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Milwaukee-based Manpower International recently closed two officeain St. Louis. Corporated Staffing Resources ( ), a bankruptt Indiana-based company, closed its Hamptonh Avenue office in June and its Maryland Heights office a fewweekx ago, after Indiana-based PeopleLink Staffing bought substantially all of its Todays Office Staffing, based in Philadelphia, closed its southh St. Louis County and Hazelwood offices here, leavingt it with six offices here, confirmed district manager Mark The closings also were part of reductions in othr He said had he no information on local SpherionWorkforce Architects, ranked by the St.
Louis Business Journao as the area's largesgt temporary staffing service basedon full-time office has closed three of its 19 offices but said its business is "strongerd than ever." A company spokeswomabn said all but two employees were absorbed into other offices. Some companieds have exited the market Dunhill Staffing Systems closedits St. Louis office Aug. 17, according to a recorded messags ona company's answering machine. Industriak Personnel Services, a small firm with two offices went out of business a fewmonths ago, sources said. The locakl franchisee for Fresno, Calif.-basec Pride Staff closed his officein St.
confirmed the company's regional vice president Jeaniner Calcote. Not everyone is suffering. Sue founder of Pride Personnel, a 100 percent local firm with no relation to Pride saidthe company's local roots and stability help it weather bad times. "We know the local businesds climate. The staff does not get transferrede orpromoted out," Huber said. Dick Barber, co-owner of the localo Express PersonnelServices franchise, whicbh has three offices here, claims his offices is having a banner Volume is up 50 percent compared with 12 percent to 15 percent decline nationally for the Oklahoma-based parent companyy and an industry decline of roughly 20 percent.
He attributed his succesx to aggressive selling and a good mixof clients, including an automotived parts supplier whose business is way up. "The industry is really contracting," Barber "First off it is the economy. The othed big issues are workers' comp and Workers' comp can really bring a companyy down." Bob Byrne, district manager for Kelly Service Inc., said all 12 Kelly officez remain open and the compant has not let goany staff. The St. Louiz office consistently ranks in the top five or six of 41 districtd inmajor markets, he said.
"Saless are down slightly over the prior Byrne said, "but compared to a lot of our competitors, we are faringv very well."