About Author: Christy Parker

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Description: Christy Parker, Alstin's Creative Manager, has barraged us with brainstorms for more than 15 years. A multitasking copywriter who teaches head-first slides to her daughter's t-ball team, Christy believes equal parts ignorance and confidence - and regular shopping sprees - are all you need to succeed.

Posts by Christy Parker

iGave in

Posted on January 3, 2013 | 1 Comment
Let me start by coming clean: I still know all the words to ‘80′s rap and dance songs; I still style my hair a little too high on top; I...
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Tuning in in Philadelphia. KYW…why we’ve always loved it.

Posted on December 4, 2012 | 1 Comment
I didn’t realize until I visited an area with no traffic issues that “drive time” radio isn’t something every living being relies on to stay sane. Drive time radio advertising...
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Come. Click. Stay.

Posted on October 23, 2012 | No Comments
Statisticbrain.com reported on the factors that companies consider when they are choosing an advertising agency. At the top of the list? Agency/specialty type (duh), timely approach by an agency (if...
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A job I want. The AP® Reading and why I want to be there!

Posted on September 26, 2012 | No Comments
Disclaimer: I had to submit this blog post to my bosses before it appeared online. Hopefully they saw the title and realized I am only kidding. Kinda. I’ve written in...
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Tails are wagging! Alstin Communications wins four national awards for Creative Excellence.

Posted on September 11, 2012 | No Comments
Good things come to those who…create! Alstin Communications is the proud recipient of four (4) Creative Excellence Awards (CEAs). The annual awards, presented by ERE Media, Inc., honor the best...
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Recognizing excellence…or, Wednesday.

Posted on July 17, 2012 | 2 Comments
More than three-quarters of employees who responded to a recent World of Work study published by Randstad, an Atlanta-based employment services firm, said feeling valued was the most important factor...
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Appetite for construction.

Posted on May 17, 2012 | No Comments
Sometimes, when you’ve known someone — or, some agency — for a long time, you think you know everything about them. That’s why it might surprise some of our recruitment...
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Did you hear about the new account we landed?!

Posted on April 16, 2012 | 1 Comment
Aside from picking the winner of the Final Four three weeks in advance (nope, I didn’t, though I was the leader in my husband’s mainly male office pool for about...
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Bringing home the bacon, frying it up in a pan.

Posted on January 27, 2012 | 2 Comments
Flexible schedules: the recipe for happiness?
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The RFP as report card. What you see is not always what you get (or want).

Posted on December 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
My kids brought their most recent report cards home last week. Altogether, a great showing. My daughter got straight A’s but was less than stellar in the “Learning Related/Self-Directed Learning”...
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Self-promotions, video, and ERP from Alstin are winners!

Posted on October 4, 2011 | 3 Comments
This year’s Creative Excellence Awards show that Alstin Communications is continuing its winning creative ways. Congratulations to our graphic designers, copywriters, account executives, administration — and of course, the clients — who...
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Pondering the scheduled life.

Posted on August 4, 2011 | 2 Comments
First it was The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother book. Then, the How to Land Your Kid in Therapy article. It seems there’s nothing like a little published maternal...
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Focus on: mouth-watering knowledge. The value of focus groups in employer marketing.

Posted on June 17, 2011 | No Comments
Did you ever hear about the studies involving witnesses? Despite a group of people seeing a staged crime take place at the same time, there are rarely two people who...
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There’s no crying in softball.

Posted on May 5, 2011 | No Comments
That’s the rule, right? Well, I’m happy to report that one month and two games into little league softball season, I have yet to have a player tear up. That’s...
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An Ocean (City) of Opportunity

Posted on March 3, 2011 | 2 Comments
Ocean City, New Jersey has been “my beach” since I was two years old. It was the town my family visited every summer for two weeks, renting a converted garage...
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Just when you thought it was safe to nap.

Posted on January 20, 2011 | No Comments
According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, “In limited circumstances, travel time may be considered hours of work.” If anyone is blurring the line, it’s Scott Parisi – a...
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Happy Professional (re)Birth Day!

Posted on December 21, 2010 | No Comments
Back on July 23rd, 2009, I wrote about (jobs) LOST & FOUND (support). The topic was reaching out on Facebook and LinkedIn to increase your chances of making a connection...
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Favorite Blogs 2010: Christy Parker

Posted on December 2, 2010 | No Comments
As we wind down 2010, this December we’re all taking a look back at some of our favorite blogs. In case you missed it the first go-around, here’s Christy Parker’s...
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Give us a C, give us an E, give us an A! What’s that spell? CEA Awards! (Alstin Wins 5!)

Posted on October 27, 2010 | No Comments
Movie stars have the Academy Awards, Major League Baseball has the World Series (sniff sniff…please give me a moment while I dry the tears on my Phillies shirt), and advertising...
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Fits Philly to a T

Posted on October 13, 2010 | No Comments
With playoff phever* descending upon Center City, Philadelphia, I have to share a great site and kindred creative enterprise. Anyone can do a help wanted ad, but Alstin tries to...
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Get in on the Video Game (it’s easier than you think)

Posted on October 5, 2010 | No Comments
Isn’t it always the way? When you get yourself up to speed with the latest trend, something new comes onto the scene. In this case, just as you’re putting the...
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Work Part Time – for Free! Your local PTO is “hiring”.

Posted on September 9, 2010 | 1 Comment
If you are a parent of a school-aged child – whether you cried as they got on the bus or celebrated by dancing a little jig now that it’s back...
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An August Recap of Christmas (Jobs) in July

Posted on August 12, 2010 | No Comments
I am one of those people who hates when bathing suits are displayed in the stores in February. I get physically ill when back-to-school supplies are advertised on the same...
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Summer Camp for Recruiters

Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
“No more hiring managers, no more budget freezes, no more applicants’ dirty looks.” Haven’t heard that one? Unfortunately, school is never really out when you’re a recruiter. But rather than...
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Social Network Landing Pages: One Stop Shopping?

Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
I love working in Center City for many reasons, but the easy lunchtime access to great stores has to be one of the biggest. Just a few steps out the...
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Turn on the bright.

Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
I tend to err on the side of optimism, but even the most Grinchy of industry observers could find promise in the recent SHRM article, “U.S. Could See Hiring ‘Heat...
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Forty is the new…30? …21? …age of denial?

Posted on April 7, 2010 | 2 Comments
By the looks of this blog, you might think we over here at Alstin eat, breathe and sleep all that is recruitment and retention. Every so often we’ll stray from...
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Are you ready for new standards from The Joint Commission? Cultural Competence & You.

Posted on March 18, 2010 | No Comments
If you’re in healthcare, you already know about The Joint Commission, formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Chances are pretty good that an impending visit has...
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And the winners are…jobseekers!

Posted on February 17, 2010 | No Comments
I last blogged about the US Department of Labor’s “Tools for America’s Job Seekers Challenge”. In an effort to learn more about — and then publicize — the best FREE...
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Job Seekers: Check out the government’s get-a-clue contest.

Posted on January 14, 2010 | No Comments
It seems as if just about everyone here at Alstin knows just about all there is to know about the Web, especially when it comes to recruiting and/or retaining employees....
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Pigeon-holed, and proud of it.

Posted on December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments
When I was offered an Account Executive position at what was then Alstin Advertising, I was thrilled. Not only was I escaping winter in Ocean City, NJ (my parents had...
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A Winning Hand: Using Business Cards to Drive Social Recruiting

Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments
I admit it: I still own a daily planner. With paper pages. Years ago, my husband tried to push me into reality with a PalmPilot. It looked simple enough, and...
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Flicks & Treats. Video: the ultimate eye-candy.

Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
Getting noticed on the ‘net is about more than what you say. It’s also what you show. Whether you’re a member of Generation V (still holding on to a few...
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The Wonderful World of Word of Mouth

Posted on October 1, 2009 | No Comments
Branding was always big. We just didn’t always have a name for it. Brand familiarity started with a typeface a company used. Logos came along. Then advertisements worked to define...
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The New Employee Referral Program (It’s Short & Tweet)

Posted on August 20, 2009 | No Comments
I, for one, am sad to see the scratch-off lottery card-powered ERPs go. Alstin was the first to apply them to Employee Referral Programs — we even won a Creative...
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(jobs) LOST & FOUND (support)

Posted on July 23, 2009 | No Comments
There was a time when LinkedIn was viewed as an electronic version of the Rolodex — the new way to collect the most pertinent vitals about your co-workers, clients and...
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HR you ready to blog?

Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments
There was a time when having the opportunity to have people read what you’d written was a kind of honor. I’m not talking about your parents, reading your first sentence,...
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One of the best things about working in Philly? The Banks. (The ones with the whales.)

Posted on June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
By the looks of this blog, you might think we over here at Alstin eat, breathe and sleep all that is recruitment and retention. Every so often we’ll stray from the...
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Work hard. Have fun. And …

Posted on June 4, 2009 | No Comments
… don’t EVER pick up a baseball bat unless a grown-up hands one to you. It was my opening speech to the small circle of five- and six-year old girls...
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innerviews: A New Perspective on Recruiting & Retaining Employees

Posted on May 7, 2009 | 3 Comments
Research by Gartner reports that more than 25% of the content that workers view each day will be dominated by pictures, video or audio by 2013. Sound futuristic? It’s just...
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