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How to transition from Smart Staffer to Permanent Employee
Written by Smart Girl Makita Bonner, posted by Smart Chick Megan The first step is to understand you must have strong communication with your contracting agency, after all, they are the ones signing your paycheck and managing the relationship with your new employer to...
Jaws Meets Sharktales- Navigating Through Generational Waters
Generation gaps are as old as history. Nevertheless, businesses seem to be more worried than before about managing three age groups with such differing attitudes. A recent survey by Ernst & Young, which asked American professionals from each age group their opinions...
How To Be A Great Smart Staffer
By Smart Girl Makita Bonner-Staffing Coordinator & Director of First Impressions! Being a great Smart Staffer is all in the preparation of understanding the expectations of your daily job duties. Whether you are in the Leasing or the Maintenance field here are a few...
Safety In The Workplace- Did You Know?
Thousands of workers are injured on the job every year. Some of these injuries are serious and life threatening, while others are not as grave and require little attention. From developing carpal tunnel because of too much time typing to injuring a hand while working...
Succession planning, keeping the dream alive.
This article was originally featured in The Driving Force for the Detroit Metropolitan Apartment Association- November 2017 If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Succession planning is strategy with a purpose. Different from some strategies that have a beginning...
The Secret To Success Is Attendance
This article was originally published in the Driving Force with the Detroit Metropolitan Apartment Association- July 2017 The Secret To Success Is Attendance- “ 80% of success is showing up.”- Woody Allen There are a lot of quotes that embody what it takes to be...
Atta Boy Smart Guy Cal!
We here at the newly opened OH! Smart Apartment Solutions and IN! Smart Apartment Solutions are so excited to be here in your markets with hands-on, result oriented, tested and true smart apartment solutions. A little bit about us and our journey, this story takes us...
What it means to be a parent
Is there an imaginary cut-off period when Offspring become accountable For their own actions? Is there some wonderful moment when Parents can become detached spectators in The lives of their children and shrug, 'It's Their life,' and feel nothing? When I was in my...
College…only for the “elite”?
Is the American Dream of affordable education becoming out of reach for most families? Case in point: Three years after Angie Rider earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at Michigan State University, she has a teaching job that she loves — but also a student loan...
Curb Appeal…you never get a second chance to make a first impression
So important to our communities and most of us really do get it. Curb appeal reels people in and excellent maintenance keeps people happy. Check out this simple, yet timely article....
