May 2008
STAFF MANAGEMENT PARTNERS WITH A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY TO PROVIDE VENDOR MANAGED SERVICES ACROSS ITS U.S. LOCATIONS
Staff Management, a pioneer in high-volume, vendor-on-premise (VOP) and Managed Service Provider (MSP) staffing solutions, has entered into an agreement with a Fortune 500 company to provide a comprehensive suite of vendor and program management services.
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April 2008
The Coffeyville Journal
STAFF MANAGEMENT AT AMAZON.COM HOLDS LEGISLATIVE PLANT TOUR
Staff Management at Amazon.com in Coffeyville hosted a plant tour Thursday as part of an effort to forge relationships at the city and state level.
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April 2008
RECRUITMENT INDUSTRY VETERAN PATRICK BEHARELLE JOINS SEATONCORP AS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
SeatonCorp, a Chicago-based staffing and recruiting firm, today announced the appointment of Patrick Beharelle as Chief Operating Officer. Beharelle will report to Michael Miles, Chief Executive Officer, who will continue to be directly involved in setting the strategic direction for the company.
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February 2008
STAFF MANAGEMENT ENTERS MULTI-YEAR MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDER AGREEMENT
Staff Management, a pioneer of high-volume, vendor-on-premise (VOP) and Managed Service Provider (MSP) staffing solutions, announced today that it has secured an exclusive MSP agreement with a leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. Under the terms of the multi-year MSP contract, Staff Management will oversee their client's staffing supplier network and contract labor utilization across the company's more than 1,000 locations.
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February 2008
STAFF MANAGEMENT ROLLS OUT ONLINE CLIENT PORTAL FOR ENHANCED REPORTING CAPABILITIES
Staff Management, a pioneer in high-volume, vendor-on-premise (VOP) staffing solutions, recently launched MyStaffTrack.net, a proprietary, web-based tool for efficiently monitoring, managing and maximizing contingent workforce programs.
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February 2008
STAFF MANAGEMENT/SMX KENTUCKY-BASED OFFICE RECEIVES RECOGNITION FROM CINCINNATI MAYOR
Staff Management/SMX, a pioneer in high-volume, vendor-on-premise (VOP) customized, staffing solutions, is proud to announce that its field office in Hebron, KY received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission (CHRC). The CHRC is an independent, non-profit agency that serves to unify individuals and groups to improve human relations in the greater Cincinnati area.
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May 2007
Workforce Management
PARTNERING FOR BETTER IMMIGRANT HIRING PRACTICES
Chicago-based Staff Management is the first staffing company to be part of a pilot program aimed at improving workforce compliance with immigration laws. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials hope other staffing companies will follow suit.
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April 2007
STAFF MANAGEMENT CIO RECOGNIZED BY ILLINOIS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION
The Illinois Information Technology Association honored Mitch Greenwald, CIO of Staff Management, as a Spotlight Award finalist in its 2007 CityLIGHTS award gala. The award honors a CIO/CTO for leadership and outstanding contributions in the application of information technology. The CityLIGHTS gala is the ITA's annual celebration of vitality and innovation in Illinois' fast-growing technology community.
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March 2007
The Horton Group
CREATING A NEW SOLUTION
At the time of Staff Management's inception in 1988, there was an excess of staffing agencies in America. They were highly decentralized, relatively unsophisticated and none had a measurable share of the market. Using the "substitute teacher" model, these agencies maintained a single pool of people to call on for all of their clients. This technique was sufficient for small and mid-sized companies, but not large manufacturers.
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February 2007
STAFF MANAGEMENT NAMED CHARTER MEMBER OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
Staff Management, a leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, has been selected as a charter member of a new, voluntary U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program designed to improve legal workforce compliance.

February 2007
CAMPBELLSVILLE MAN WINS $100,000 IN SEASONAL HIRING PROMOTION
A Staff Management employee at Amazon.com's Campbellsville fulfillment center took home $100,000 as the winner in a promotion for seasonal warehouse workers.
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January 2007
STAFF MANAGEMENT APPOINTS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Staff Management, the country's leading provider of on-premise staffing and management solutions, announced the appointment of Joan Davison to Chief Operating Officer. Davison has served as the company's Vice President of Operations for the past seven years.
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November 2006
Chicago Tribune
HOLIDAY HIRES PUT ON HOLD
When it came time to hire 1,000 holiday workers for Amazon.com's distribution center in a Kansas town of 11,000, recruiters decided to get creative.
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September 2006
STAFF MANAGEMENT TO SPONSOR CONTINGENT WORKFORCE STRATEGIES SUMMIT
Staff Management, a leading pioneer of contingent staffing solutions, announced today that it will be a featured sponsor of the Second Annual Contingent Workforce Strategies Summit (http://www.cwsconference.com), to be held October 25-26, 2006 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Dallas, Texas. In addition, Michael Miles, CEO of Staff Management, will join a prestigious panel of workforce experts for the conference's series, "Keys to Building Your Contingent Workforce Program."
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September 2006
Call Center Magazine
DO YOU CALL CENTER, TAKE THIS STAFFING AGENCY?
The relationship that flourishes is one that is worked on over time, which is why more call centers are choosing to commit to one staffing agency to assist them in hiring agents.
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August 2006
Internal
STAFF MANAGEMENT RECEIVES COMMUNICATION AWARD
Staff Management, a leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, announced that it is the recipient of a 2006 Communications Award from the American Staffing Association, the voice of the U.S. staffing industry. The Communications Award recognizes companies that advance the overall image of the staffing industry through marketing programs. Staff Management was awarded in the Specialty Advertising category.
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June 2006
Internal
WEBINAR FOCUSES ON OPTIMIZING A CONTINGENT WORKFORCE
An upcoming webinar will offer case studies and best practices to those who manage a contingent workforce. "Optimizing High Volume Contract Labor in a Light Industrial Environment" will take place 11 a.m. Eastern/ 8 a.m. Pacific on June 20, 2006. Interested parties can register at no cost.
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May 2006
excerpted from SI Review
STAFFING GETS SAVVY ON JOB BOARDS; SPACE EVOLVES, STAFFING KEEPS UP
These days people aren't just looking at classified ads in their local newspaper, attending career fairs and networking to find their next job. They're also going to the Internet and surfing job boards. In fact, job boards have become one of the most popular ways to find a job.
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April 2006
STAFF MANAGEMENT TEAMS UP WITH LEGO SYSTEMS, INC.
Staff Management, a leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, announced that it has been selected by LEGO Systems, Inc., a world leader in manufacturing creative play materials for children, to support all contingent labor requirements at its Enfield, Connecticut operation.

February 2006
QUAD/GRAPHICS OPTIMIZES HIGH VOLUME CONTRACT LABOR OPERATIONS USING IQNAVIGATOR AND STAFF MANAGEMENT
IQNavigator, Inc., the leading provider of services procurement and spend management solutions, today announced that Quad/Graphics, the leading global printing manufacturer, has fully deployed IQNavigator's technology to streamline its day labor processes and improve efficiencies for services procurement.
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February 2006
STAFF MANAGEMENT RECEIVES EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM STAFFING INDUSTRY ANALYSTS
Staff Management, a leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, announced it is the recipient of an Excellence Award from Staffing Industry Analysts, the leading provider of business intelligence, news and analysis for staffing industry executives. Staff Management received its award in the category of Most Effective Customer Acquisition and Retention Program with a client retention rate of 98 percent.
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January 2006
STAFF MANAGEMENT RECEIVES COMMUNICATIONS AWARD
Staff Management, a leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, announced that it is the recipient of a Communications Award from the American Staffing Association, the voice of the U.S. staffing industry. The Communications Award recognizes companies that advance the overall image of the staffing industry through marketing communications. Staff Management was awarded in two categories: Company Identification and Print Magazine Advertising.
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November 2005
AMAZON.COM TAPS STAFF MANAGEMENT TO HIRE SEASONAL EMPLOYEES
Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor on premise staffing and management solutions, announced that they will be hiring as many as 1,500 new warehouse facility employees or more for its client Amazon.com in Coffeyville, Kansas to work through the holiday season. At least 400 of these new employees will be needed for weekend work between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. As a bonus, new employees automatically become eligible to win a brand new 2005 Chevrolet Aveo through a performance-based raffle.
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October 2005
STAFF MANAGEMENT SPONSORS TWO-DAY CONFERENCE ON "MANAGING CONTINGENT WORKFORCE SUPPLIERS AND SOLUTIONS"
Staff Management, a leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, announced its involvement and sponsorship in the upcoming two-day conference, "Managing Contingent Workforce Suppliers and Solutions." The conference will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Chicago O'Hare on November 16th through the 17th.
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August 2005
Staffing Industry Review
SUPPLIER FOCUS: SEXUAL HARASSMENT
In December 2004, the San Antonio District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit charging staffing company U.S. Contractors Ltd. with sex discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation. The accusers in the case were six women assigned to temporary shop-floor positions at Formosa Plastics, a manufacturing plant in Point Comfort TX. The women claimed that neither U.S. Contractors nor its customer, Formosa, took corrective action after they complained about being harassed by workmen at Formosa. In the end, U.S. Contractors was ordered to pay a total of $530,000 to the six claimants.

July 2005
SEATONCORP PARTNERS WITH LEEDS WELD & CO.
SeatonCorp, the parent company of Staff Management and PeopleScout, today announced that the Company and Leeds Weld & Co., the New York-based private equity firm, have entered into a financial partnership with Leeds Weld making a significant investment in SeatonCorp. Financial details were not disclosed.

June 2005
HR.com
STAFF MANAGEMENT INTRODUCES ONLINE UNIVERSITY
Michael Miles, president of Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, announced the launch of the Company's online e-learning resource, Think University. Available to Staff Management employees 24 hours a day, seven days a week, this internal learning resource makes accessible a variety of career-enhancing applications and courses.

May 2005
STAFF MANAGEMENT PRESIDENT SHARES STRATEGIES FOR COMPANY'S ACCELERATED GROWTH
Speaking recently on the "CEO Perspective" panel at the 2005 Staffing Industry Executive Forum to an audience of senior level staffing executives, Michael Miles, President of Staff Management, identified three strategies that have made the company the frontrunner in providing vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions.
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May 2005
SI Review
SECRETS OF STAFFING SUCCESS: THREE EXPERTS SPEAK
Although providing trained, qualified employees to customers is something staffing companies do every day, it takes courage to step out on one's own to do this in the marketplace. Beyond that, it takes more than courage alone to succeed. This article is about three individuals who started their own staffing businesses, faced setbacks, and persisted, building strong, vibrant companies. Taken together, these three staffing company founders and owners have more than 60 years of experience and business success among them. Here are their stories.
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April 2005
STAFF MANAGEMENT FEATURES BILL RANCIC AT 2005 NATIONAL MEETING
Staff Management, a leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, held its 2005 national meeting in the heart of Chicago's financial district April 21-22. Bill Rancic, first season winner of NBC's "The Apprentice" and Chicago native, served as keynote speaker and emphasized his alliance with Staff Management's entrepreneurial spirit and business practices.

February 2005
STAFF MANAGEMENT RANKED FASTEST GROWING STAFFING FIRM IN THE U.S.
Staff Management, a leading provider of vendor on premise staffing and management solutions, is now ranked 65th among the largest U.S. staffing firms based on worldwide revenue, according to Staffing Industry Report magazine's annual survey for 2003. The results of the study, the most recent figures available, also showed Staff Management as the fastest growing staffing firm in the U.S.

January 2005
Staffing Industry Report
UNDERSTANDING THE VOP AND VMS MARKETPLACE
Companies worldwide understand that flexible workforce models allow for greater profitability. However, in today's corporate environment, businesses are moving from a traditional temporary help model to more strategic staffing models in which customers require their suppliers to be more interactive and accountable.

December 2004
Staffing Industry Report
THE SIGNIFICANT SEVEN
It's no secret that women must fight hard to get to the top in the male controlled staffing heirarchy. Those who have are some of the toughest executives around.

November 2004
HR.com
PRESIDENT OF STAFF MANAGEMENT GIVES FIVE TIPS ON GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR STAFFING VENDOR'S RECRUITMENT PROCESS
"In today's uncertain economic times, every company is seeking ways to cut costs and improve productivity in order to gain a competitive edge," says Michael Miles, president of Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor on premise staffing and management solutions.

November 2004
HR.com
AMAZON.COM TAPS STAFF MANAGEMENT TO HIRE SEASONAL EMPLOYEES
Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor on premise staffing and management solutions, announced that they will be hiring as many as 1,400 new warehouse facility employees for its client Amazon.com in Coffeyville, Kansas to work through the holiday season.

August 2004
US Industry Today
FULLY STAFFED
Which company last year received calls 160,000 applicants, interviewed 112,500, and hired 38,000 for some of the biggest Fortune 500 manufacturing companies in the world?

June 2004
STAFF MANAGEMENT'S SAFETY COUNCIL LAUNCHES NEW SAFETY AWARENESS INITIATIVE
Jerry Wimer, Senior Director of Operations for Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor on premise staffing and management solutions, announced the establishment of a new safety program that instructs and enforces on-the-job safety for temp employees and managers it places on site for its customers. The awareness program, monitored by Staff Management's Safety Council, utilizes several of the newest industry specific safety guidelines for job safety.
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June 2004
STAFF MANAGEMENT TAPS NEW DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor on premise staffing and management solutions, has appointed Mary Ryan Bottger as Director of Business Solutions for the Company. In this new position, Bottger will be responsible for advancing the Company's business development and marketing strategies.
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May 2004
Twin Plant News
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
An unfortunate fact of life in our expanding global society is the increasing pervasiveness of violence that can be faced at home, during travels, and even in our places of employment.

April 2004
Traffic World
PALLET IN AND PALLET OUT IS NO LONGER THE WAREHOUSE MODEL
As the economy heats up, logistics planners are focusing on the role of warehouses in their business, crafting strategies to grow and better profit from the recovery. Shippers are reconsidering distribution plans, repositioning warehouses and distribution centers to be closer to customers, consolidating facilities and turning to third-party logistics providers for help in handling warehousing and distribution.
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April 2004
HR.com
HR'S CHALLENGE OF COMBATING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
One of the major challenges facing HR departments in our multi-national, extended enterprise business culture is dealing with increasing occurrences of violence in places of employment. Work sites, once considered reasonably protected environments, today are no longer automatically considered safe havens for employees or employers, a fact that presents an entirely new set of challenges for already over worked HR departments. In particular, workplace homicide is now a leading cause of job-related deaths in North America.
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February 2004
STAFF MANAGEMENT TACKLES INCREASING CALL CENTER VIOLENCE
Michael Miles, president of Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, says recent studies illustrate that incidents of call center violence in the U.S. are on the rise and that proactive measures by employers are required to prevent them.
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December 2003
Traffic World
'TIS THE SEASON
Some of us are born procrastinators. Too late is not a phrase in our vocabulary. For us, holiday shopping sometimes occurs after Christmas. Others plan ahead, make lists and check them twice.
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November 2003
STAFF MANAGEMENT LAUNCHES STAFF LINK
Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions for Fortune 500 companies in the manufacturing, distribution and call center industries, has launched a new call center specific staffing solution called Staff Link that greatly enhances call center productivity and significantly reduces direct labor costs.
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October 2003
OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES OF SEASONAL EMPLOYEE TRAINING
Michael Miles, president of Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, says one of the main challenges faced by employers is properly training newly hired employees during peak seasons such as the upcoming holidays.
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August 2003
HR.com
STAFF MANAGEMENT TEAMS WITH IQ NAVIGATOR TO LAUNCH NEW STAFF NAVIGATOR TECHNOLOGY
Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, along with its integration partner IQNavigator, announced the launch of a new Integrated Supplier Management (ISM) service called Staff Navigator. Staff Navigator is a unique high-tech, high-touch service that provides an e-procurement tool and an on-site team to manage and track all aspects of temporary contract labor.

August 2003
HR.com
STAFF MANAGEMENT'S LOSS PREVENTION PROGRAM REDUCES WORKPLACE VIOLENCE, INSURANCE COSTS
Michael Miles, president of Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions for Fortune 500 companies in the manufacturing, distribution and call center industries, said that in an era when workplace violence is a major concern for employers and employees alike, customers are increasingly seeking to reduce violent job behavior and save on insurance costs using Staff Management's pioneering high-tech Loss Prevention Program.

July 2003
Chicago Tribune - Carol Kleiman - Worklife
THOUGHTFUL BENEFIT OPTIONS BUILD LOYALTY
The annual strategic meeting in December of Staff Management, a Chicago-based firm that provides companies with flexible staffing solutions, was especially important because 1998 was a banner year: The company, a division of SeatonCorp, increased its revenues by 60 percent. The one-week brainstorming session for 13 key executives was held in Acapulco, Mexico. But there was a problem.

June 2003
Inbound Logistics
THE 6 A'S OF SUCCESSFUL LOGISTICS CANDIDATE PROCESSING
An interview with Denise Foy, President of Peoplescout.

May 2003
STAFF MANAGEMENT RECIEVES AWARD FROM LIGHTHOUSE MISSION MINISTRIES FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Staff Management, the leading provider of vendor-on-premise staffing and management solutions, has received an Award for Appreciation and Excellence from Lighthouse Mission Ministries, a not-for-profit organization that assists men in finding employment and reestablishing themselves following rough times. Lighthouse Mission Ministries, an organization for the unemployed, in partnership with Deluxe Media Services, located in Little Rock, AR, has given thousands of qualified unemployed individuals a chance at a fresh start through its temporary labor agreements.
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April 2003
Logistics News Weekly
AUTOMATIC CANDIDATE PROCESSING
Staff Management is a contract staffing organization in 27 states serving Fortune 500 companies looking to fill full and partime positions in their distribution, warehouse and call center operations", said Joan Davison, VP of Operations at Staff Management.

April 2003
ADLAB CHANGES NAME TO PEOPLESCOUT
Adlab, a Chicago-based provider of outsourced candidate screening and processing solutions, has changed its name to PeopleScout. The new branding was made to better reflect the company's recently enhanced, integrated Web-based candidate processing services for employers and potential hires within the staffing and recruiting industry. Whether the candidate enters the process via a toll free number reaching more than 300 professionally trained recruiters in the call center, or they access the system via the Web, PeopleScout provides candidates for companies in a number of fields, including transportation, telecommunications, retail, finance and hospitality. For more information, visit www.peoplescout.com or call (800) 966-4803.