"It has been a pleasure to work with the staffing cooperative. Their dedication and commitment to our success shows through in all the interaction they have with us. I've worked with many consultants in the past and this is the first group who really took the time to understand our business and what makes us different. They really provide that high level 30,000 foot view of our company and challenge us to step out of our comfort zone to accomplish our goals."
In this next blog-video, Richard Piske, co-founder of The Staffing Cooperative discusses with his partner Dave Reiss, how this recession is different than previous ones; and the type of market intelligence regional staffing agencies need to be gathering to separate themselves from the rest of the pack in the staffing industry.
This conversation was held before staffing executives and staffing professionals at AST’s 2009 Users Group in Jersey City. AST (http://www.astusa.com) has been providing staffing software solutions to the staffing industry since 1985.
Ask Dave and Richard how you can start gathering market intelligence by clicking on the following link where you can submit your questions: How can I gather market intelligence?
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In this next blog-video, Richard Piske, co-founder of The Staffing Cooperative discusses with his partner Dave Reiss, the focus and attitude he maintained to grow Olsten Staffing throughout every economic period of the 80s and 90s.
This conversation was held before staffing executives and staffing professionals at AST’s 2009 Users Group in Jersey City. AST (http://www.astusa.com) has been providing staffing software solutions to the staffing industry since 1985.
As talked about in this blog-video, you can sum up Richard’s focus with two words, “market share”.Have you defined your market?What is your share of your staffing market and how are you planning on increasing your piece of the pie?Ask Dave and Richard how you can be measuring and increasing your market share at Market Share ?, or post your questions and comments directly on this blog-video post below.We’ll be sure to respond.
Have you ever hear the word “schema” dropped in a casual conversation?Have you ever heard of the word “schema?”At AST’s (a leader in staffing software, http://www.astusa.com) Users Group this April, Dave Reiss, co-founder of the Staffing Cooperative, talked to a group of staffing executives and professionals about how our schema – the way which we view and interpret reality – drastically affects our business decisions.
One person can look at the current state of the industry and see depressing pie charts and graphs of staffing industry statistics, while an “A” player in the industry or in any other profession sees these challenging times as an opportunity to differentiate themselves and break away from the pack.Dave then introduced his partner Richard Piske as an “A” player who managed to grow Olsten Staffing through every economic period he faced from 1982 through the late 90s and then moved on to lead some regional staffing firms to the next level.
Watch Dave talk about what an “A” player in the staffing industry looks like.
How do you think the nationals view you and your staffing business? Watch the next video, as Richard shares how smaller staffing agencies showed up on his radar when he was President of a national, and the advantages he now sees regional firms having during these challenging times.
Thanks for watching.We’d love to hear your comments.Tune over the next few weeks to more blog-videos of the rest of Richard and Dave’s conversation on market share and leading through a recession.
