We Found Jobs
for Your Parents
We can probably find a job for you.
We will help you define a direction in your career, prepare you for interviews, prepare you to get the job, prepare you for success and follow you on your path.
We specialize in most industries, all sizes of companies and every location within the 17 counties surrounding our offices. We even have an office in Middlefield Ohio, Geauga County.
We’re both a search firm and a flexible staffing service and have experts in both areas.
We place people in white-collar, blue-collar and new-blue-collar every day. We have assignments for executives, administrative and technical people.
We have been in business 48 years and our success speaks for itself: Over 60,000 direct-hire and interim to direct-hire positions have been filled, and over 2.5 million interim and interim to direct-assignments have been filled with more than 7,000 companies in our area.Intentionally
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We find positions for highly skilled machinists and new-blue-collar positions for the new generation of “design it and make it” technicians. We’re a pioneer in having our clients hire skilled people on a direct hire basis. If you are in the electronics field, we have a list of clients who only hire through us. Some you will never hear about until you talk to us.
All our positions are shared by our entire staff, in all offices. We collaborate internally. Most other large staffing firms have each office compete with each other, especially the large international staffing firms. Many have company-owned offices and franchises in the same area. They do not think of each other as one family. With Champion you will be known to our entire staff, and if a position becomes available for you, the recruiter you have met with will contact you.
In our industrial division we have clients who will take a second chance with sincere and willing people who need one. But, if you cannot pass a drug test, you cannot work with Champion.
We work only with safe environments and people who understand how critical working safely is to them and others. Our clients understand and expect this.
We don’t work in fast food, retail, medical (Nursing) or with “day labor.” We are not a “hiring hall” and don’t bus people to day labor jobs.
Networking
Skills
It’s all the rage. But don’t expect instant results. Don’t ask for a job, don’t carry your resume, and don’t steer conversations to “who do you know?” Don’t say “I’m looking for a job.” Plan to say “I’m an expert in X,” or, “I solve X problems” when someone asks what you do. Approach networking events as though they are not needed for your future and with the intent that you are more interested in other people than yourself. Inquire about those people, ask what makes them special or valued. What do they do when not working. The indirect approach will find friends, and not have people walking away from you. Carry a card with your name, email and cell. Let your title be: “Expert in X” and leave it at that.
The Interview
Isn’t About You
Yes, it may seem so. Interviewers ask all sorts of questions about you, your experience, your goals, your vision and your skills. What they are really trying to decide is simple: Can you hit their goals, not yours. It is all about them, not you. If you think that way and prepare for interviews with the organization’s good in mind, then you will approach the meeting with a different, more focused attitude. Their second concern is if you will fit in; “does this person have the same values that we think, as an organization, are relevant?” See “The 12 Attributes of a Great
Workplace.”
The Morning After
Your Job Interview
Or immediately after the interview. This helps if you have not been counted completely out yet. It can be a tipping Point if the process is competitive. Collect cards, names and titles at the interview. Handwrite neutral thank you notes to each person (take a notebook in your car to write on). The content should thank the person for their time and insight and a simple statement that you look forward to helping their company advance their goals by you making a contribution. Take them back in to the receptionist. Or, mail them that day. Send email if you don’t have a neutral thank you card. If ya’ got the bucks, have some made up, or print them on your computer.
Tips on Using a
Staffing Service
When you arrive, take a look around. Do they look professional, or like they’re hanging around a bar? Is it one big room with a bunch of chairs setup for a “cattle call”? If so, you have walked into a “day labor” camp and they don’t care about you, they care about filling a bus full of bodies and sending them to some unknown workplace to do yucky things for a day. Run. Good staffing consultants work and get paid by the client, but have your best interests in mind. The “temp” firm is the employer. Dress well, be early, sell yourself, ask questions, ask about positions you can fill, answer their questions, fill out the application, make a friend. If they feel you are not being honest or taken seriously, you’ll get ignored. Don’t lie about salary, references, dates or employment gaps, they will find out. Don’t call every day, ask what is okay. Ask for an honest evaluation of your prospects, and what you might do to make yourself more attractive in the market.
Developing a Successful
Career Plan
Research career fields. Read about them. Throw out the ones that do not interest you, at all. Find a good “World View” person / business person who will spend some time with you discussing what they know (avoid relatives). Think the advice over. Do the research again. Let the results sink in. Self-evaluate you, versus the demands of the fields you have chosen. Research again, self-evaluate again. Then ask trusted advisors, career counselors and the internet “How do I prepare myself for this?” Find one that fits who you will be in the future, not just what you are today.
Top Reasons
People Don’t Get Hired
Poor appearance. Grooming. Poor diction or grammar. Inability to express oneself clearly. No real purpose or career goals. Lack of confidence, enthusiasm. Too many excuses, or hides past mistakes. Poor grades in school. Lack of general courtesy, poor manners. Lack of evidenced maturity. Incomplete or sloppy application, mistakes on resume. Few extracurricular activities or outside interests. Not curious about job and company, doesn’t ask thoughtful questions. Asks about salary, benefits before shows interest in job. No sense of humor. Cynical attitude. Short, ill-prepared responses to questions.
