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Mee Derby was founded as
Robin Mee and Company on December 15, 1988 and incorporated as Mee
Derby and Company, Inc. on October 1, 1990. Robin Mee is Founder,
President, and Managing Executive Recruiter.
Mee Derby is one of a handful
of companies in the United States that staffs the staffing industry
nationwide. According to the 2003
Staffing Industry Supplier Directory, Mee Derby is one of the
oldest and largest "Recruiters for the Staffing Industry" with seven
employees between the Maryland corporate headquarters and two regional
offices.
Much has been written about
the explosive growth of the staffing industry. According to Baird,
a Northwestern Mutual Company that analyzes the staffing industry,
"We estimate that the Staffing Industry grew at 12% annually over
the last cycle (1992-2003), more than twice the rate of the overall
economy, and will grow 8% annually over the next cycle."
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
predicts that temporary staffing will be the seventh fastest growing
employment category in the U.S. in 1995-2005, increasing at a rate
five times that of the general labor force. Baird projects that
professional staffing will grow at 10% annually over the next cycle.
Mee Derby's annual growth
rate based on gross sales exceeded 25% per year during the 1990s.
The "Place & Search" segment of the staffing industry (a segment
in which Mee Derby performs) is projected to grow 12.7% in 2003,
according to Staffing Industry Analysts. Mee Derby continues to
grow at twice the industry rate.
In late 1998 Mee Derby
began a HR division - Mee Derby Works - to provide contract services
to non-staffing companies in the Mid-Atlantic. This division is
the result of increased demand for information technology (IT) recruiters
and Mee Derby's reputation for placing hard to find IT recruiters
in staffing environments.
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