EncadriaEdge Newsletter | Volume 5 Issue 1 | Winter 2007  

Welcome to the EncadriaEdgeSM!

We'd like to kick off this issue with a big THANK YOU! As you may have heard, Encadria was named one of the Top 25 Employment Agencies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. It's quite an honor, and we could not have done it without you!

In this month's EncadriaEdge you'll find 3 articles with great ideas to help you to advance your career:

  • Be a Most Valuable Employee
  • 12 Reasons to Develop Exceptional People Skills
  • Top Ten Tips to Successful Networking

Also, please see below for Employees of the Month for the past 3 months, new lower rates for "Benefits in a Card," as well as Market News.

We hope you enjoy this issue of the EncadriaEdge!

Be a Most Valuable Employee

Want to get ahead faster? This article will show you what you can do to increase your value on the job.

Click here for the full story.


The Hallmark Company produced its first Valentine in 1913. Hallmark offers 1,330 different Valentine's Day greeting cards. In 2000, Americans spent more than $3.6 billion on Valentine's Day. Yearly, more than 900 million cards will be exchanged. Valentine's Day is second only to Christmas for the number of cards sent.

12 Reasons to Develop Exceptional People Skills

Are you a natural "people person?" Experts say that strong people skills are essential to success. But how do you develop these skills—even if you're not a natural "people person?"

Click here to find out.

"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work,
the more I have of it. "
— Thomas Jefferson

Top Ten Tips to Successful Networking

Looking to improve your networking skills?

Click here to discover 10 tips to successful networking.


About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.
Courtesy of: http://www.agirlsworld.com/amy/pajama/valentines/storytime.html

Benefits in a Card - Open Enrollment until March 2nd

  Current Rates New Rates Along with the decreased rates, we will also offer employees additional benefit options this year. The new options are Critical Illness and Accident Coverage.

Remember, BIC open enrollment for 2007 runs until 3/2/07, so enroll today!
Employee $19.99 $18.66
Employee + One $43.02 $40.05
Employee + Family $58.07 $54.06


A Frenchman, Charles, Duke of Orleans is credited with writing the first Valentine. He was captured by the English during the battle of Agincourt in 1415. On Valentine's Day he sent his wife a rhyming love letter from the tower of London, where he was imprisoned.
Courtesy of: http://sunniebunniezz.com/holiday/valenday.htm
 

Employees of the Month

Congratulations to our Employees of the Month for November, December, and January!

November 2006
Atlanta – Ejersa Tumsa
Green Bay – Jesus Diaz
Jacksonville – Nicole Williams
Memphis – James Dorsey
Muskogee – David Green

December 2006
Atlanta – Amber Low
Green Bay – Scott DeMoulin
Jacksonville – Stephanie Bennett
Memphis - Michael Askew
Muskogee – Nathan Clark

January 2007
Atlanta – Wendy Foss
Green Bay – Petrine DeKeyser
Jacksonville – Amy Marsh
Memphis – Dasha Frazier
Muskogee – Joey Glass

Every month, each of the markets of Encadria Staffing Solutions selects an employee to be recognized for striving to be the best. Based on client feedback, recipients are chosen for exemplary performance in their respective areas.

To see pictures of our honorees, click here.

W-2's

Tax season is upon us and W-2's were mailed on January 20th, please contact your office if you have not received yours yet.

  
 

Under New Management

Encadria Staffing Solutions has always embraced the reality that everything changes.

In order to stay at the forefront, at the top of the curve, companies must anticipate and embrace change. Improve. Refine.

That's exactly what we've done!

Encadria Staffing Solutions is under new management!

After nearly 20 years with Encadria, Nancy Wright-Whatley moved on to explore other opportunities, but left the business in very capable hands.

Eddie Ray and Sue Strong-Gossage are now co-managing
Encadria Staffing Solutions LLC.

Eddie has been a member of the Encadria team for the past 10 years, managing multiple markets for the business. Sue has been with Encadria for nearly 6 years and has managed markets across the country as well.

To learn more about Encadria Staffing Solutions and our top-notch team,
visit www.encadria.com.

As we look back on the successes of the past twenty years, and forward to the possibilities of the new year, we’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our valued customers and employees.

 
 

Market News

Encadria Staffing Solutions has some exciting news to share. Just click one of the links below to see what's new in your market:

  
• Muskogee
• Green Bay
• Atlanta
• Jacksonville
• Memphis
Encadria Edge is published quarterly at the Atlanta, Georgia headquarters of Encadria Staffing Solutions. We welcome you to email any comments, questions, or suggestions to encadrianewsletter@gapac.com.

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