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News & Updates
Love to Feed LA
April 14, 2020
If God Granted Me One Wish…
If God Granted Me One Wish…
What would you choose…if it’s something else than air…then, I challenge you to create a social project around it. Last 2 months, I have launched different projects (and awards) into the community based on fun food programs (Love to Feed LA). For me food is joy, well-being, energy, love, sharing, and inspiration.
“I create fun community projects without attachment to ego (success or failure), if there is interest, and participation I keep it going….if not, I drop it.” Carlos, Founder Fun+Advocate Love to Feed LA
This past weekend, I launched Kids Get Paid to Eat + Review the Best Food in the Hood. I had 10 families in both the SFV and Westside sign up…so far we have done 11 reviews. Kids are creating their own special projects, Radley in 6th grade has Type 1 Diabetes, and Celiac Disease (he is reviewing top 10 SFV restaurants with gluten free dishes). We have a couple of more LA Foodie Kids on fun special creative writing assignments.
Our goal is to review 100 restaurants by July 1st, 2020 (Recruiting for Good is paying for all the delivered food, to save families money, and let kids know that we appreciate their participation). Kids choose whichever restaurant they want to review, and dish. They enjoy the food, and then create all the content (take picture of food, and write a review).
Our mission is simple to make life fun and rewarding for kids. Teach kids positive life values, and work habits. And perhaps prepare them for tomorrow’s jobs too. We created LA’s Funnest Weekend Gig…Kids Get Paid to Eat.
Kids also learn how to use their talent for good, become value driven members of the community, and inspire others.
“Special thanks to Kim Rouggie who connected me to awesome moms whose kids are in the girls scouts.” Carlos, Founder Fun+Advocate
If god granted you one last wish…what will you do…start today!
April 6, 2020
I am Grateful to Be Alive and Joyful
I am Grateful to Be Alive and Joyful
In 2008, after the economic meltdown…my life was filled with sadness, unable to help and be of service to people I love most. Candidates I placed…lost their jobs and would call and beg for my help. I took the calls, listened, and talked…after 2 months…the experience and reality…literally sucked my soul…I was bed ridden, depressed, and empty.
I stayed at Alison’s house my best friend at the time and business partner, in 2007 we launched Talentgem with George Hayes, one of my former candidates. Our idea was to create a platform to share proceeds from recruiting placements with everyone…we worked weekends, nights for the entire 2007 year. This wasn’t my first try at doing something uniquely different with recruiting (in 2000 I worked with two former candidates to create Workerbuzz).
Bedridden for weeks, and sleeping hours at a time…I decided I needed to change my life, stop feeling sorry for my life, feeling responsible for the economy, or anything that brought me down. I made a deal with myself…to transform my life, to learn what it really means to be of service, to be productive, to be creative, to think and live differently. And chose to do whatever it takes to be the man I want to be.
I was reading a book a week (and did it for 3 years), I was writing every day in a journal for an hour and continued doing so for 10 years, and every time I had a chance to learn a new modality of thought and feeling, I embraced it. Did a lot of self-improvement training, but also created many different websites, and concepts for how to use recruiting for good. Along the way, I was fortunate to find MDI (Mentor Discover Inspire), and learned the most essential skills to lead my life, my relationships, and my community. I love to learn from failure, I embrace risking the opportunity to connect genuinely with people and care for them. I am also grateful for Mary Jacobs, who chose me to be her mentor…one of the most rewarding relationships of my life.
Yes I Am Grateful to Lead Joyfully
I am grateful for life experiences, failures, and disappointments that have prepared me to lead Love to Feed LA Doctors, Nurses, and Teachers Too. I am transforming my recruiting agency (Recruiting for Good) to fund my cause (Love to Feed LA); having learned from working with so many nonprofits, sponsoring creative writing contests, sponsoring rockstars, and throwing the best food related parties…I am making life fun and rewarding in LA.
Food is joy, relationship, and love. Love to feed those who use their talent for good…day in and out. You can help me transform and inspire LA. Everyone can do their part (just like a Kibbutz, I lived on a couple btw). If you love life, making a difference, and food for good…you are ready to participate and spread hope and joy to your family, friends, and community.
Love to Feed LA…has something for everyone…Thank You for Saving LA…weekly food award celebrating kickass nurses, Join the Mitzvah Club to help feed teachers in need (and their kids) to enjoy good food saving rewards that you can forgo and donate to a family in need. And help fund Feed the ER (delivered dining to staff in Santa Monica and Westwood, created by Gordon Lee) to Enjoy LA’s Best Food in the Hood.
We’re using recruiting placements at companies to help fund Love to Feed LA, food awards, and food programs that will transform life in LA. Companies can participate by retaining Recruiting for Good to find talented professionals for both contract, fulltime, and consulting positions in Accounting/Finance, Engineering, and IT (any position from your PC tech to CIO). Participate in 2020 to enjoy flat fee recruiting for good, save money on staffing, and make a difference too.
If you know a company executive who shares our values (it could be you, or your BFF, husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, or grandma too), introduce us to make a greater difference (carlos@retainsourcing.com), we love helping companies find and hire talented professionals to use their talent for good, and with your help we Feed LA too.
April 3, 2020
Grateful to Be American and Help Save US Jobs
Grateful to Be American and Help Save US Jobs
If you don’t know me, I was born in Mexico and came to the US with my family when I was 12. I had to overcome learning disabilities and learn a new language at the same time. Compassionate teachers, like Mrs. Rimers at Lawrence 2000 taught me to speak English by singing ‘Old Time Rock and Roll,’ by Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band.
While in High School and College, I worked as a Spanish Teacher, and TA. After college, I worked at Kmart, quit went back to teaching Special ED, and ended up pursuing a Masters Degree in Counseling. While working on my degree, I worked at an Accounting Firm, and met Alan Gregor, who inspired to become a recruiter. Minisystems, was the only agency in LA who hired me with an education resume (thank you Bruce Flaxman)….interviewed at over 30 agencies.
After working for a couple of agencies, and as an in-house recruiter, I started my own agency initially called TempTech, then, Recruiting for Good. The staffing industry has given great opportunities to serve candidates and companies. Generating proceeds to create social projects that make a difference too.
Why I am grateful to be American? Having the opportunity to live purposefully, find joy in what I do, and change lives. I am using my talent for recruiting to fund cause Love to Feed LA…and making it fun and rewarding for people to participate.
In dire times, we need people to step up their game, how are you using your talent for good?
April 1, 2020
Love to Make a Difference….Enjoy Food in the Hood for Good
How to Earn Dining for Good?
Do you work at a company hiring professional staff? Or are married to an executive, inspire them to use Recruiting for Good
Once we find the company a talented employee, and earn our finders’ fee, we share it to;
Help Feed the ER (Created By Gordon Lee in Santa Monica), and Reward a $500 Dining Gift Card
Participate in Love to Feed LA Today and Enjoy Dining for Good
Email Sara@RecruitingforGood.com
Want Some Dining Ideas….
Rachel Ray Compiled an Awesome List of Women Owned Restaurants (Here it Is)
Know a Woman Restaurateur Who Loves to Make a Difference?
Introduce Us, We Love to Collaborate and List their Restaurant on Our Site
And Create Amazing Dining Rewards for the Community to Visit their Establishment
Carlos@RecruitingforGood.com
