The ability to set yourself apart has become the biggest key to success when comparing yourself to the competition in the workplace. Setting yourself apart can be done in so many ways that it is now very hard to accomplish. The ways in which we express ourselves, think about ourselves, and act towards others, individualizes …
“It’s all about who you know.” This saying is one I am sure you have heard at least once, and one that I am certain has been relevant to you at some point in your life! Whether it be your first job helping an Uncle’s friend’s, or you are becoming part of a business with …
Is it really the kid’s fault? Being a young adult myself at the age of 21, I can remember one instance at a youth football practice several years ago in which I first heard that question being asked. As we were doing our practice warm-up drills, our teammate and his mother, were running late, frantically …
Welcome to The Score! Over the course of the next 10 weeks, MatchPoint Consulting Group will be publishing a blog series with interesting topics and valuable information geared toward all types of organizations and work environments that can be translated into any industry. Every Tuesday we will be posting to our blog, The Score, …
Ouch! “Your attitude sucks!” is not an endearing statement and definitely not something that you want to hear directed at you from your manager. Let me preface this blog by saying you will not learn anything earth shattering from it; but I hope that everyone who reads this can use it as a reminder …
When we talk business, the word “Green” can mean many things: profit, reference to money, the process of moving forward, etc.… but at MatchPoint Consulting, we are taking that one step further and making our goal of “Green” relative to the environment and the impact we can have in our work environment. I recently …
Top 4 Things I Learned From Our Summer Intern Doesn’t it seem that we learn the most in situations when we least expect it and often times from the people we least expect to learn it from? That is definitely what happened to me over the course of the last three months while mentoring our …
I still remember bringing home my Kindergarten report card with a note written to my parents saying that they had “quite the social butterfly” on their hands. If I had only known at age 5 that my social skills and passion to be around people would have such an impact on my career path, I …
On St. Patrick’s Day 2009, MatchPoint Consulting Group was born. It came out of both necessity and the desire to fully integrate top notch customer service into the staffing world. By learning over the years from the cumulative experience from my employers and fellow employees (Current & Past, Staffing & Club Industry) I felt that …