Detroit Branch Manager Named A Diversity Business Leader

September 10, 2014 by

Congratulations to Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3) Detroit Branch Manager Shalini Lawson for being recognized as a Diversity Business Leader by Corp! Magazine. That’s Michigan’s top B-to-B publication that features success stories, best practices and strategies for business leaders.

corp-diversity-award-staffingLawson was honored at the “Michigan Salute to Diversity” breakfast by Corp! on Sept. 10 at the MGM Grand Casino in Detroit. Shalini was noted for promoting and fostering diversity through working with the more than 600 team members she oversees at S3 and her recruitment and on-boarding tactics.

As diversity is deeply ingrained in S3’s culture and history, this is not our company’s first time on the “Salute to Diversity” awards stage. In 2007, our president and CEO Cynthia J. Pasky received the Diversity Business Leader award and in 2009 S3 received the Diversity Focused Company award.

Kudos to Shalini to keeping S3’s legacy of commitment to diversity and inclusion strong!

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April Donaldson named to DBusiness’s “30 in Their Thirties”

September 5, 2014 by

Cover of DBusiness where S3 is featured

Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3) Executive Vice President April Donaldson was selected as one of DBusiness magazine’s 2014 class of “30 in Their Thirties.” DBusiness is the premier Detroit business journal’s annual selection of top professionals, leaders and innovators in the region. April is profiled in DBusiness’s September/October 2014 issue.

Chosen from DBusiness readers’ nominations, April was recognized for her leadership in the staffing industry both locally and nationally. In her profile, April gave thanks S3 President and CEO Cynthia J. Pasky, her mentor for 12 years and counting. “She’s not only helped mentor me in different areas of how to run the business and how to put our customers first, but she’s allowed me to be the mentor,” said April.

DBusiness also highlighted April’s personal touch when it comes to operations, meeting with global customers and team members on a daily basis. “It’s my job to support them,” she said. “I work for them, not the other way around.”

April Donaldson in DBusinessApril’s achievements, which garnered her this recognition, including being selected as one of the nation’s top five industry experts to develop and design the Certified Contingent Workforce Professional (CCWP) certification program with the national trade organization Staffing Industry Analyst (SIA) . She managed the program’s first training in Detroit in April 2014, helping to elevate the region’s staffing industry globally and directly contributing to Michigan’s workforce’s ability to become more competitive.

April’s has also placed over 100 veterans in jobs over the last year as part of S3’s military program, a program that sources veterans and places them with S3’s Fortune 100 and 500 customers.

Congratulations to April for representing S3 as one of Metro Detroit’s top executives! Be sure to pick up the September/October 2014 issue of DBusiness to get a look at April’s profile, complete with a photo shoot with the rest of the “30” at the American Coney Island in Downtown Detroit.

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S3 takes center stage at tech talk on attracting, retaining and motivating talent

August 29, 2014 by

Automation Alley PLante Moran

Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3) took center stage at Detroit Athletic Club on August 26 for the Plante Moran Toast & Tech talk entitled “surefire ways to attract, retain, and motivate talent.”

S3 team members April Donaldson, Executive Vice President, Shalini Lawson, Detroit Branch Manager and Cheryl Adams Davis, Account Manager, shared their expertise and S3’s best practices to an audience that included members of the Metro Detroit business community.

The S3 panelists focused their presentation to how the company builds a global brand for retention and recruitment, as well as tactics when working in one geographic location and in industry verticals.

The audience asked the panelists many questions, from how S3 maintains a virtual network globally to tactics the company uses to engage and retain intern talent.  The S3 panelists provided answers from their unique perspectives, highlighting S3 corporate culture of high-touch customer and consultant-focused service.  The panelists also noted during the presentation the many internal practices that make S3 a workplace of choice, including highly competitive benefits, a strong internal support team and special holidays, awards and recognitions.

A round of applause to April, Shalini and Cheryl – you three were bold, you were excellent, you were S3!

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