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

The future of technology at Kforce will largely be determined by mobile capabilities in an age when automation is no longer confined to the perimeter surrounding the desktop computer. “The business is moving toward mobile devices,” said Don who describes a future when representatives will be able to enter notes, search for a candidate, and enter the order form, all from the client’s office. Eric Preusse observed the impact of technology on the recruiting process. “We’ve gone from collecting resumes via snail mail from a job ad in the weekend newspaper to posting jobs on job boards to connecting directly with candidates via LinkedIn or Facebook,” he said. Over the last twenty-five years, “We’ve gone from calling, to emailing to texting to skypeing as a means of communicating.” The National Recruiting Center Graig Paglieri, president of the National Recruiting Center, calls the NRC a “microcosm of the Kforce culture.” Over the years, it has evolved and matured through the establishment of complementary and segmented roles that support the field offices. Of the three hundred or so people that make up the NRC, one team is dedicated to working directly with strategic accounts, large clients whose needs might otherwise cripple field-recruiting teams. The business development team supports Kforce associates in the field by reaching out to target clients and setting appointments, reducing the need for time-consuming cold calls at the field offices. The thirty or so people working in the recruiting center in Manila, using their follow-the-sun workflow through our nights, source candidates through job boards and other Internet resources in support of the Tampa NRC operation. “In this business, speed and reaction is everything,” said Derek Hutchinson. “Sometimes clients need people yesterday and the NRC makes that response time possible.” There are plenty of examples to go around. Alex Hein’s group landed a contract with a federal integrator that required an estimated forty contractors who would be travelling to various sites around the country performing computer upgrades and installs. “The NRC identified

The behavioral assessment team for a project completion photo, 2018. Back row: Jerry Gates, Ray Morganti, Peter Alonso, Marc Anderson, Greg Katzenbach. Front row: Jennifer Schembri, Rebecca Pessel, Lisa Papagoda, and Manda Terrill.

Yelly Megally, Erica Lamb, Aaron Lamb, Adam Shad, Joley Mastanduno, and Richard Doyon enjoy the awards night at Pelican Hill 2018.

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