Apr
17
In a patriotic-themed program to air on April 17, 2006,
P. Allen Smith Gardens asked FlagandBanner.com’s founder and owner, Kerry McCoy, to create a fresh-flower arrangement to celebrate the USA. Kerry chose red American Beauty roses and baby’s breath to build a gorgeous live wreath and topped it off with a stars and stripes bow. Kerry shows how easy it is to create an elegant and impressive way to accent your patriotic celebration. Use yellow roses to create a stunning welcome home tribute for a brave soldier. In the above photo, Mandy Stanage Shoptaw, producer for the P. Allen Garden show, directs Kerry in the proper method to address the camera. The segment was shot on location at the FlagandBanner.com headquarters.
In the photo at left, Kerry cuts a rose to begin the wreath (a finished wreath can be seen behind ber, to her right). This entire project can be completed in less than one hour.Stay tuned for Kerry’s next appearance on P. Allen Smith Gardens airing close to Flag Day to learn helpful flag-flying tips and more about the patriotic offerings at FlagandBanner.com.
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Apr
6
Older and Wiser, in so many ways
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I am one of those women that is proud of my age. For one I think I look good for 51 and two it is like a barometer of intelligence. The bigger the number the more you know.
I recently realized that hiring employees doesn’t have to be a crap shoot. After a year of loss, hiring, training and turnover, my nerves couldn’t take it any more so I began to ask around. How do other companies hire? Newspaper, temporary services, Monster and word of mouth are what I heard mostly but none of these methods qualified the candidates.
Then I learned about the Gulasgroup.com that does online assessments. It is kind of like dating on the Internet. First my company had to fill out a profile of the job, then post my advertisement (I chose the newspaper). Once emails started coming in, I would direct the candidates to an online assessment that took them about 40 minutes. If their profile matched with our business we did a telephone interview and lastly the face to face meeting. So simple why didn’t I think of it earlier.
Match making. It is as old as time.
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