Our top 15 district managers

As the summer comes to a close, College Works Painting commends our D.M.s  for their hard work in bringing quality and satisfaction to homeowners across the country.  College Works is committed to helping each and every intern and manager have a unique learning experience and business growth.  We applaud all their efforts and look forward to the upcoming year! For more information about how you can hype up your resume for future employers, visit www.collegeworks.com.

1)      Marc Blumenthal, Illinois
2)     Joshua Jacobs, California Pacific Coast
3)     Andre Kazimierski, Illinois
4)     Lindsay DM Donsbach,Texas
5)     Jason Bay, Oregon
6)     Barry Parker, Oregon
7)     Jonathan Alarcon, California North
    Semyon Sharetskiy, California South
9)     Chris Heerdegen, Washington
10)     Sarah McAndrews, California South
11)     Tom Ackmann, Illinois
12)     Matt Toone, Utah
13)     Tiffany Lin, California South
14)     Nick Niehaus, Missouri
15)     Ross Wilson, California Central

College Works Painting welcomes Augie Nieto

On July 27th, the executives from College Works Painting had the opportunity to hear Augie Nieto speak, at the Embassy Suites in Irvine,  about his story and his success in living with ALS.

At a time when many Americans are worrying about the economy, Augie Nieto (Newport Beach resident and founder of LifeFitness and Augie’s Quest) is helping one company have a more lasting impact.  Augie has not let his contraction of ALS slow down his positive influence on aspiring entrepreneurs; he uses it as a tool to illustrate what one man can do.  Augie Nieto reinvented exercise and changed the face of health and nutrition, by inventing the Life Cycle and founding the company LifeFitness. When he discovered he had ALS (Lou Gherigs Disease), he took on the challenge to reinvent medical research.  Augie has driven over $16,000,000 to research for a cure of ALS and has changed how medical research is conducted.

Augie’s Quest, is the focus of College Work Paintings’ annual awareness and fundraising project.  College Works has partnered with Augie not to just raise money and create awareness, but to deliver a lasting impact on the aspiring entrepreneurs College Works Painting employs across the US.

Augie will be discussing his story, sharing his passion and collecting the first of many installments of funds generated by College Works Painting across the US.  Together, College Works has raised over $40,000 for Augie’s quest and shared his story with over 30,000 Americans.

To see the full release click here.

Meet a College Works Painting Vice President…

College Works will start to feature one VP a month, so that potential customers can get to know who could be working for them.  All of the VPs at College Works have graduated from top univsersities across the country and went through the internship during their college years as interns, managers, and branch managers.  All have years of experiece in customer service, sales, and management.

The College Works VPs work hard to run a successful residential painting business all across the United States.  Please feel free to visit www.collegeworks.com for more information about the program or to receive a free estimate.

VP of the Month-PANTEA TAHBAZ

Pantea attended the University of California, Los Angeles as a Political Science major. She has always had a passion for helping others develop into strong leaders and global citizens. Pantea believes that life isn’t about finding yourself, its about creating yourself, and the potential people have if nurtured is endless. After working in the Central California division for many years, she recently moved to Massachusetts to work in the New England division.

Matthew Stewart, College Works CEO, elected Chairman of E.O.

It was announced in a press release today that co-CEO and partner of National Services Group, Matthew Stewart, became Chairman of the Global Board of Directors for the Entrepreneurs’ Organization.  Stewart who has been actively involved with E.O. since 1999, has previously been president of the Orange Country, California chapter and sat on the Global Board of Directors.

According to the press release, “Stewart is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of National Services Group (NSG), an Irvine, California, US-based business which operates: College Works Painting, SMJJ investments, and Empire Community Painting. NSG strives to develop and foster entrepreneurship in the organization and has been recognized as an entrepreneurial leader by Ernst & Young, the Orange County Business Journal, Inc., Entrepreneur, the Orange County Register, and many others.”

To read the whole release, please click here.  We at National Services Group, are proud of Matt and all he does and will continue to do.

For more information about NSG or College Works Painting visit www.collegeworks.com.  For more information about the Entrepreneurs’ Organization visit www.eonetwork.org.

In the news…College Works Painting Texas intern

A&M student Savage selected for CWP business internship

Published: Saturday, June 27, 2009 1:05 AM CDT

Boerne High School graduate Brad Savage is among the Texas A&M students participating in a unique intern program designed to give them a head start on their careers as entrepreneurs.

College Works Painting (CWP) provides selected students the opportunity to participate in an internship in which they gain as much business experience in the real world as they do academic knowledge in the classroom. CWP has been in business for over 20 years and is currently among the nation’s largest residential contractors….(click headline above to read the full story)

Painting up the Pacific Coast!

“I have never been pushed to my limits and beyond with any other experience the way I have with College Works Painting.  I’ve never learned more or even had more fun. This internship doesn’t find leaders, it creates them.”
Josh Jacobs, District Manager

Hiring college students from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Santa Barbara, the College Works Painting internship program is in the production part of the program.  School is out for the summer and interns and managers are painting houses.  All the training and recruiting is finally going to pay off for these interns, and for homeowners as well.  For more information about CWP or for a free estimate please visit our homepage.

Now boarding: College Works Painting Missouri and Washington

College Works now offers division websites for Missouri and Washington.

http://collegeworkspaintingmissouri.com

http://collegeworkspaintingwashington.com

For more information, or to contact painters in your neighborhood who will be more than happy to provide you with a free estimate, please visit:

CWP Arizona

CWP Illinois

CWP Missouri

CWP Washington

For more information about College Works visit www.collegeworks.com

Gotta love the hard working managers at College Works Painting

This article came out today, featuring College Works manager Kyle Duffy!

We are so proud that so many students are taking advantage of this opportunity to learn and grow!

Read all about him here.

Link to ‘How to nail an interview’

Check out this website, click here for the 20 interview tips needed to “nail” the interview!

Check out College Works Painting, for summer internships!

combating stress from College Works Painting CEO Jeff Gunhus.

SECRET # 12
FOOL-PROOF STRESS REDUCTION

If you want to test your memory, try to remember what you were worrying about one year ago today. E. Joseph Cossman

Stress has become a fixture in the working world. Everybody is stressed for what they feel are very good reasons and they carry that stress with them like so much baggage. It doesn’t need to be this way.

The starting point to control the stress in your life is to understand its source. This is the easy part because there is only one source  the unknown. If you absolutely know something for a fact, you don’t stress about it. Your boss calls you in for an unscheduled meeting  stress. Someone tells you the meeting is about a promotion  no stress. Someone tells you the meeting is about your poor performance stress, not due to the meeting but because of the uncertainty of the results the meeting will have.

I know people who will stress for days because they have a big unknown. They get a speeding ticket and agonize for days whether they are going to lose their license or not. They work through every possible scenario of how their life will change if they lose their license. Finally, they, after days for stress, they call the courthouse and their license is fine. No more stress, but what a waste of energy!

Another manifestation of the unknown is stress from too many things going on.  Sometimes the world seems too crazy to handle and everything is spiraling out of control. Small issues can become enormous when they are pushed into such a cluttered background. You find yourself with an overwhelming feeling of stress, but you find it hard to put your finger on an issue that could cause it. Here are a few tactics you can use for stress control.

1. Write down what is stressing you. Have you ever told someone your big problem and halfway through the story you started to feel petty because the problem sounded dumb? Things we stress about often are dumb, but they get built up in our minds to be bigger than they actually are. Write down your problems in as simple language as possible. You may find yourself laughing at them.
2. Write down a question whose answer would alleviate the stress. Once you write down your problems, analyze the root issues and determine what unknown fact is stressing you out. If you are concerned about your future with your company, why not ask your boss that question specifically. If you are stressed about someone in the office that you think has a problem with you, simply ask him. Once you know the answer, then you can decide on an action.
3. Weigh the pros and cons. Every decision has give and take. Write down all of the pros and cons to every decision. It will help you to organize your thoughts and make a clear decision.
4. Prioritize your stress. Think of the most stressful week you had in a past job or in school. Pretty bad, right? Now imagine something truly important happened during that week  your parent was diagnosed with a major illness, a sibling was in a car accident, whatever. Do you think that any of the things you stressed about in school or in work would have even entered your mind if you were faced with a true crisis?

It truly is a matter of magnitude. I’m not telling you to be apathetic to your life and not care when small things go badly, but don’t let the small things paralyze you and keep you from enjoying life. Our time is way too short to lose sleep because someone gave us a dirty look or because we put a dent in the car. Big deal. You will not remember these things years from now, so why worry about them today?

Stress will always be part of your life. It’s a sign that you care about what happens to yourself and those around you. It is easy to allow these concerns to fester in our minds and allow them to poison our outlook on all of the good in our lives. One small issue blown out of proportion can impact you everything you do. I mean, don’t you find it hard to appreciate a sunset when you are mad at the world? Use stress to wake up your instincts for action and apply yourself to solve problems and uncover the unknown. You’ll be much for easy going and you’ll enjoy more sunsets.