Employment Law: This Year’s Smokin’ Hot Topics
By Kristen Harris The laws and legislative issues related to hiring, employment, and human resources management are constantly changing. Attending the American Staffing Association’s Staffing Law Conference helps us stay on top of these issues for ourselves, our clients, and our talent. We’ve provided this quick overview of the hottest topics that may be of […]
A Day in the Life: Q+A with Greg Topps
I am the Business Development Associate for Portfolio Creative! I am originally from New Jersey, though Columbus has been home for over half my life. I am a very active person, from working out daily to playing sports on the weekends. I call Upper Arlington home. Morning: I like to start my day with the […]
A Day in the Life: Q+A with Destiny Evans
My name is Destiny Evans and I am a senior at The Ohio State University. I am majoring in Strategic Communications with hopes of working in the cosmetic or fashion industry one day. I am originally from Cleveland, OH, but I have lived in Columbus full time for 2 years. During the day I have […]
Kondo Your Career: Tidying Up Your Work Life (it could be magic!)
By Kristen Harris A few years ago Marie Kondo wrote a little book about the “life-changing magic” of tidying up your home, which gained popularity and spiraled into a Netflix series. Now it seems like everyone I know is “tidying up”. The word “Kondo” has even morphed into a verb. Friends of mine have said […]
We Are Good Humans
By Catherine Lang-Cline Odds are, being a good human in business will not make you number 1. Business is too often about the numbers, the profit, the margins, and how much has been delivered. Don’t get me wrong, we love a profitable year because that just means that we have done a really great job. […]
Why a Podcast?
At Portfolio Creative we have been placing creative people into roles and helping our clients find the perfect person for well over a decade. Even before this all started, we were creative people, hiring people, interviewing people, or being interviewed ourselves. With all of that life experience, we’ve acquired a lot of knowledge about how […]
We Find A+ Talent
By Kristen Harris We are all about talent. Whether you write impactful copy, design beautiful graphics, create amazing physical or digital spaces, take stunning photos, or manage a project to the nth degree, you have creative talent. And we believe in the power of your talent to impact business and change our community, maybe even […]
We Value Creativity
By Catherine Lang-Cline One of the main reasons we started this business is because we value creativity. It was not necessarily to start a staffing business, but that was the closest model. And, I had gained a bit of knowledge of the basics of a staffing company as a freelancer because I had used companies […]
How To Love Your Job (or at least make the most of it)
By Catherine Lang-Cline Believe it or not, many, many people do love their job. The stars aligned and they found their calling in the field that they love with the team that works wonderfully together. It is actually possible that you can achieve this, too. It may require a few adjustments or it may require […]
A Day in the Life: Q+A with Ceci Clark
I am Ceci Clark! I am a photographer, designer, but most importantly, a creative. I was born and raised in northern central Ohio by a family of creatives. My Dad is an executive chef and my Mother redesigns dilapidated houses. This sprouted my own passions and led me to be able to be unique with […]