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10.05.22

Ribbon Cutting: QPS Employment Group

Welcome QPS Employment Group to Chambersburg! QPS brings more than 30 years of staffing service experience to the area with a specialized recruitment team focused on finding placements in clerical, light industrial, skilled trade and professional jobs.
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09.26.22

DES MOINES REGISTER NAMES QPS EMPLOYMENT GROUP A WINNER OF THE IOWA TOP WORKPLACES 2022 AWARD

QPS Employment Group has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2022 honor by Iowa Top Workplaces. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC.
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08.19.22

2022 Best Places to Work Winners

QPS Employment Group was ranked 2nd in the large category of Best Places to Work by Milwaukee Business Journal.
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06.20.22

QPS Named Best Place to Work

Employee scores were measured on how favorably they responded to questions in core areas including personal engagement, communication and resources, teamwork, retention, alignment with goals, trust with co-workers and senior leaders, manager effectiveness, job satisfaction, etc. We then selected our winners based on highest scores in each size category.
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05.13.22

People on the Move: Lisa Cooney

Lisa Cooney has been hired as executive vice president of field operations of QPS Employment Group. She will oversee operations in all 54 locations.
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05.09.22

Hiring in 2022: The search for talent isn’t getting any easier

Hiring in 2022 is no easy task. Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is at a record low of 2.8%. Wages climbed more than 6% year-over-year for three straight months to start the year. The state has seen more than 200,000 job openings every month since June, and nearly 80,000 people in Wisconsin quit their jobs on average each month in 2021.
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05.02.22

Top Workplaces 2022: Only these nine companies have been present every year on the Top Workplaces of southeastern Wisconsin

Staffing and recruitment company QPS Employment Group was founded in 1985 and has since grown from a two-person operation to a company that now staffs 350 employees in nearly 50 office locations throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri. QPS Employment Group placed 21st this year in the midsize-businesses division and in 2021 was named Best of Staffing Talent Satisfaction by ClearlyRated.
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06.30.21

Notable Executive Assistants: Cheryl Datka

BizTimes Milwaukee has named Cheryl Datka, QPS Employment Group's Executive Administrative Manager, as a Notable Executive Assistant.
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06.30.21

Milwaukee Business Journal names CMO, CFO of the Year winners

The Milwaukee Business Journal has chosen three Milwaukee-area executives as its 2021 CMO of the Year winners, while at the same time selecting six area finance professionals as its CFO of the Year winners.
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05.07.21

Top Workplaces 2021: These 9 companies have been recognized in each of the 12 years of Journal Sentinel's Top Workplaces program

Nine companies have been honored as Top Workplaces for southeastern Wisconsin in the 12 years that the Journal Sentinel has published the list.
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12.18.20

Unemployment Number Turnaround

QPS Employment Group's Mason City office was featured on KIMT news regarding the unemployment number turnaround.
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09.10.20

Despite high unemployment numbers, there are still jobs to be had in Wisconsin. Here's who's hiring.

Despite signs that the job market is trying to recover, there is still significant unemployment among workers in Milwaukee and Wisconsin. For those who have lost their jobs or are seeking new employment, there is hope. There are still jobs to be had in the Milwaukee metro area and Wisconsin. Here's a sampling of businesses in Milwaukee and Wisconsin that are hiring.
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04.20.20

Unemployment Claims Surging Nationwide

Gabe Gulick is the Regional Vice President of QPS Employment Group, whose mission is to connect people to the right job. He's seeing plenty of openings for jobs that work directly with the food supply chain, including food packaging and production, and warehousing and distribution, as well as those that specialize in medical supplies and some manufacturing, though a decrease in certain sectors like automobile and parts manufacturing.
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04.23.19

Not Your Grandparents’ Staffing

The labor market for industrial staffing is tighter and moving faster than ever, and recruiting in the segment requires more creativity. Industrial staffing firms must navigate wage pressures and make sure clients have the latest information. Meanwhile, “ghosting” — where workers fail to show up without giving any notice — appears to be more prevalent.
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04.12.19

QPS focuses enhancing "employee experience"

When the Brookfield staffing and recruiting firm QPS Employment Group plans for its fiscal year, it’s not just about projecting revenue and profits. It’s also about what it can do to make QPS an even more attractive place to work.
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02.11.19

Tight labor market presents challenges as industry continues to grow locally

“We’re nearing full employment in this market,” said Gabe Gulick, the regional vice president of QPS Employment Group Inc. who oversees the staffing agency’s Iowa operations. “This is not going to magically improve any time soon. … The low unemployment rate is making everybody’s life hard. It’s making everybody become a little more creative.”
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02.07.18

Applicants in KC may have a ride to decent jobs in JoCo, helping fill employers’ need

Kansas City’s metro area has a jobs conundrum. South Johnson County has openings but not enough candidates. The urban core has job seekers but not enough employers.
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01.02.18

QPS Employment Group needs more workers

As the economy booms across the nation, employers are having difficulty finding the well-qualified workers they need to staff growing businesses. In response to the difficulty it is having in recruiting employees, Wisconsin-based QPS Employment Group Inc., which is an employment agency, has enhanced its bonus program for referrals.
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12.28.17

How low will it go: Local unemployment dips to 3.3 percent

With Foxconn already hiring at its interim manufacturing facility, the competition for skilled workers has just tightened again. In fact, the job market has constricted to the point companies have found it necessary to boost benefits and wages, according to Daniel Wendt, branch operations manager for QPS Employment Group.
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12.14.17

QPS Employment sees rising referral bonus costs

QPS Employment Group has seen its employee referral bonus payments increase more than $350,000 this year, a sign that word of mouth is sometimes the best way for employers to find the talent they need.
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