Job Openings – Columbia, Mo.

Executive Advantage recruitment is all about finding the best fit for both client and candidate.  We’re currently accepting resumes for the following hires: Service Manager Fletcher’s Truck Caps is seeking a Service Manager who loves trucks more than life itself. In addition to sales, this person will assist with truck projects.  Our selection must be patient and diplomatic with customers and a team player. If you’re not a self-starter, enthusiastic and full of energy, you won’t like this job! Send resume to Doris Scribner at...

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Top Dog Cxn article

Are you the Top Dog in your organization? Does the buck stop at your door? Do you find yourself wondering if anyone has experienced the same kinds of stresses you have as a Top Dog? Top Dog Connection is the creation of executive advantage and was developed to offer a safe place for top persons to meet and share the joys and frustrations of being Top Dogs. Top Dog Connection is a 12 month program in which the participants meet once a month with the entire group and once a month with another participant for lunch or breakfast.  A special...

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OSHA and Heat Stress

The accompanying information is produced by OSHA to help employers prevent heat related injuries to their workers… We at executive advantage are always looking for ways to support our clients and friends with their Human Resources needs…  Hope you find this information helpful and insightful… http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3154.pdf

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Criminal Conduct Screening

On April 25, 2012, the Equal Employment Commission voted 4 to 1 to approve new guidelines regarding criminal background checks. The new guidelines discourage blanket exclusions of individuals who have been convicted of crimes and encourage the use of individualized assessment. They encourage the employer to assess whether the individual has a criminal background that would be defined as a job-related exclusion based on business necessity. From what I’ve read thus far, the EEOC would probably recommend the issue of convictions be taken...

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FEAR Monster

The FEAR Monster “I can’t!!!”  These two words drive me nutty…   Here’s the honest truth.  On the way to personal business greatness, each one of us will have to fight the FEAR Monster. Yes, the FEAR Monster will follow and taunt even the boldest of persons as they pursue their business dreams.  That will be true for every man or woman who decides to step up to the business plate and take the challenge of starting and running a business.  Although planning is a very important element of running a successful business,...

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Connection Killer Review

Over the past months, we’ve posted on connection killers, or those behaviors and attitudes that discourage and negatively impact management/employee relations. Following is a quick review that it would be worthwhile to print off and share with your top managers. Killer 1 – Self-centeredness. Self-centeredness drives even the best workers away because they feel viewed as just another number rather than a valued person. Humility is a quality that never disappoints the business owner/manager or his/her employees.  To move forward on the...

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