Comrise Blood Drive

Kindness is a language of its own that can be expressed in innumerable ways. Upon learning of the lack of blood units needed in the Hazlet community, Comrise immediately spoke the language of kindness by organizing a blood drive. Facts like every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood or how four lives can be saved by donating just one unit, truly encouraged many Comrise in-house employees to want to participate in the Comrise Blood Drive.

The blood drive was most definitely a big stride for Comrise in becoming a more active member in our Hazlet Community. We were successfully able to have 22 volunteers donate their time and in total collect 15 units of blood.

    
Despite the busy work, employees from management, recruiting, sales and our support staff took out the time to help our fellow community members in need. There was a certain sense of excitement in the air as my fellow colleagues along with our neighboring companies lined up outside the Central Jersey Blood Truck waiting for their turn to donate.

The Comrise Blood Drive is certainly only the beginning of our charitable acts in our community. Look out for our further opportunities to participate in our Hazlet Township Community in the next months to come. We encourage all of our past and current consultants to join us in our commitment to our community.

Comrise Referral Contest!

One announcement to come out of last week’s Consultant Reunion Dinner – the first ever Referral Contest!

What’s that, you ask?

Comrise has a long-standing Referral Bonus Program in place that pays people for referring quality candidates who then get placed. If you recommend someone who gets hired, you get paid – that simple.

Now, however, in addition to the Referral Bonus Program, we’re introducing a Referral Contest open to current and former consultants. The rules are as follows:

1. Send us resumes.

That’s it. Send us quality resumes. Whoever sends the most resumes wins. Simple. So start asking your friends, family, neighbors, anyone who works in or around IT for their resumes, then send them to referrals(at)comrise(dot)com!

     
And the kicker is, whether you win one of the prizes associated with the Contest or not – and they’re awesome prizes, I mean, who wouldn’t want an iPad? – every single resume sent our way is still eligible for the Referral Bonus Program. If they get placed, you get paid. So not only do you get closer to winning a sweet prize by submitting more resumes, but you also increase your odds of reaping the benefits of our Referral Bonus Program. You can win twice, or more!

Consultant Reunion Dinner - A Review

Despite the freak storm (and tornado!) on Thursday, the dinner was a great success! We were afraid the downpour would keep some of our guests from attending, but the vast majority of them toughed it out and joined us, some coming from as far as Virginia and Connecticut to celebrate. These current and former consultants were rewarded for their bravery with warm conversation, delicious authentic Shanghai cuisine, and even some karaoke! We, in turn, were honored by their presence and were happy to recognize them for the hard work they've done for us over the years.


By the end of the night, the Comrise In-House Team was all smiles:




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Comrise Technology Consultant Reunion Dinner

Here at Comrise we believe in working hard, but this week we plan on playing just as hard! Comrise has planned a much-anticipated event this Thursday, September 16th. We wanted to acknowledge our consultants for their hard work and have organized a dinner and reunion for former consultants from two clients to show our appreciation. We’re looking forward to reconnecting with everyone, some of whom have worked with us way back in the early 90’s and some just more recently. We believe in investing in our consultants, for it is because all of them that we have been successful for 26 years, and going strong!

Things our guests can expect this Thursday:

- The best Chinese cuisine in the state of New Jersey
- An opportunity to network and reconnect with former colleagues
- Karaoke - a Comrise favorite!
- Most importantly, a night devoted to honoring your hard work

We look forward to seeing these consultants and having a memorable night! Stay tuned next week for an update on our event, and keep an eye out for similar ones in the future! We plan on including more of our former and current consultants in other industries and with other clients; our goal is to successfully treat every one of our consultants to their much deserved rewards.

See you there!

Sales 101

Sales has a bad reputation in the world of business. Sales associates have been stereotyped as people who could possibly go to the extent of selling their souls to make a sale.

The general manager of Comrise Technology, Thomas Liou, describes sales as the “frontline of the economy,” and a successful sales executive as “a facilitator between an opportunity and a candidate.” In more simpler terms, sales is merely the act of selling products and services in return for money – which is what the economy depends on!

The members of the Leadership in Training Program at Comrise Technology are quickly transitioning into the next rotation – Sales.
In our first training session we learned about the challenges and dynamics of sales. It is a discipline which requires innovative and benevolent individuals, who are prepared to lead fast-paced lives. The following are few points which can make a great recipe for success for great salesmen:

- Initiate: A good salesmen is one who takes the initiative to meet with clients for face-to-face meetings to not only build, but also maintain relationships.
- Driven: Sales is all results driven. The most motivated salesmen are ones with the drive and ambition to hit the target for success.
- Imagination: It is a salesmen’s instinct to find what their clients need, and not just sell something that’s on the plate. This leads into the next point…
- Work Ethic: A good salesmen’s self-confidence in their products and services, as well as their team, plays a key role at work. If salesmen do not have faith in their team or the products or service they are selling, they are bound to fail. Moreover, it is important to be honest and genuine with clients. The job of a salesman is not to fool clients into buying a product or service that needs to be sold, but to provide products or services which are needed by their clients!