Centurion & Company To Launch Q4 Recruitment Drive

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Centurion & Company To Launch Q4 Recruitment Drive

NEW YORK, NY, October 2013 – New York-based acquisition/ sales outsourcer Centurion & Company are launching a major online recruitment campaign to support expansion plans at their Manhattan Branch.

Centurion & Company are energetic and hungry to succeed; they appreciate hard work and talent and are looking to support individuals with the same work ethic as the company. 

Their search is specific to applicants with a positive attitude driving them. These Q4 opportunities are not just for the run up to Christmas, those who stand out in the upcoming months will be offered a permanent opening through the New Year.

Specialists in face to face Marketing, Centurion & Company are currently working with clients in the charity and non-profit industries.

The company are initially looking to recruit staff to work on current marketing campaigns, as they build to maximize capacity. The company intends to increase in size, with the current phase of development building the foundation for imminent growth.

Jerome Fenton, CEO, said:
"Manhattan is an amazing place in the run-up to Christmas. We need people who can build an instant rapport with customers, those who will be flexible enough to support their colleagues in whatever way is necessary and people with a leadership mind-set. I think anyone who joins our team has to be special because we want our customers and clients to notice the difference."

Due to previous success the company will be hosting interactive open days where pre-screened candidate are invited to come and experience an exemplary afternoon at the company’s headquarters and at the company’s marketing territories.

For additional information, contact a member of the Centurion & Company administration team.

Centurion & Company: Promoting values and long term vision, driving donations that help fund programs to educate children in communities all around the world. 

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Centurion Company Reviews Fight with Violence and Drug Cartels

Centurion Company Reviews - In many impoverished communities, the problem of violence poses as serious if not more serious a threat as poverty. The problems of violence range from petty crimes to organized crime and drug cartels where simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time can mean death by crossfire. In Guadalajara's poor neighborhoods, for example, Mexico's drug cartel stores its safe houses there and often the surrounding areas are racked with violence. Dead bodies and murder victims are a common occurrence in such streets.While many children fear the cartel, it's equally true that some of the older ones admire them and there are even children, ages 12 - 17, working as lookouts or "hawks."

     

To pull such children from the traps of violence and lead them to a better life, Children International offers many positive initiatives through programs such as Youth Health Corps, Into Employment, and Game On! Youth Sports. In particular, the Game On! program encourages children to develop positive life skills such as how to work in a team, set goals, and resolve conflicts through organized sports. 

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Children International's community providing educational services and even job training

Often financial success is not a question of talent or even hard work but a question of opportunity. Warren Buffet acknowledged as much when he said "Stick me in the middle of Bangladesh or Peru and we'll see how much this talent is going to produce in the wrong kind of soil." Without the proper social capital and economic infrastructure in place, in some places, no matter how hard you worked you might still be in poverty. In Guatemala's red zones, for example, where over 50% of the population lives in poverty and gangs dominate the area such that even the police are afraid to enter, youth often have difficulty escaping the crutches of poverty. 

Fortunately, Children International's community center is one of the safe havens for children, providing educational services and even job training. For teenagers born into the red zones like Fernando Reyes who are often stigmatized as gang hoodlums, such job training is monumental. Thanks to such training, Fernando now oversees the distribution and stocking of a hardware store all over the city and can help support his seven brothers and sisters.

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In Mexico, over half of the population lives in poverty and over 7% of children under the age of 5 are malnourished. To combat this Children International has partnered with a local restaurant association and created a campaign to bolster feeding programs there. In participating restaurants, donation cards encouraged restaurant patrons to donate to CI's nutrition program with the purpose of getting more than 1,500 malnourished children back to healthy weights. Such feeding programs not only provide children nutritional supplements but also monitor their progress and offer workshops that teach parents about nutrition.

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Children International's Youth Council

Children International's Youth Council gives sponsored youth the opportunity to choose projects to others and embodies the child sponsorship's philosophy of helping children help themselves and others. Each Youth Council receives an annual grant, known as the Youth Empowerment Fund. The fund gives youth a chance to improve their communities by increasing access to job training and basic necessities like clean water. 

One particularly impressive example can be found in a village in Guatemala, where children had to cross a five kilometer trek to the nearest school. This five kilometer journey was divided into two phases: first, a three kilometer hike along a lonely road surrounded by mountains where there were mudslides and children walking alone would sometimes be stolen; second, a two kilometer walk along the shoulder of a curvy highway where speeding cars could strike at any second. 

To avoid this danger, parents often kept their children out of school until they were 8 or 9, putting them at a huge academic disadvantage. In response, the Guatemala Youth Council spent their Youth Empowerment Fund to build two classrooms closer to the teacher and worked with the Education Ministry to hire teachers. Today, the Viejo Paxixil School serves 135 students from preschool through Grade 6.

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Centurion Company Reviews What Recruiters And CEOs Think About The Value Of An MBA

Centurion Company Reviews - An MBA from a top school can cost almost $100,000—a huge expense. But is it really worth it?Top HR recruiters, CEOs, and startup innovators disagree about the value of MBAs, depending on the situation and person.

Attaching the MBA to your name can affect your hiring chances, your networking abilities, and your innovation skills. While none of the recruiters think to waste your time at a less-than-prestigious graduate program, they do debate whether the top ones deliver on the promise of producing better business leaders.

MBAs are absolutely essential—but you've got to find the right program for you

Christine Ricci believes that an MBA is crucial for success in the business world.

"An MBA or some advanced degree is almost a must-have right now," she said. "It's expected now."

Ricci handles marketing and public relations for B.E. Smith, an interim leadership recruiting firm that focuses mainly on health care industries.

"I'm even seeing senior leaders that are very seasoned go back and get one just because their organization is putting the pressure on to go back and get one," she said.

However, Ricci cautions, not all MBAs are created equally.

"I think it's more important to find the program that's a good fit for you," she said.

If you're fresh out of undergraduate studies, a business school that focuses on seasoned professionals probably is not the best fit, Ricci said.

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Centurion Company Reviews Keys to Inspiring Leadership

Centurion Company Reviews - Forget the stereotypical leadership image of a buttoned-up person in a gray suit hauling around a hefty briefcase. Today, standout leaders come in all shapes and sizes. She could be a blue jeans-clad marketing student, running a major ecommerce company out of her dorm room. He might be the next salt-and-pepper-haired, barefoot Steve Jobs, presenting a groundbreaking new device at a major industry conference.

"Our research indicates that what really matters is that leaders are able to create enthusiasm, empower their people, instill confidence and be inspiring to the people around them," says Peter Handal, chief executive of New York City-based Dale Carnegie Training, a leadership-training company.

That's a tall order. However, as different as leaders are today, there are some things great leaders do every day. Here, Handal shares his five keys for effective leadership:

1. Face challenges.

Great leaders are brave enough to face up to challenging situations and deal with them honestly. Whether it's steering through a business downturn or getting struggling employees back on track, effective leaders meet these challenges openly. Regular communications with your staff, informing them of both good news and how the company is reacting to challenges will go a long way toward making employees feel like you trust them and that they're unlikely to be hit with unpleasant surprises.

"The gossip at the coffee machine is usually 10 times worse than reality," Handal says. "Employees need to see their leaders out there, confronting that reality head-on."

2. Win trust.

Employees are more loyal and enthusiastic when they work in an environment run by people they trust. Building that trust can be done in many ways. The first is to show employees that you care about them, Handal says. Take an interest in your employees beyond the workplace. Don't pry, he advises, but ask about an employee's child's baseball game or college graduation. Let your employees know that you're interested in their success and discuss their career paths with them regularly.

When employees, vendors or others make mistakes, don't reprimand or correct them in anger. Instead, calmly explain the situation and why their behavior or actions weren't correct, as well as what you expect in the future. When people know that you aren't going to berate them and that you have their best interests at heart, they're going to trust you, Handal says.

3. Be authentic.

If you're not a suit, don't try to be one. Employees and others dealing with your company will be able to tell if you're just pretending to be someone you're not, Handal says. That could make them question what else about you might be inauthentic. Have a passion for funky shoes? Wear them. Are you an enthusiastic and hilarious presenter? Get them laughing. Use your strengths and personality traits to develop your personal leadership style, Handal says.

4. Earn respect.

When you conduct yourself in an ethical way and model the traits you want to see in others, you earn the respect of those around you. Leaders who are perceived as not "walking their talk" typically don't get very far, Handal says. This contributes to employees and other stakeholders having pride in the company, which is an essential part of engagement, Handal says. Also, customers are less likely to do business with a company if they don't respect its values or leadership.

5. Stay curious.

"The most successful leaders I know are truly very curious people. They're interested in the things around them and that contributes to their vision," Handal says.Good leaders remain intellectually curious and committed to learning. They're inquisitive and always looking for new ideas, insights and information. Handal says the best leaders understand that innovation and new approaches can come from many places and are always on the lookout for knowledge or people who might inform them and give them an advantage.

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Centurion Company Reviews Why Successful Entrepreneurs Get up Early

Centurion Company Reviews - When running a business, it may seem like there are never enough hours in the day. Tapping into the power of mornings, a time of day when there are less demands, might be the key to increasing your productivity.

For 15 years, Starbucks President Michelle Gaas has set her alarm for 4:30 a.m. to go running. Gretchen Ruben, popular author of The Happiness Project (Harper Perennial, 2011) wakes up at 6 a.m. and works for an hour before her family rises. Time-management expert Laura Vanderkam highlights what makes mornings special and how we can use them more efficiently in her book What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast (Portfolio Trade, 2013). Here are a few benefits to getting out of bed earlier. 

You are less likely to get distracted in the morning. An entrepreneur's day fills up fast. If you wait until the afternoon or evening to do something meaningful for yourself such as exercising or reading, you’re likely to push it off the to-do list altogether. “There are going to be reasons why you can't tackle a personal priority at 4 p.m. -- things have a lot less likelihood of coming up at 6 a.m.," says Vanderkam.

You have more willpower early in the day. Even if you aren't a morning person, you may have more willpower in the early hours than later in the day. "Willpower is like a muscle [that] becomes fatigued with over-use," says Vanderkam. During the course of the day as you're dealing with difficult people, making decisions and battling traffic, you use up your willpower, leaving you feeling depleted toward the end of the day.

Mornings give you the opportunity to set a positive tone for the day. If you've ever slept in past your alarm clock or forgotten your kids' lunches on the counter, you know that starting off the day with a failure can bring down your mood and affect your productivity at work. Vanderkam says waking up earlier allows you to start the day with a victory and set the tone for a happier and more productive day.

If the thought of waking up at sunrise makes you cringe, Vanderkam recommends these four steps to transform even a habitual night owl into a morning person.

1. Keep a time journal. Vanderkam says one of the reasons people say they don't like mornings is that they stay up too late. She recommends keeping a time journal for a week to show where you may be using your time inefficiently. Vanderkam finds when many self-professed night owls look at their time journals, they often find they aren't spending their evening hours productively or doing anything particularly enjoyable.

2. Imagine your perfect morning. Imagine what you would do if you had an extra hour in the day. Would you exercise? Read the newspaper rather than simply skimming the headlines? "[Getting up earlier] isn't about punishing yourself. You will not get out of bed if you don’t have a good reason to do it," says Vanderkam.

3. Plan your morning. Once you have decided what you want to do with your extra time, plan how to execute it, and set as much up as possible the night before. For example, if you want to exercise in the morning, lay out your clothes the night before, or gather the ingredients for your breakfast.

4. Build the habit slowly. Vanderkam says you will likely hit the snooze button and sleep in if you try to switch your habits drastically. So instead of setting your alarm for 5 a.m. when you normally get up at 7: 30 a.m. set the alarm for 10 minutes earlier each day. To make sure you don't lose sleep, go to bed 10 minutes earlier each night. If you have trouble hitting the sack on time, set a bedtime alarm.

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