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The Benefits of Hiring Veterans

by admin | Nov 11, 2016 | All Star Labor & Staffing

This Veterans Day marks a significant milestone for service men and women. Since 9/11, the American people have shown incredible support for our troops, but those returning from service have faced many challenges with workforce reentry, particularly in finding...

It’s An Employee Market, Turn to a Staffing Agency for Help

by admin | Nov 7, 2016 | All Star Labor & Staffing

Primarily, the benefit of working with a staffing agency is saving time and money! First, consider the time. In today’s economic situation, the applicant to position ratio is lower than normal. As the job market begins to recover, applicants have more options to...

Top Ten Ways You Know You Have A Great Temp

by admin | Oct 31, 2016 | All Star Labor & Staffing

10. They work two shifts in a day, one at Nike and the other at the Vancouver Marriot and their only transportation is a bicycle. 9. They drop what they are doing and go for last minute jobs. 8. They turn timesheets in early! On-time is great, but early? So great! 7....

Oregon’s Recidivism Rate and How You Can Help

by admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized

This week I went to visit Mercy Corps Northwest, part of the U.S. economic development office of Mercy Corps, the Portland-based international relief and development agency. Mercy Corps Northwest is the assumed business name for the 501(C)3 non-profit, Mercy...

Meet our Partner: American Admin, Inc.

by admin | Oct 14, 2016 | All Star Labor & Staffing

You may not know this but we are not just a staffing company, actually the staffing company grew out of our first business American Admin, Inc. American Admin is a PEO company. Not many people have any idea what that means so let me break it down. (PEO) stands for...

10 Traits of Successful Employees You Can Learn From

by admin | Oct 7, 2016 | Uncategorized

If you are worried you might be un-employable, or you don’t have the skills or enough education - think again. Stop doubting yourself, you can be the person that staffing companies LOVE to put to work. If you have the following 10 qualities, then your future is...

Top 5 Reasons to Hire a Staffing Agency

by admin | Sep 30, 2016 | All Star Labor & Staffing

Using a staffing agency has many benefits for a business. Most businesses can use an extra set of hands to handle a big project or a new surge in business. But most are reluctant to hire full-time staff. A staffing agency can provide temporary employees to help with a...

Celebrate National Staffing Employee Week

by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | All Star Labor & Staffing

On any given day, All Star Labor & Staffing has more than 700 talented workers deployed to jobs all over Oregon. We know how hard they work and how nerve-wracking it is to be sent out to new jobs where your needed or to start...

All Star Gets a Gold Star

by admin | Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized

I’ll tell you why, if you have not talked to one of our staffing managers or owner Ramona Mathany then you probably don’t know that we aren’t just a staffing agency, we are a staffing agency with a mission. It’s a mission that started at the conception of the company,...

Can I get you a Latte?

by admin | Sep 9, 2016 | All Star Labor & Staffing

I know, it’s a strange question to start a blog but it’s the best question to start your day here at All Star Labor & Staffing. Let me explain, the Latte is a symbol for us here at All Star. It is a symbol of respect to everyone who walks through our door, it is a...