2010 Stevie Award Winner - Winning Nomination

Staff Management| SMX's 2010 Stevie Award Winning Nomination

2009 was a historically difficult year for the US staffing industry, with revenues down by 26% industry wide. To weather the 2009 economic crisis, Staff Management | SMX focused on the long-term and banked on Staff Management | SMX clients to return strong. Staff Management | SMX retained as much tenured talent as possible, stuck by its clients despite shrinking revenues, and worked to expand its client base with smaller and more diversified accounts.  This was a risky strategy when many in the industry were shedding their unprofitable clients and passing on potentially risky smaller accounts.  

Despite the industry’s record breaking losses in 2009, Staff Management | SMX closed the year with a comparatively moderate revenue loss. The client loyalty paid off; Staff Management | SMX achieved 100% client retention in 2009 – an extraordinary feat in an industry known for client turnover.

Between July 2009 and July 2010 Staff Management | SMX and its clients came back strong. Staff Management | SMX revenues were up 38.7% during that period, and its clients have rewarded the company’s loyalty with expanded opportunities and referrals. Despite the economic crisis, Staff Management | SMX has continued its global expansion; further expanding its international footprint in Latin America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific Region.  

In April 2010 Staff Management | SMX was ranked the #1 MSP provider in breadth of services and size of deals on the prestigious HRO Today magazine’s MSP Baker’s Dozen. In March 2010 Staff Management | SMX Chief Operating Officer, Joan Davison, was invited to address the Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA) Executive Forum and was appointed to the SIA Advisory Group. In July 2010, it was announced that Staff Management | SMX had achieved its best ever ranking on SIA’s list of largest US staffing firms. Staff Management | SMX was ranked 37th out of the approximately 6,000 largest staffing providers in the US. This represented a nearly 20% jump up the much anticipated list of largest firms.