ERIC PAIRITZ
PRINCIPAL CHICAGO, IL Email Eric > Eric is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art and Design and worked as a print designer in healthcare before beginning his now 17-year career in creative staffing. ...
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MICHELLE PAIRITZ
PRINCIPAL CHICAGO, IL Email Michelle > Michelle started in graphic design and soon landed a role as a recruiter and loved it. With over 18 years of creative staffing experience, some of the smartdept’s biggest ...
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Volunteer Kick Off!
Mardi Gras kicked off for smartdept. inc. in a chilly warehouse in SoDo. “Produce to the people,” we chanted, as we sorted cherry tomatoes and bananas. We were there because we’d committed to join the ...
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Volunteer Kick Off!
Mardi Gras kicked off for smartdept. inc. in a chilly warehouse in SoDo. “Produce to the people,” we chanted, as we sorted cherry tomatoes and bananas. We were there because we’d committed to join the ...
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Surviving a Conference Call
How to Stop the Rambling, Multitasking and Zoning Out The conference call is one of the most familiar rituals of office life—and one of the most hated. Abuses are rife. People on the line interrupt ...
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