During its inaugural Movers and Makers Awards, Partnership Gwinnett and the Gwinnett Chamber recognized Hire Dynamics as the “Most Valuable Provider” (MVP) for excellence in service to the manufacturing and supply chain industries in Gwinnett and metro Atlanta.

“We take great pride in receiving this recognition as Gwinnett is where we started the company 10 years ago and remains our headquarters. In fact, we place more than 800 workers daily in Gwinnett with the majority in the manufacturing and supply chain industries. The quality of our local clients (many of whom were recognized at the event) makes it easier to attract quality candidates. Our vision remains to be the #1 staffing company that you would refer to a friend,” said Dan Campbell, Chief Executive Officer of Hire Dynamics.

Partnership Gwinnett, the community and economic development initiative, announced the winners of its inaugural Movers and Makers Awards, honoring local manufacturing and supply chain companies. The companies were awarded based on specific criteria including economic impact, corporate responsibility, workforce excellence, industry innovation and sustainability.

“We congratulate this year’s impressive winners and are excited that we can provide recognition and exposure for our amazing local businesses. This will further develop their competiveness and ultimately drive existing industry expansions and job creation,” said Troels Adrian, Project Manager, Advanced Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Gwinnett Chamber Economic Development. “The exceptional quality of the contenders for this year’s Movers & Makers Awards illustrates the fact that Gwinnett County is a major hub for advanced manufacturing and supply chain management – industries that utilize our excellent workforce and transportation infrastructure to compete in today’s truly global marketplace.”

For more information about the Movers and Makers Awards, please visit www.moversandmakersawards.com

Hire Dynamics ranked in the top five “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” in the U.S. presented by Staffing Industry Analyst and conducted by Quantum Workplace. This represents the 3^rd straight year Hire Dynamics has received this honor – ranked #1 in 2010.  

Out of 10,000 staffing firms across the U.S., Hire Dynamics took the number four spot in the midsize category (51-200 employees). The results were based on an employee engagement survey completed by internals employees. Finalists were announced during the Staffing Industry Executive Forum in Las Vegas.

“Hire Dynamics takes great pride in this distinguished recognition. We continue to believe that the most effective way to provide quality service to our clients and talent starts with our ability to recruit, develop and retain our internal employees,” says Dan Campbell, CEO of Hire Dynamics.

Hire Dynamics will be featured in the April 2012 issue of SI Review for being one of this year’s finalists. To view the entire list of finalists, visit www.StaffingIndustry.com.

Hire Dynamics CEO, Dan Campbell was recently recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Staffing (Staffing Industry Review). Hire Dynamics has been ranked on Staffing Industry Analysts’ list of “Best Staffing Firms to Work For in the U.S.” for three straight years – placing number  one  in 2010 (out of 10,000 companies).

The staffing 100 in not a ranking; rather, it’s a list of influential staffing leaders chosen after a thorough review of nominations made by peers, advisors and the Staffing Industry Analysts team. The purpose of the list is to recognize the people who make this industry work; the people who bring us something we can’t do without: jobs. It credits the individuals who have made a difference in the industry and thereby positive affecting the lives of three million contingent workers employed every day.

Campbell currently serves on the board and executive committee of the American Staffing Association (ASA) and will be Chairman in 2014. He is also a past president of the Georgia Staffing Association. He is also regularly contacted and quoted by various business publications as an employment market expert (Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg TV, Entrepreneur Magazine, Business to Business Magazine, Catalyst Magazine, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Staffing Industry Review, Staffing Industry Analyst, etc.).   

Since the inception of Hire Dynamics in 2011, Campbell has continued to stay very involved in community projects and civic affairs. Campbell is in partnership and on the advisory board for First Step Staffing, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing meaningful employment opportunities for individuals transitioning from homelessness. So far, Hire Dynamics has placed 60 First Step associates towards its goal of 300. For six years, Hire Dynamics has partnered with Samaritan’s Purse (“Operation Christmas Child”) donating its time and services to help pack gift-filled shoeboxes for underprivileged children all over the world (nearly one million shoeboxes were shipped out of the Atlanta facility in 2011). Every year, the Hire Dynamics management team (25 executives) works alongside the associates we place.   

Hire Dynamics places over 3,000 associates every day. In 2011, more than 1,000 Hire Dynamics associates received full-time opportunities. Hire Dynamics is the second largest staffing company in Atlanta and is consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work for its culture and quality of employees.

Hire Dynamics is excited to announce the opening of its new branch office in Jefferson, GA. The Jefferson office represents Hire Dynamics’ eighth Atlanta metro location specializing in placing talent in e-commerce warehouses, manufacturing facilities, supply chain operations, contact centers and office environments.  The Jefferson office is Hire Dynamics 2^nd new office in 2012 as the company opened up a Greenville, SC office in January.

Hire Dynamics places over 3,000 associates every day. In 2011, more than 1,000 Hire Dynamics associates received full-time employment with our clients. Hire Dynamics is the second largest staffing company in Atlanta and is consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work for its culture and quality of employees.

“We currently service several clients that are located in the Jefferson area and our new office will provide additional resources for those clients as well as provide a platform to be able to successfully expand in the area.  We also continue to see a strategic shift toward an increase in the use of contingent labor on the part of our clients that should continue to fuel our growth,” says Hire Dynamics, Chief Executive Officer, Dan Campbell.

Atlanta, GA (February 28, 2012) – Hire Dynamics, LLC is pleased to announce the opening of its new branch office in Greenville, SC. This represents Hire Dynamics’ 10^th office and first location in South Carolina. Hire Dynamics specializes in placing talent in manufacturing operations, supply chain facilities, e-commerce centers,  contact centers and office environments.  The new office is the result of expanding the relationship with an existing client.

“We are excited about entering the Greenville market and have plans to invest in South Carolina,” states Dan Campbell, Chief Executive Officer of Hire Dynamics.  

Hire Dynamics employs over 3,000 associates every day and in 2011 placed over 1,000 Hire Dynamics associates in full-time opportunities with our clients. Hire Dynamics is consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work for its culture and quality of employees.

For more information about Hire Dynamics, visit www.hiredynamics.com.

Hire Dynamics announced that it has been named to Inavero’s 2012 Best of Staffing™ Client & Talent list. Best of Staffing, presented in partnership with CareerBuilder, is the nation’s only award that recognizes staffing firms that receive remarkable reviews from their clients and Talent. Fewer than 1% of North American staffing firms have been named to the 2012 Best of Staffing List.

How did Hire Dynamics achieve this?
Staffing firms competing to make the Best of Staffing list underwent a rigorous client and talent survey process followed by careful analysis of responses to determine satisfaction levels. Hire Dynamics received satisfaction ratings of 9 or 10 out of 10 in service from both their clients and talent. Best of Staffing participants secured a place on the list by earning an average Net Promoter Score that was nearly double the national staffing industry benchmark for client and talent satisfaction.

Inavero’s complete Best of Staffing list can be viewed at www.bestofstaffing.com. For more information about Inavero, visit www.inavero.com.

Cobb Young Professionals – Member Spotlight (Cobb Chamber of Commerce)

Hire Dynamics Staffing Specialist Emily Sato, CSP, partners with clients to truly understand their business needs for exceptional talent for their organization. She is responsible for sourcing and selecting top talent for positions in the North Atlanta and Cobb County markets. An alumna of Kennesaw State University, Emily continues her involvement by networking and partnering with local colleges and universities; she seeks out professionals looking to make the transition from academics to the business world. Emily has also received the Certified Staffing Professional designation from the American Staffing Association, which represents the entire U.S. staffing industry. Hire Dynamics is an industry-leading contract-to-hire staffing provider for contact (call) centers, manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and corporate offices. For more information on Hire Dynamics, visit www.hiredynamics.com.

Wall Street Journal 1/18/12 – Sara Murray; Cameron McWhirter

While the job market is improving, long-term unemployment continues to be particularly pronounced, and there is little indication that it is falling quickly. The government reported in December that 3.9 million nationwide had been out of work for at least a year and were still looking.

Some will eventually find jobs, though long spells of unemployment are likely to scar them for years. Workers who were jobless for six months or more in the late 1990s and early 2000s in Connecticut and eventually found work earned 60% less than those who were unemployed for three months or less, according to economists Kenneth Couch of the University of Connecticut and Dana Placzek of the state labor department. Workers who had been unemployed for less than five weeks in 2010 had a 34% chance of finding a job the following month, according to U.S. Department of Labor data, while those out more than six months had only a 10% chance.

The article examines the impact of these developments on the town of Roswell, GA. Applications and placements at staffing firm Hire Dynamics LLC, which has six Georgia locations including one near Roswell, were up 40% last year, says chief executive Dan Campbell.

To read the entire article, click here.

By Leslie Stevens-Huffman, Staffing Industry Analyst

It’s been business as usual in the staffing industry since the recovery began in 2009, as companies enjoyed the customary rebound in staffing services. But the industry has recovered only about half of what it lost, which was about a third of its workforce.

A convergence of four macro trends is responsible for the slowdown and this disruptive quartet may wield enough power to transform the entire industry before the year is over.

“The staffing industry is like a sports team that had to go on a winning streak just to get back to 500,” notes Tom Erb, president of Tallann Resources, an Ohio-based consulting firm. “But this time, many of the changes are permanent so owners will have to develop new strategies and exert greater effort to get back to the top.”

We give you the four trends.

No. 1: Structural Changes

There’s no doubt that fear, uncertainty and tepid economic growth are keeping employers from rehiring regular employees. Instead, 34.3 percent of the 2,000 employers recently surveyed by McKinsey Global Institute say they plan to use more temporary and contract workers over the next five years. But staffing owners can’t afford to read the headlines and rest on their laurels, because the short-term economic conditions are not conducive to growth and most employers lack a plan or viable strategy to achieve their flexible workforce goals.

“The economy is structurally changing in ways that favor the staffing industry in the long-term,” says Steve Berchem vice president and analyst for the American Staffing Association. “But all the data suggests that short-term growth will be hard to come by, especially in 2012.”

Dan Campbell, CEO and owner of Atlanta-based Hire Dynamics, says that staffing firms offer clients consulting services, education and strategic workforce planning if they want to capitalize on the economic conditions that are pushing clients toward the use of contingent staffing. He also notes that the industry’s current training programs are inadequate for today’s environment, because they tend to focus on tactics like closing the sale or presenting candidates instead of finding hidden problems and developing strategic solutions.

If staffing firms don’t step up to the plate and assist customers with strategic planning, they risk losing them to competitors or even [managed service providers], since providers plan to aggressively market outsourced contingent workforce management services to midsize companies this year, after saturating the large employer segment.

Historically, the staffing industry has performed well during times of economic expansion and job growth, but the University of Michigan predicts gross domestic product growth of just 2.5 percent and limited job creation in 2012, with the national unemployment rate declining slightly to 8.8 percent.

And just in case you’re looking for more economic challenges, unemployment taxes will probably rise.

Finally, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on healthcare reform by June, which could force staffing owners to deal with the biggest game-changer of them all in the second half of the year.

To read the entire Staffing Industry Analyst article, click here.

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ATLANTA, GA – Matt McCaslin, Account Manager, Emily Sato, Staffing Specialist, and Kristy Silva, Senior Staffing Specialist, received the Certified Staffing Professional designation from the American Staffing Association (ASA). The CSP™ program offers a professional credential through completion of an in-depth, self-study course, and an exam of labor and employment law principles and ethical practices applicable to the staffing industry.

The CSP program promotes industry wide competency standards through a uniform national program, helping staffing firms retain qualified employees by providing a means for professional advancement and career growth within the industry.

ASA represents the U.S. staffing industry. Member companies provide temporary help, contract labor, and permanent placement services through 15,000 offices across the nation and account for 85% of U.S. staffing industry revenues.

Hire Dynamics CEO, Dan Campbell, currently serves as Vice Chairman on the ASA Board and will be Chairman in 2014.?