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  Too Few elves to stock the shelves.
 

Shoppers may be fighting each other for a Nintendo 64 or other hot toy, but their real challenge this holiday may be finding a store clerk to ring up the sale.

Worker shortages are forcing wages up for seasonal retail clerks in many cities. A sign at the intersection of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Lamar in Overland Park asks for workers at $7 an hour. Close inspection reveals that the $7 is a sticker that covers two other stickers at $6 and $5 per hour, says Shane Jones, president of Ace Personnel.



  Coming Up Aces
As early as Shane Jones can remember he's wanted to own his own business...

Business Development through Philanthropy
There are countless books, tapes and seminars available on how to improve the performance of your business by developing your employees...

Temps, Not What They Used to Be
Temporary staffing firms can event provide what Shane Jones calls single-source staffing...

Quick Look

  The In-House Lottery
Want to make sure your employees understand your business? Shane Jones, CEO of Ace Personnel, Inc., in Overland Park, KS, found a quick and fun way to test and strengthen his staff's skills. The personnel agency, which had 1995 revenues of more than $7 million, holds an in-house quiz and lottery twice a week. Each staffer is given a ticket with a question about Ace's business… Especially important questions are asked repeatedly until the entire staff gets them right.

  1994 Blue Chip Enterprise Companies
…the road to a successful business is paved with impediments. No entrepreneurs know this better than the leaders of this year's businesses selected as Blue Chip Enterprises…..Wilson Building Maintenance, Inc., Wichita; KTVA-TV/Northeast Broadcast Service, Topeka; Ace Personnel, Overland Park; Cottage Care, Inc., Prairie Village…

  Ace Recrute Des As Du Combine (translated)
…Weary of hiring apparently tested and brilliant people who later prove to have inadequate customer service skills, Shane Jones, the president of Ace Personnel, an American staffing service of 35 people, developed a creative solution for this typical problem in the service industry…

"When filling an opening, we employ a three step interview process," stipulates Jennifer Craig, Director of Operations. "For our purposes, we role play difficult customer service situations and customize the process to meet a client's specific requirements…"

  Role Play for Hire
…Shane Jones, owner of Ace, discovered that the best way to find employees who are truly customer-focused is to screen applicants over the phone early on and engage them in role playing. Jennifer Craig, Director of Operations for Ace Personnel explains, "A business like ours is centered on serving our customers. We found, over the course of time, the best way to find customer-friendly people was to put them in actual situations and role play over a telephone interview. We decided to cut to the chase early on rather than finding out they don't fit in later."


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