Advisor to corporations large and small, I have seen that these bits of advice can save you huge headaches in this critical process: 1)     Understand the actual goals of ANY position ...

Yep, been there, done that and felt worthless and scared. It feels like someone has a hold of your heart and is making it beat 25% faster, all the time. More often than not you have been in control until that time, able to see ...

NO CELL PHONES FOR INTERVIEWS!! If you want to make sure you conduct a poor phone interview with a recruiter or hiring authority, use your cell phone. Yes, I’m an old guy. I was around when phones were the “finger in the dial” kind. It made texting ...

Bob, this is a wonderful compilation. Many job seekers from industries which used to be considered ‘traditional’, are looking for their exact, same, previous job to be offered up at another company. They don’t understand that this economic situation has brought on ...

Research results from 2,000+ Hiring Clients: Attitude that “Work” is not important, “Paycheck” is. Poor Dress/ Grooming. Looks like don’t care. Mistakes on RESUME (Spelling, Grammar). GAPS in work history that are unexplained or unaccounted for. Sloppy Application. No Goals. Not Focused on the interview. Seem to be somewhere else. Doesn’t ask good ...

Lakota Instructions for Living Friend do it this way - that is, whatever you do in life, do the very best you can with both your heart and mind. And if you do it that way, the Power Of The Universe will come to your assistance, if your heart and mind are in ...

There is an enormous buzz going around “employment land” these days about Drug Tests, how to pass them, how to squeeze by them, how to skunk them, how to make sure employees are drug free and how to assure a safer working environment…for everyone involved. One ...