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I recently attempted to apply to the following posted job on Monster for a "General Office Specialist":

General Office Specialist in New York, NY, 10014
Spherion is a staffing and recruitment industry leader with thousands of satisfied clients nationwide. We offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work for our clients in either full-time or temporary positions. We pride ourselves on our strong commitment to client satisfaction, and our focus on helping our employees find their next job.
Spherion is currently working with a dynamic Fortune 500 organization in efforts to assist them in finding a General Office Specialist in New York, NY, 10014!!!

This is a 1 Week Temporary Contract Assignment

Pay for this position is 11.44/hr

Hiring ASAP

If you feel you meet the qualifications send me your resume to AdelineDorsainvil@spherion.com


Job Description
This position requires binding using GBC Equipment

Duties
• Ability to lift and move less than 50 pounds
• Point of contact to receive, review and electronically log customer jobs
• Operate standard finishing equipment (e.g. paper cutters, inserters, laminating, and hole punchers); including pull and pack for packaged materials (basic fulfillment)
• Operate basic office equipment (printer, copier, fax)
• Apply asset tags to office equipment and update database
• Manually track move/add/change of office equipment assets at customer accounts
• Clean and maintain office equipment when necessary (key operator)
• Process and distribute incoming and outgoing faxes, log for billing purposes
• Log incoming packages and other accountable mail
• Process basic forms and update information using a PC
• Wrap, pack, label, and ship finished product
• Deliver finished product to client site(s)
• Pick up and delivery of mail to designated recipients
• Tracking and coordinating equipment moves within assigned customer location
• Collect and submit meter reads
• Maintain appropriate supply inventory, distribute supplies as required, and log for billing purposes

Required Skills

• Pay great attention to detail
• Listen, understand & communicate effectively
• Basic Computer Skills Functional knowledge of PC (keyboard functions, mouse, etc) and Microsoft Office. Send and receive emails, find, open and save documents and files, perform data entry, use internet explorer for web browsing, send documents to preconfigured printer.
• Basic Math skills (division, multiplication, percentages)
• Professional interaction with client and work associates.

Education

• High School Diploma or experience


Qualifications

• Experience in a Customer Service environment (minimum 1 year)
• Possess strong work ethic
• Exceptional customer service skills- verbal, written, and in person
• Very Reliable
• Able to lift 50Ibs
• Have reliable transportation
• Team player



If you feel you have the right qualifications, please email me a Word copy of your resume directly to AdelineDorsainvil@spherion.com
! INCLUDE JOB TITLE AND LOCATION IN THE SUBJECT LINE!

AdelineDorsainvil@spherion.com

Apply today and discover what thousands of other professionals have—Spherion is the right choice to advance your career!
Spherion Professional Services is a core business unit of Spherion Corporation (NYSE:SFN), which provides recruitment, outsourcing and technology services. Founded in 1946, with operations in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific, Spherion helps companies efficiently plan, acquire and optimize talent to improve their bottom line. Visit the Company’s Web site at www.spherion.com
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The Job isn't even for a "General Office Specialist". It's for some low level, one off position to work for some unnamed "Dynamic Fortune 500 Company" to assist them in finding such an individual. The job description looks like someone got happy with the right click button. Cutting and pasting all sorts of entries into a job description doesn't impress me. It's deceptive and this is the state of affairs when it comes to Help Wanted advertising in this so called "Employers Market" economy.

What's going on here? Who gets a nice weekly paycheck to produce this deceptive drivel? I could do their job in a heartbeat.

On The 280th Day I Went To The Library Not The Liberry

On The 280th Day I Went To The Library Not The Liberry, originally uploaded by ⓅⒶⓎⓅⒶⓊⓁ.

The Brooklyn Public Library at Kings Highway and Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn recently underwent a major renovation. Now it is a technological showpiece for what may be the library of the next half century. They have automated checkout machines, drop boxes for returned books and media, a somewhat Bauhaus style architecture on one side and, of all things, a QUIET reading room. Silence is one thing that has become a thing of the past at the Brooklyn Public Library where all sorts of chaos and noise is tolerated or not addressed anymore. One librarian told me that they are not allowed to tell patrons to be quiet anymore. What or who are the administrators of the Brooklyn Public Library afraid of?

The best information I got as to why most of the libraries are not ALLOWED to be quiet anymore came from a security guard. If you ever want accurate information about what's going on in the libraries just ask Security. It seems the paradigm of the Brooklyn Public Library is now one of "reaching out to the community" and making the library a social gathering place. So the actual purpose of a library ie: as a place for education and study, is no longer viable.