Last year Sacramento Works’ One-Stop Career Centers received more than 50,000 visits from job seekers looking for career search assistance. The training support many of them found most important is as fundamental as learning that timeliness is essential.

While many employers seek highly trained employees with specific skills, for many businesses, finding job seekers with well honed “soft skills” can be just as great a challenge.

Being that it is National Secretaries Day, it seems fitting to draw some attention to a vanishing position, or one whose image is drastically changing.

My mother was an excellent legal secretary. She came in every morning and made coffee, tidied up the office, and was ready any time her boss called her in to take a letter—in shorthand, of course. She handled all of his appointments, typed all of his correspondence, and generally assisted him in any way she could.

She did all of this in a very professional manner, right down to her business suit wardrobe.

Some of us like the idea of keeping a local handyman or small company busy and dealing with someone who lives and works in our local area
all the time. Others of us like to deal with a big company that is nationwide or the region's big company that has been around forever. In
this month's article we will discuss the cons of using either company.

Let’s start with the “Giant Corporation”. As with most things, there are trade offs. We have to realize that perception is your reality - just not the only reality.

The cons of dealing with a big company are:
1. Not Personalized Care

Walking is still the most popular form of exercise around. It doesn't require much formal training, there is not expensive equipment to purchase, you can easily take it on vacation with you, and you don't have to sign a lengthy contract. You can drive down the street just about any time of day or night and see people walking for fitness.