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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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Employ Partners Built a Local Hiring Machine - Then Sold the Playbook
Enterprise · Marketplace · Logistics

Employ Partners Built a Local Hiring Machine - Then Sold the Playbook

National staffing firms sell scale. Employ Partners sold something more stubbornly local: two Georgia offices, three specialist divisions and a habit of answering the phone - a model AnDek Holdings acquired in 2026 for an undisclosed sum.

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The Temp Desk in Mayberry That Grew Into the Southeast's Second-Biggest Talent Source
Enterprise · Logistics · Marketplace

The Temp Desk in Mayberry That Grew Into the Southeast's Second-Biggest Talent Source

It started in 1987 as a small-town temp desk in Andy Griffith's hometown. Nearly four decades later it runs 10-plus offices across three states - here's how the math actually works.

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The Agency That Staffs the Agencies
Enterprise · Ai · Marketplace

The Agency That Staffs the Agencies

Celeste Gudas started 24 Seven in 2000 to staff fashion and beauty brands. Twenty-five years and eight acquisitions later, it is the No. 2 marketing and creative staffing firm in America - and it is quietly betting that the future of hiring is a matching algorithm plus a human who has read 3,000 salary surveys.

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