May 19th Consultant Happy Hour

Another successful consultant happy hour! Thanks to all of those who braved the rain and came out to join us last Thursday. Despite the dreary weather, Comrise took over part of KatManDu in Trenton, a bar even more beautiful and welcoming than its reputation! For three hours (well, officially anyways, some of us may have stayed well into the night) we had food, drinks, and a generally merry time!

Kudos again to Director of Consultant Relations Tony DiGiovanni for organizing the event, and for personally calling up every consultant in a 35-mile radius urging them to come join us. Now that's dedication!


We're looking forward to keeping the momentum up and having an even better summer event! Stay tuned!

Jobs are Up!

Good news, everyone!

If you haven't been keeping up, this morning was the announcement of the monthly national unemployment figures for April. Analysts expected the number to remain about the same as March, or even decrease slightly (as March had seen an unexpectedly large rise). And, indeed, as predicted, due to overall growth in the labor market with new graduates (it is May, after all) and other people returning to the labor market, the unemployment rate is now back to 9% from 8.8%.

This isn't quite so bad, though. Overall, the economy added 244,000 new jobs last month, far above the 185,000 that were forecast by most analysts. This makes April the third straight month of solid job growth, and makes us well on our way to overall recovery. Keep it up, economy!

And speaking of May and new graduates, there's good news for college grads as well. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 2011 graduates are 4% more likely to already have an offer in hand than their 2010 counterparts. 42% of 2011 seniors who participated in the NACE survey reported having an offer, over 38% last year. You can read more about this year's survey here. Keep it up, employers!

If this isn't good news, I don't know what is!

Showing Our Pride

Announcing Our New 'Community' Page!

It may be a little behind, but Comrise is proud to unveil our a new page on our website dedicated to our social outreach efforts. If you've been following this blog, you already know about our recent food drive, toy drive, and blood drive, and won't be surprised to hear that we'll be holding many more similar events down the line. Helping our community is important to us here at Comrise, and will continue to be in the future.

This new page will help us keep the world updated on our service projects, and will also serve as a message to the community and to the world that Comrise is here to help. We're proud to lend a hand to our community and we hope to serve as a role model to other organizations that sometimes have trouble seeing beyond the walls of an office building. We believe it's important to use the business platform not only to deliver a product or service, or to make a profit, but also to use the power of the organization to do good for others as well.

Comrise's dedication to the idea of Community has always been visible in our Mission Statement and will now also be visible on our website.

If you have any ideas for future community service projects, or would like to be part of our next one, please let us know! Leave a comment here or email community@comrise.com.

What are you doing to serve your community?

Congratulations Khevna!

On behalf of the team here at Comrise, we would like to congratulate current Comrise Consultant Khevna Oza at Johnson & Johnson for receiving a certificate of recognition from Johnson & Johnson and WorkSense. Khevna has been recognized for her outstanding performance and continued assistance throughout critical projects and initiatives.


As a token of Comrise's appreciation for Khevna's tremendous efforts, Comrise's Director of Consultant Relations, Tony DiGiovanni, and Senior Technical Recruiter Latish Salian met with Khevna and her manager Randall Drisgula earlier this week to reward her with a pair of tickets to an upcoming New York Yankees game.


Khevna, once again congratulations and thank you for representing Comrise. We appreciate having you as a member of our team and look forward to continuing to work with you in the future.

- The Entire Comrise Team

Our Next Consultant Happy Hour!

We had such a good time last time (on our March 24th Happy Hour), we decided to do it again! Officially announcing our next Comrise Happy Hour:

May 19th, 6-9pm, at KatManDu in Trenton!
Since the last one was up in Northern New Jersey, we're hoping this location will be friendlier to our friends in Southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia area. All Comrise Consultants, and their managers, are invited!

If you aren't familiar with the place, KatManDu is a pretty snazzy bar and restaurant, and we'll be having our own outdoor patio reserved just for Comrisers, complete with bartender and buffet! You can check out more information about KatManDu itself, or get directions, here.

If you're a current Comrise Consultant, please log in to the Consultant Community portal to RSVP. If you're a manager or anyone else, RSVP to Tony DiGiovanni, Director of Consultant Relations.

We look forward to seeing you there!