June 2010 Newsletter

Greetings from Springborn Staffing!  We've been very busy with Temp and Direct Hire job orders, recruiting and placements—we hope your office is bustling as well! We greet you this month with some exciting news about additions to our team and new professional certifications that will help us add value to our relationship with you, our client partners. As always, our priority is sourcing, screening, and presenting you with the top talent in the state of Maine, and providing you Solutions That Work! Please read on for our news, and for a snapshot of the candidates available right now for temp and direct opportunities.

Springborn Staffing Acquires Accomplished Professionals:
We hope that by now you have heard our most exciting recent news— that Springborn has acquired another outstanding local agency, Accomplished Professionals. The acquisition brings together two of the area's best known local and independent staffing firms. Each agency has a history of providing high quality, best in class staffing solutions for its staffing partners and associate employees. 
 
By combining these two agencies, Springborn will be able to provide a greater breadth of service to the Northern New England Region. We will still be providing temp, temp to hire, and permanent placement solutions. Our focus areas will continue to be: Professional (including Legal; Accounting/Finance/Insurance; Banking; Call Centers; etc.); Office/Clerical and Light Industrial. Added to the mix will now be an IT Division, headed up by Mark Maurer, who has been an IT recruiter for 10+ years.

Additional staff who have joined our team at 107 Exchange St. include Deborah Jabine, one of Portland's most accomplished recruiters, with over 17 years' experience and expertise in Professional, Accounting and Office Staffing; Jayne Conley, a staffing superstar with 10 years' experience, and Bridget Chase, our new Administrative Assistant/Payroll expert. 

Springborn Staffing continues to be New England's Leading Staffing Firm by:

• Leveraging technology to provide seamless staffing solutions for our customers;
• Developing, rewarding, and maintaining the best staffing talent in the business;
• Providing high quality placements;
• Delivering Value-Added applications including an HR resources section on our revamped website (to go live later on this summer), and over 1000 skills and behavioral tests.

Please let us know how we can assist you and your firm—from Legal professionals to accounting staff, IT pros, clerical help and more.

Springborn's Staff Members Obtain Professional Certification Designations:
We are pleased to report that 2 of our Team members have recently studied for and passed National certification exams.
 
Laura Thibodeau, Springborn's Owner and President, has earned her PHR (Professional in Human Resources) designation from the HR Certification Institute, the organization responsible for setting and evaluating Human Resources standards for U.S. Businesses. The certification process requires a compprehensive knowledge of HR development, compensation and benefits, health and safety issues, labor relations and hiring and firing processes as well as strategic planning.
 
Carolyn Hart, our Senior Staffing Manager, has recently earned her designation as a Certified Temporary-Staffing Specialist (CTS) from the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS). This certification trains a recruiter to be knowledgeable about the laws affecting the temporary staffing industry, addresses legal information relevant to practice of temporary staffing industry firms and also addresses the professional and ethical standards vital to success in this field.
 
Our new colleague, Deb Jabine, already holds her CPC (Certified Personnel Consultant) certification from NAPS. We hope you will draw on our professional and on-the-job expertise for your HR, recruiting and staffing needs!

Outstanding Personnel Available Now!
We have terrific roster of screened candidates registered with our agency right now, in all business areas, who could contribute immediately to your firm's bottom line—call us today with your staffing needs, either temporary or long-term and direct-hire. Please let us know how we might assist you and and your firm, today!
 
*Attorney with 10+ years' litigation, antitrust, power/energy industry experience...looking to move from Washington D.C. to the Portland area, open to a firm or work as in in-house counsel...
 
*Paralegal with litigation expertise and legal admin skills...Augusta or Portland areas are within commuting distance for her!
 
*3 outstanding administrative temps looking for summer work, they've done a fantastic job for us in the past...do you have any projects that need to be tackled?  We have 3 superstar candidates for you!
 
*Executive Admin, CEO support experience - top notch, professional, an invaluable right-hand assistant!  Can handle the pressure and keep even the busiest executive ahead of the game.
 
All these and more...call our office today and tell us what your unique staffing needs are, we can help!

Workforce Management Online
We wanted to share a link with you to a recent article we found on a very helpful HR website, Workforce Management. This short piece offers 12 important questions to ask to measure employee engagement —how "dialed in" are your employees?
 
12 Questions to Measure Employee Engagement

Save 10% - New Client Discount!
Is your firm considering taking on new permanent staff?  Would you like to hand that search off to a local, experienced group of Staffing Experts? Call Springborn today! We are offering a 10% discount on all Direct Hire fees for new clients in 2010. Give us the chance to fill your critical position; we will save you time and money, we guarantee it!

Many thanks to you and your firm for your business in the past; we look forward to working with you in the future! Please let us know how we can save you time and money with the right candidate, right now.
 
Sincerely,
 
Carolyn Hart and the Team at Springborn Staffing