Archive for the ‘All News & Opinion’ Category
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of April 18
Featured Jobs: A Help Desk Engineer, Grounds Worker, PCAs or CNAs, Scheduling Coordinator, Psychometrist, Information/Referral Specialst, PT Office Help & More!... more
Context Equals Opportunity
By MARK RIFFEY - When your client is under pressure, you have an opportunity to create a memory that can last a lifetime.... more
Liz Marchi: Home Again
By LIZ MARCHI - I just returned, from what has been annual pilgrimage, from a week in the Deep South with my Mom and Dad. As I age, I cherish my amazing family all across the country and cultures.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of April 11
Featured Jobs: An Estimator, Operations Manager/Trainee, Lawn Technicians, Housekeepers, Travel Counselors & More!... more
How Do You Protect Your Business?
By MARK RIFFEY - Business owners protect their business by reducing risk, managing cash flow, getting appropriate legal advice and insuring their people and assets properly.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of April 4
Featured Jobs: An Elementary School Paraprofessional, Receptionist/Legal Assistant, Operations and Program Director, Lawnmowers, Recording Clerk, CNA, Senior Accounting Clerk & More!... more
Public Comment Sought on Bike Skills Parks Through April 22
Missoula Parks and Recreation is seeking public comment on draft master plans for two new bike skills parks through Friday, April 22.... more
Brain Injury Awareness Month Concludes with Bowl for Brain Strong Fundraiser
Brain Injury Alliance of Montana will celebrate increased awareness of brain injury with our 3rd annual Bowl for Brain Strong Fundraiser on Sat, April 2, 2016, from 11-3 p.m.... more
Is Spring Early or Late?
By BRUCE AUCHLY - The warm weather of February and early March could lead one to believe in an early spring, which feels nice but is not necessarily a good thing.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of March 28
Featured Jobs: A Receptionist, Logging Truck Driver, Office Manager, Night Auditor, Travel Counselors, Executive Director to promote school readiness in preschool age children and More!... more
Who Can Help You?
By MARK RIFFEY - This past week seems to have been a perfect storm of paths crossing about getting help from coaches, mentors and teachers.... more
Bows, Bunnies and Baby Cows
By LIZ MARCHI - A recent visit by friends reminded me of the importance of Easter traditions and rituals in the south. We love our homes cozy and well decorated, we love our food.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of March 21
Featured Jobs: A Hospital Receptionist, Weed Education Assistant and Youth Crew Leader, Caregiver, Nutrition Associate, Sandblaster/Powder Coat Painter, HCAs, PCAs, HHAs, and CNAs and More!... more
Are You Doing the Important Work?
By MARK RIFFEY - What are you not getting done? Why aren’t you getting those things done? Does important work often go undone? If so, is that work truly important?... more
Five Business Myths To Ignore
By MARK RIFFEY - Focusing on these myths will do nothing but delay the success of your business. Shut them out.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of March 7
Featured Jobs: A Care Coordinator Supervisor, Irrigation Repair Technician, Part-Time Office Job, Forestry Worker. Office Clerk, Care Givers & More!... more
What Can’t Change that Must Change?
By MARK RIFFEY - What Can’t Change that Must Change? If you doubled the size of your sales team, would your sales double?... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of Feb 29
Featured Jobs: Two Attorneys, a part-time Receptionist, a full-time Laborer, Public Safety Communications Officer, Janitorial Help, Sales Clerk, Ernichment Coordinator & More!... more
The Sales Prevention Department
By MARK RIFFEY - Is a part of your process killing sales and running off clients? If you have a 'sales prevention department' here's how you can get rid of it!... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of Feb 22
Featured Jobs: An Executive Sous Chef, Young Family Advocate, Night Auditor, Housekeeper, Resource Specialist, Mechanic, Delivery Driver, Receptionist/Admin Assistant & More!... more
What The Supreme Court And Your Business Share
By MARK RIFFEY - Events like this can have a critical, if not fatal impact on your business. Could your business survive your death or permanent disability?... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of Feb 15
Featured Jobs: A Human Resource Assistant, Concrete Pump Operator, Chef/Restaurant Manager Program Director, Field Rep/Runner, Assembly Workers, Floor Tech/Custodian & More!... more
Transforming Health Care: The Healthy Heart
Providence Health & Services—Western Montana is sponsoring a free community talk on Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 5:30 – 7 p.m. called Transforming Health Care: The Healthy Heart.... more
Liz Marchi: Reflection
By LIZ MARCHI - One of the joys of aging for me has been time for reflection, the time to find a “neutral zone” and really think and reflect.... more
Is It Done Yet?
By MARK RIFFEY - The earlier the customer sees your work, the earlier you'll find out if you're on track.... more
Schillinger Returns Home as Safeties Coach at UM
By ERIC TABER-Former Montana All-Big Sky Conference and NFL safety Shann Schillinger returns as a safeties coach under Griz head coach Bob Stitt.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of Feb 8
Featured Jobs: A DevOps System/Software Engineer, Executive Director, Substitute Para Educator, Teacher, Nurse and Kitchen Helper, Senior Magento Developer & More!... more
Super Bowl 50 Extra Patrols
Missoula Police, Highway Patrol and the County Sheriff’s Office, are urging football fans to call the play now: drinking OR driving, not both.... more
Why Do Startups Fight City Hall?
By MARK RIFFEY - To a startup, city hall is often the next obstacle in line.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of Feb 1
Featured Jobs: Office Assistant, IT Support Tech, Bank Teller, Personal Care Attendant, Outreach Coordinator, Shipping & Receiving, Church Administrator & More!... more
Start Your Marketing Calendar
By MARK RIFFEY - Are you marketing with intent or by accident? Choose intent.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of Jan 25
Featured Jobs: Youth Counselor, Guest Services/Front Desk, Safety Manager, Application and Research Chemist, Quality Assistant, Mainenance/House Person, Breakfast Attendant & More!... more
Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation Donates
$300,000 for New Food Bank Facility
A lead gift from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation has put Missoula Food Bank $300,000 closer to breaking ground on their new facility at 207 North Catlin Street. ... more
Hiring Entry Level People and (Gasp) Millennials
By MARK RIFFEY - I know a number of 20-somethings who are looking for jobs. Some like to categorize “millennials” as a generation of slackers with no work ethic and no motivation.... more
Liz Marchi: Sleep
By LIZ MARCHI - I am grateful every morning that my alarm doesn’t go off at 4:00am as it did for the better part of 20 years.... more
Make it Matter: The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center
By WILL SCHULTZ - Established in 1986, The Jeannette Rankin Peace Center, or JRPC, is Volunteer Missoula's Organization of the Month!... more
Train Them To Make It Easy To Buy
By MARK RIFFEY - Word of mouth business and referrals come from handling problems gracefully.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of Jan 11
Featured Jobs: A Medical Assistant/Scribe, CNC Plasma/Torch Operator, Car Rental Sales Agent, Store Merchandiser, Car Salesperson, CDL Truck Driver, Assembly Line Worker, and more!... more
Leading Your Team to Goal Setting
By MARK RIFFEY - How do you prepare your staff to contribute to your company's success?... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of Jan 4
Featured Jobs: An Excavation Leader, Youth Case Manager, Lead Wildnerness Field Staff, Industrial Sandblaster and Painter, Welder, Housekeeper & More!... more
Carousel Closed for Annual Maintenance
A Carousel for Missoula will be closed through Fri., Jan. 15, for annual maintenance. ... more
Liz Marchi: In the New Year 2016
By LIZ MARCHI - The last two years have been spent trying to change habits, explore new opportunities and changing tempo. I have had mixed results.... more
Company Goals Need Context
By MARK RIFFEY - Company-wide goals need to have "Why does this matter to me?" context at all levels of the company, for every employee.... more
Parks and Recreation To Recycle Christmas Trees
Missoula Parks and Recreation’s Urban Forestry Division is inviting citizens to drop off their cut Christmas trees at area parks to be recycled into productive mulch.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of Dec 28
Featured Jobs: An Administrative Assistant, CNA or PCA, Housekeepers, Night Auditor, Desk Clerk, Senior Zoologist, & More!... more
A Silent Night 100 Years Ago
By DIANE SMITH - On Christmas in 1914, somewhere in Belgium, soldiers laid down their weapons and commemorated the holiday. Or so the story goes. ... more
Working Linear vs. Parallel
By MARK RIFFEY - What costs do you introduce by solving problems sequentially?... more
Morley Transferring to University of Colorado
By DILLON TABISH - Makena Morley will transfer from Montana to the University of Colorado to compete for one of the best running programs in the nation.... more
Missoula Job Service Featured Jobs | Week of Dec 21
Featured Jobs: A Merchandise Associate, Delivery Driver and Salesperson, Membership Director, Security Officer, Life Enrichment Coordinator & More! ... more
Red’s Hosts Annual Gift Wrapping Fundraiser
Enjoying some holiday cheer at Red’s Bar next week will relieve stress and help one of Missoula’s own. ... more