The Kforce Story: 50 Plus Years of Great People Delivering Great Results

Staff meetings started every morning at seven o’clock. “When you were on Sutter time, your watch was set ten minutes fast,” Dick recalled. It was a high- energy atmosphere with long hours and lots of frustration but looking back, what they recall most was the fun they found in the camaraderie. “There were always four or five guys on the phones, Rolodex cards in front of them, and we were all in the same boat,” said Dick. “We shared techniques, and rang the bell when someone got a placement. We were all young, hungry, and energetic.” Coming out of a professional environment themselves, they held fast to the suit with white shirt and tie attire that professional recruiting required, even in south Florida. “I was a maniac about that,” Rich Raniere admitted. “I’ve changed many a tie on my candidates before they went on an interview. One time I went to a guy’s house, picked him up and he had no money and didn’t have a white shirt. I took him to my house, he showered, and I ironed one of my white shirts and gave it to him to put on, then went by his mother’s house to get a suit and took him to the interview.”

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Above: Jenee Hargis, Howard Sutter, Rich Raniere, and Dick Bramel celebrate Christmas in the Fort Lauderdale office.

Right 1: “If you were not on the phone, you were not servicing customers or making money.”—Pete Alonso.

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Right 2: Paul Winters “making the right match.”

Right 3: Dave Dunkel and Pete Alonso in the Hyde Park office in Tampa, Florida.

Right 4: Dave Dunkel enjoying his new office on Harbor Island in Tampa, Florida.

Right 5: Frank Ferreri gleaming after making a placement.

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