Blog and News

Our Blog & Recent News

 

Whether our client or employee, we’re invested in your success. In our blog we share tips that will help you reach your goals.

Ask The Experts, Series 2

Author: Contemporaries Team                                  In order to better serve our clients and candidates, Contemporaries, Inc. has created a new column titled, Ask The...

Ask The Experts, Series 1

Author: Contemporaries Team                                  In order to better serve our clients and candidates, Contemporaries, Inc. has created a new column titled Ask The...

AI May Not Be the Best Choice For Selecting Job Candidates

Author: Contemporaries Team                                  Artificial Intelligence may play a prominent role in the workplace for such functions as analyzing large amounts of...

Understanding What Commitment Is

Author: Contemporaries Team                                  The Contemporaries Team recently provided job seekers with 10 Tips for Career Success in 2025. Today, we will be...

Separating The Person And The Position

Author: Contemporaries Team                                                                                                                                                       ...

Why Certified DBE Staffing Firms Are a Smart Choice for Vendors With Government Contracts

Author: Contemporaries Team                                    The greatest reason for partnering with a company that holds a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)...

Remaining Available on the Employer’s Schedule

Author: Contemporaries Team                                                                                                                                                       ...

Experts Say Performing a Dress Rehearsal May Help You Land The Job!

Author: Contemporaries Team                                                                                                                                                       ...

Recent Posts

Lighting The Way In Your Professional Environment

Lighting The Way In Your Professional Environment

Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful long weekend. After that extra day of rest, we’re re-charged and ready to provide you with our latest round of tips and tricks for personal and professional success. In honor of Presidents’ Day (as well as the spring that is...

Learning About Black History Boston’s Landscape

Learning About Black History Boston’s Landscape

Happy Friday! Today we’re closing out the week by looking at even more ways to honor Black History Month, focusing especially at the local level. History exists beyond the pages of textbooks; while “history” may concern things that happened in the past, it’s necessary...

Supporting Black-Owned Small Businesses in Boston

Supporting Black-Owned Small Businesses in Boston

In continuing our special focus on honoring Black History Month, today we’re turning to the City of Boston’s Office of Economic Development’s list of more than 500 Black and Brown-owned businesses throughout Boston. List includes everything from restaurants to...

Drawing Insights From Local Arts and Culture

Drawing Insights From Local Arts and Culture

While our blog typically focuses on tips and tricks for professional success, we know that you have a life outside of your workplace. Which is why today we’re encouraging you to establish a work-life balance in the here and now that honors Black History Month. Below...

Honoring Black History Month

Honoring Black History Month

Welcome back! It’s February, and that means that it’s Black History Month. We firmly believe that diversity strengthens the capacities of organizations, as differences of attributes and experiences broaden knowledge bases across workplace communities. This week our...

Feel Good Friday: Cozy

Feel Good Friday: Cozy

Happy Friday! We’re finishing off the week with one final look at ways to adopt a mental framework that ensures you’re experiencing a maximum sense of comfort with yourself in your workplace and beyond. Being confident in yourself and your abilities is a surefire way...

Finding Your Fit In A New Professional Environment

Finding Your Fit In A New Professional Environment

Today, as part of this week’s focus on feeling cozy no matter your surroundings, we’re focusing on feeling comfortable as a new employee in any professional environment—though you can also apply these tips even if you’re remaining in the same company while taking on a...

Wednesday Wellness: Cozy

Wednesday Wellness: Cozy

Welcome to the week’s midpoint! Today we’re considering “cozy” in terms of being comfortable with yourself. This will allow you to build up your confidence, which will enhance your workplace performance and enable you to feel equipped in seeking to make strides...

Achieving Workplace Comfort For Yourself And Others

Achieving Workplace Comfort For Yourself And Others

Today we’re considering being cozy in your workplace in terms of not just adjusting and settling in but as maintaining a safe, comfortable environment for both yourself and others. Establishing appropriate professional boundaries is a key step in that process. This...

Monday Mood Booster: Cozy

Monday Mood Booster: Cozy

Welcome back! With this week’s snowy forecast, winter is definitely here. These are days to focus on getting comfortable—though not complacent. And we’re talking about cozy not just within the context of fireplaces and warm beverages, but also with regards to getting...

Feel Good Friday: Compassion

Feel Good Friday: Compassion

Happy Friday! As the week comes to a close, make sure you’re treating yourself with compassion in acknowledging and celebrating the fact that you’ve made it all the way to today. You’ve overcome all the challenges life has thrown at you this week, and in the days and...

Compassionate Self-Care In Any Context

Compassionate Self-Care In Any Context

Continuing this week’s focus on practicing self-compassion by addressing mental health concerns that arise in the workplace (and/or beyond, especially if you are someone who our present, unprecedented circumstances have caused to be out of work at present), today...

Practicing Compassion in Your Workplace and Beyond

Practicing Compassion in Your Workplace and Beyond

These unprecedented times offer up unique challenges, no matter whether you’re working from home, in-person, or in between jobs--and each of those circumstances then produce their own obstacles. Amidst whatever situation you find yourself in, a necessary component of...

Monday Mood Booster: Compassion

Monday Mood Booster: Compassion

Welcome back! This week our focus is on compassion. We encourage you to both practice self-compassion as well as engaging in an empathetic approach towards others. We know that even though the days are getting brighter for longer, it can still be a struggle to...

Feel Good Friday: Change

Feel Good Friday: Change

Congratulations--you’ve successfully made it to the end of another week! And we know that even if it doesn’t feel like it, each day you’ve made a difference in your communities. But don’t limit that drive to create a better workplace and a better world to just today,...

Creating Positive Change In Your Workplace Community

Creating Positive Change In Your Workplace Community

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Rome wasn’t built in a day. You’ve doubtless encountered these adages a million times before! But have you considered the ways they apply to your workplace? It may feel like taking on the task of creating...

Wednesday Wellness: Change

Wednesday Wellness: Change

Welcome back to Wednesday Wellness! Whether already you realize it or not, you are a powerful force for change within your communities. Your presence impacts the lives of others; you possess the ability to make a difference throughout your professional environment and...

Making Change In Your Community Today And Every Day

Making Change In Your Community Today And Every Day

This week we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s racial and economic justice by focusing on ways to create change in your workplace community and beyond. If you find yourself wondering about how to continue working towards making the world a better...

Archives