The Select Family of Staffing Companies

The Select Family of Staffing Companies is an American company that provides temporary and permanent staff.

A member of the American Staffing Association, The Select Family is ranked as the 11th-largest employment agency in the United States and the 21st largest in the world. The company primarily offers services in human resources, and has over 400 offices in 45 states.

The company's major divisions include Select Staffing, TradeForce by Select Staffing (construction and trade staffing), Remedy Intelligent Staffing, RemX Financial Staffing, RemX IT Staffing, RemX OfficeStaff, RemX Search & Placement, RemX Engineering, RemX Scientific, Select Truckers Plus, Select Focus (employee leasing), Project Solvers (design), Westaff, and Select Medical Staffing.

With annual revenue at $1.6 billion for 2008, the company employs over 60,000 job seekers in assignments with 5,000+ client companies. in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, industrial, clerical, |administrative, accounting, finance, information technology, life sciences, construction, trucking, health care, engineering, and professional services.

Select Family History

Known originally as Select Temporaries, the company opened its first office in Santa Barbara, California in 1985. In the 1990s, the company began an acquisitive growth strategy, purchasing an average of two competitors a year. Since 2000, It has bought or merged with over 50 top staffing firms nationwide, including Checkmate Staffing, First Site Staffing, Staffing Services and Progressive Personnel Services, National Careers Corporation, PDQCareers.com and CT Engineering, Ablest Inc.,, Tandem Staffing Solutions,, and Westaff, among others.

The company's largest acquisition to date was of RemedyTemp, Inc. in 2006. From this purchase, it received multiple new divisions and entered into new niche markets, including Remedy Intelligent Staffing (franchise) and RemX Specialty Staffing (finance and accounting, IT, high-end clerical, scientific, fashion/design, and engineering). As a result, The Select Family of Staffing Companies was chosen as the umbrella name for all divisions. As the same time, Select was briefly renamed SelectRemedy (it retains the SelectRemedy name in certain markets), before changing its name to Select Staffing in 2007.

By early 2008, the group continued to grow with the purchase of RESOLVE Staffing's assets. Through this acquisition, the company ventured into new industries to now include support for health care (Select Medical Staffing), trucking (Select Truckers Plus), fashion/design (Project Solvers), and employee leasing (Select Focus) for clients nationwide.

Divisions

Select Staffing

Originally called Select Temporaries, Select acquired RemedyTemp, Inc. in 2006 and was renamed SelectRemedy briefly, before changing its name to Select Staffing in 2007. Since then, Select Staffing has grown through the acquisition of several recruiting agencies that focus on clerical and light-industrial personnel in a wide range of industries. It still goes by the name SelectRemedy in the states of Illinois and Massachusetts.

Prospective workers must go through a five-step screening process that includes integrity screening, formal application, behavioral interview, reference checks, employment eligibility verification, [...] tests, and background checks. Applicants must also undergo skill assessments focused on their area of interest, as well as safety procedures.

As a result of the 2007 acquisition of Tandem Staffing, Select Staffing formed the TradeForce by Select Staffing division, which focuses primarily on construction and day labor positions. Select has offices nationwide.

Select Truckers Plus

Born out of the company's buyout of Resolve Staffing in early 2008, Select Truckers Plus, as it was renamed, specializes in driver leasing. Truckers Plus drivers must pass 11 Department Of Transportation requirements and maintain current and valid driver qualifications.

Select Focus

Select Focus is the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) arm of The Select Family of Staffing Companies. It assists other businesses with the administration of their payroll, HR Employee benefits,and related services. Select Focus, formerly known as ELS when owned by Resolve Staffing , is based in Shelby Township, Michigan.

Select Medical Staffing

Select Medical Staffing, formerly Resolve Staffing's Health Care Division, focuses primarily on travel and per diem nursing, as well as physician and allied health personnel placement.

TradeForce

TradeForce focuses on placing such tradespeople as plumbers, carpenters, painters, and the like in daily-dispatch positions.

Remedy Intelligent Staffing

Remedy Intelligent Staffing is one of the company's nationwide franchise networks, and has more than four decades of recruiting experience. Remedy uses what it calls the “Intelligent Fit” process that was formulated to include a client needs assessment, a skills and behavioral evaluation of the candidate, and finally, performance management to match job candidates with positions.

Westaff

Westaff is the other one of the company's franchise networks. It was acquired in March 2009 when Select's parent company acquired the 61-year-old California-based staffing firm.

RemX Specialty Staffing

The RemX Specialty Staffing division provides temporary and permanent placement solutions for accounting, financial, IT, administrative, fashion/design, biomedical, and engineering professionals. RemX Specialty Staffing comprises the following divisions: RemX Financial Staffing, RemX IT Staffing, RemX OfficeStaff, RemX Engineering, RemX Scientific, Project Solvers, and RemX Search & Placement. Each division has offices in major U.S. markets.

Power Training Institute

Power Training Institute offers professional development programs focused on such topics as enhancing skills for managers and supervisors, as well as customer service and sales representatives.

Management

• D. Stephen Sorensen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Franchising

A franchising program was launched in 1998, resulting in franchises being granted to more than 100 licensees.