Continental, Inc.
1524 Jackson Street
Anderson, Indiana 46016
Phone: 765-778-9999

Our Five Weirdest Requests

At Continental Inc. we have been recruiting professionals for over 20 years. Over the years we have placed thousands of professionals of many stripes, but now and then we get a request that causes us to stop and scratch our head. "They want what? Who?"

We thought you would enjoy hearing about our most unusual requests.

Funeral Home Telemarketer 1. Funeral Home Telemarketer — That's right, this person calls you up to remind you that some day you will DIE and you had better be prepared. Amazingly, we were able to fill that order and that person is still on the job -- so expect a call soon!

2. Horticultural Teacher at a Women's Prison in the middle of Texas — Believe it or not, the pride of this low-security prison is its gardens. They have fences around the prison not to keep the prisoners in, but to keep the thieves out! Watermelon thieves that is. Their watermelons are big and juicy and grown by the students along with award winning vegetable and flower gardens. This opportunity was received via our work with the Federal Government.

3. Foresters to count trees in Indiana — I bet you didn't know that the State of Indiana does a comprehensive survey of all of the State Forests (and there are many) once every 10 years. We assembled a team of foresters with the needed equipment to count, measure and assess plots of trees. The team was so good, they brought the project in under budget and before the deadline! And we enjoyed a day in the woods to "supervise" them.

Ministers4. Non-denominational ministers for a Federal Prison — And you thought all the ministers were in churches. However, in an attempt to provide for the spiritual welfare of their population, the Federal Prison attempts to hire ministers via Service Providers such as Continental. Continental was not awarded this bid, but certainly appreciated the social betterment aspect of this order.

5. Referees for Paintball Games — This particular order is done more for a favor for our owner, whose son runs White River Paintball in Anderson, IN. We assist him in hiring high school and college students to referee Paintball Games and ensure safety rules are enforced. The main requirements for this job are tons of physical energy, a very loud voice and a sense of fun. Some days, we all want a job like that!

Call Continental to help you with your staffing, the weird, the adventurous and the mundane. We do it all and make it easy for you!!


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Frank Pianki.

June Newsletter Caption Contest

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Quote of the Day

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

-Confucius

Great Inventions of the 20th Century: Catseye Road Studs

Next time you are driving on a dark foggy road and look to the roadside reflectors for guidance quietly thank Percy Shaw for getting you home safely.

Percy Shaw was born April 15, 1890 in Halifax, England. After attending the Boothtown boarding school, Percy Shaw began working as a laborer at a blanket mill at the age of thirteen. During this time Percy studied shorthand and bookkeeping at night school. From there he started a repair business with his father fixing rollers. This repair business evolved into a path and driveway building business. Percy designed a miniature-motorized roller to aid him in building driveways and paths.

The area in which Percy Shaw lived was prone to fog and the local roads were often hazardous for motorists. Inspired by the reflection of car headlights in road sign, Shaw decided to invent reflecting studs that would be set into the surface of unlit roads.

Percy Shaw patented his Maltese cross-shaped road studs (U.K patent #436,290 and #457,536) and trademarked the name Catseye. He formed the Reflecting Roadstuds Ltd to manufacture the new Catseye road studs, however, sales were sluggish until the Ministry of Transport mandated Catseyes for British roads.

Information provided here was found at About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

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