30 years of staffing the staffing industry

30 years mee derby staffing

When I founded Mee Derby 30 years ago, neither I nor my colleagues could have imagined what we would become.   I knew I wanted to start a search firm, and immediately decided to focus on search for the staff industry. Having spent 7 years in the industry, it’s what… Read more »

Mee Derby celebrates 30 year anniversary with company retreat

Mee Derby team beach retreat 18

We take employee engagement seriously here at Mee Derby. Last week the Mee Derby team met up for our annual strategic planning retreat and to celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary in beautiful, warm and sunny Islamorada, Florida. The true value of our annual gathering is spending time in person as… Read more »

“Recruiting and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day” by Stephanie O’Hayre

“Recruiters work hard. We juggle our workday between hours speaking on the phone, scouring social media, qualifying talent through numerous interviews, writing candidate presentations, maintaining constant communication, and negotiating with all parties throughout the process.  We do all that we can to ensure a win/win from start to end. In… Read more »

Staffing professionals meet for Collaboration in the Gig Economy conference in Dallas

Gig Economy Conference Mee Derby

  30% of all Americans are doing gig work, and that number is growing. Online staffing and the human cloud are driving growth. How is the ecosystem shifting with the prevalence of gig work? How are the roles of the talent supply chain changing?    Robin Mee and Kim Whiteley are happy… Read more »

August 2017 Employment Report

  In his report covering August’s employment trends, economist Bruce Steinberg also tackles the issue of surprisingly low wage inflation in certain sectors with low unemployment. It turns out that there’s been a swell in the prime-age labor force, driven particularly by prime-age women and especially women without a college… Read more »

September Hot Jobs

September 17 Hot Jobs Mee Derby

Each month, the recruiters at Mee Derby spotlight their hottest job openings so that top talent can link up with great opportunity.  We’re hiring for management and executive level roles in the staffing industry, nationwide and across all verticals.   North East   Recruiting/Operations Manager – Staffing – Manasses, VA –… Read more »

The challenge of hiring staffing professionals in a competitive market

  Thirty consecutive quarters of growth in the staffing industry has led to what’s known as the “war for talent” – an employment landscape where talent is in such high demand that top recruiters have become as hard to catch as “purple squirrels.” Robin Mee collaborated with echogravity in this… Read more »