PORTFOLIO CREATIVE BLOG

By Kristen Harris 2020 is coming to a close. Did you hear that collective sigh of relief? Just like everyone else, I am ready for this year to wrap up. But, reality check, nothing magical is happening on January 1, 2021. This global pandemic-economic collapse-social change-politically divisive dumpster fire of a year will end. Still, we’ll be working our way out of these issues over time. How much time? No one knows for sure.  What we do know is that with crisis comes change and, dare I say it, opportunity.

By Kristen Harris At Portfolio Creative, Growth is one of our core values; we’re always focused on growth and learning. Each year we learn more about our industry and stay ahead of trends by attending the American Staffing Association’s annual conference, Staffing World. This year’s conference was a bit different–instead of a few thousand people coming together in Nashville, we gathered in an online virtual reality conference platform! A new venue, but the content and information were just as useful.  We love to share what we learn, so here are

Since it is the 15th Anniversary of Portfolio Creative, and it is also Women’s Small Business Month, we wanted to ask our owners some questions. It’s our hope that you find the answers as interesting as we did. Catherine Lang-Cline is President and Kristen Harris is COO of Portfolio Creative and they are both founders of the company. So, 15 years ago, what were you doing? Kristen: I was working as the Art Director for the Express Marketing Department. I’d been with L Brands for thirteen years (!); it was

By Catherine Lang-Cline According to the American Staffing Association, millions of people find work with staffing companies in the United States each year with 705,800 people last year in Ohio alone. The strongest category for employment is industrial at 41% but the remainder is in categories like; engineering, IT, healthcare, professional services, and more.  Most of you are aware that Portfolio Creative is a staffing company specializing in creative people. What you might not be aware of is that I was one of those millions of people that were employed

By Kristen Harris I recently heard a speaker describe precisely how I’ve been feeling lately: “I don’t work from home; I live at work.” It’s as if we all moved into our offices and never get to go home. And it looks like this is going to last a while, maybe forever for some people. Working from home is likely to be one of the lasting legacies of COVID-19, continuing long after the pandemic threat has passed (because it will pass eventually, trust). So, what might this new reality look

By Kristen Harris Every year Merriam-Webster announces a Word of the Year. We have a few obvious candidates for 2020: coronavirus, COVID, social distance, mask, pandemic, quarantine.  Might I also suggest loneliness, isolation, and lack of control?  Sometime in February, we started hearing about this new “coronavirus,” and in March, the whole world shifted. All of this change has a significant impact on mental health, substance use, and even suicidal ideation. There are so many things happening that we can’t control, and it’s starting to get to people.  I like