Champion is EXPERT in a few services. Beyond these you should contact someone else.

Commodity Staffing:

Yes. We said “Commodity”. People in Corporations who use “Temporary Staffing” view what we do as a commodity: Call the “agency”, get bodies. Some you might keep. You don’t want or need our advice, counsel or our insight. What we do is Way Above “Day Labor”. Our people are sober and have homes. They are skilled and they are ready to work. We do this better than anyone. You don’t want to do this.

Flexible Staffing:

Interim (Temp), Interim to Direct and Direct Hire. Our delivery is tailored to your special need. You want SKILLED people (White Collar, Blue Collar, No Collar, SKILLED employees), and you want to try them out before you hire them. Or you want some people as “temps”, some as temp to perm. We will find the right people, quickly. We screen, evaluate, match. Trying this on your own is a BIG gamble, no matter what “social media” and HR “Recruiters” say. Doing it “on your own” won’t save money or make you points like you may think.

Talent Acquisition:

Direct Hire, Search, “Permanent Hire”. The people we find for you are on your payroll at the beginning. We are EXPERTS in this. We do this 24/7/365. We do this in ways you cannot, nor want to attempt. For what we charge, this is the bargain of the century. You get advice at this stage, free of charge. If you don’t ask you are ignoring over 250 years of experience. We’ll bet YOU aren’t that old nor have 250 years of experience in recruiting.

“Managed Response”:

In many circumstances you or Champion can find people by running ads. But…you don’t want the hassle of looking through 234 resumes, the vast majority of which are WAY outta the ball park. You will probably reject 95% or reject them so badly you tarnish your company’s rep. We will do it the right way for you, from writing the ad (to attract the right people) to screening, interviewing and evaluating. Having Champion do this enhances your position. We are not stealing your duties. You have better things to do. We screen, brand your employment and company, and help select those to interview. It’s inexpensive (REALLY inexpensive) for what we do and the expertise we have that you do not. We do all the things you don’t want to do. After all you are not a trainee any more.

Managed Staffing:

Champion becomes resident at your facility and handles EVERYTHING about staffing your entire facility, division or designated area. Everything. We become EXPERT in exactly what you need to have a cost-effective, highly productive workforce. Some HR people think you have to go to a National firm to get this. Not. We are able to do this as Resident Expert or on a part-time basis.

Subject Matter Expert:

Champion’s award-winning management staff can consult with your Executive Management and HR folks on anything to do with creating a Great Workplace (Profitable, vibrant, collaborative) of today and the future. Having one or more solid HR Pros on your staff is a good start to creating a profitable environment, but consulting with Champion is a further brilliant strategy. At the worst, we can validate your thinking, at the best, we can revamp your Talent Acquisition and Retention strategy saving you big bucks and helping you create an award-winning company like ours.

“What do you think?”

We have more experience than most large HR departments in Talent Acquisition, Retention and making a Great Workplace. We have more experience than our “competitors” because we have experts on staff and we have studied the field, both from an academic and practical perspective. As a matter of fact we have 7,000 companies and 60,000 direct hires and 2.5 million temp assignments more experience than 99% of all people in HR or recruiting. Ask what we think. Ask what we would do. We actually really do study Great Workplaces, beyond taking seminars. We’ve been there, done that and have solutions you may NOT thought of…yet. We might have learned something from a client that could be ultimately useful for your organization. We’ll even let you take credit. We are not the shallow, inexperienced and sales-only driven people other “agencies” make our profession out to be. Don’t believe us? Let’s compare awards, time in business and credentials. We REALLY like people who ask for help. We collaborate.

Social Media for Recruiting:

Champion is on the leading edge of this initiative, and we can tell you bluntly that it is NOT for amateurs. The idea that a single person, who knows how to make a Facebook entry or fill in a Linkedin profile is tomorrow’s next recruiting ace, just is not realistic. Sure, you may find a person who fits an open job profile, but you are not going to be able to staff an entire company (that does not have the name “Google) from a social media site. Champion is partnering with many of our clients, other experts in the employment space and with tech companies to be a leader in this very new “wild west”. You may want to join us.

Our “Hiring With Purpose” ™ system is just that: a SYSTEM. We can save you money, relieve you of having to deal with idiots, and help you look like a hero to your hierarchy. Just ask.

And: We are available 24/7. Really. Live people.

For a quote, more information, or just to talk…call Robert Schepens, President, at 216.823.5900 or email: ras@championjobs.com, or mobile: 216.280.9768. I am available until 11:00PM. After that I am typically sound asleep as I am getting old and get up at 5:00am.

Weekends I can be reached on my iPhone (the mobile number), unless I am at a pow-wow (summers). I can hear the phone even when I am mowing the lawn as I use an electric lawnmower (Did you know that gas mowers put out more crap into the atmosphere than a car?). I drive a Hybrid, so does my full-blood Indian wife. I am on the board of 3 companies and 3 not for profit organizations, so sometimes I turn the mobile off at those meetings. Sometimes I turn it off just because I don’t want to talk to anyone, except the critters around the house.

If you want to talk about books, the last 3 I have read are: Linchpin, Engage and The Zen of Making A Living. I am writing a book too. Hopefully you will read it: The Great Workplace 2.0. I have written a book: The 9 Principles for Inspired Action, with Ron Finklestein and  I am creating a new application for job-seekers that will also help hiring authorities: My Career Tracks. It will reside in the Cloud and on your computer, iPad and iPhone. It will help you remember what you have done in your career that is important. No, no one has done this before.