Mid-Willamette Staffing Association members provide businesses with skilled employees for both immediate and long term workforce needs. Member staffing services are HR industry consultants, equipped to provide qualified job candidates for employers. These agencies represent the private sector and work directly with companies to place qualified candidates at the work site.
For additional information contact Angelo Seminary at 503-856-9563 or [email].
Any of the members would be happy to provide information on the following services:
| Direct Hire/Professional Placement | Direct Hire/Professional Placement | |
| Traditional Temporary Placement | Employment Verification | |
| Temp to Hire Program | Skills Testing | |
| Personnel Administration | Safety Management & Risk Control | |
| Payroll Services | Employee Leasing ** |
List of Members:
Barrett Business Services, Inc. **
3501 Fairview Industrial Drive, Suite 100
Salem, OR 97302
503-581-7401
www.barrettbusiness.com
BDI Staffing **
3400 State Street, Suite G720
Salem, OR 97301
503-364-5189
www.projob.com
CanStaff Employment Services **
5309 River Road N
Keizer, OR 97303
503-856-9596
www.canstaff.net
DePaul Staffing
4660 Portland Road, Suite 108
Salem, OR 97305
503-856-9563
www.depaulstaffing.com
Express Employment Professionals
3340 Commercial Street SE, Suite 110
Salem, OR 97302
503-399-1200
www.expresspros.com
Personnel Source
2555 Silverton Road NE, Suite A
Salem, OR 97301
503-485-2175
www.personnelsource.com
Selectemp Employment Services
1665 25th Street SE
Salem, OR 97302
503-581-1748
www.selec-temp.com
** Liscensed to Lease
Oregon Workforce Innovation
Submitted by Job Growers Incorporated
www.jobgrowersincorported.com
Community Challenge/Problem
Staffing agencies are providing a larger share of area employment than ever in the region 3 area, particularly in Marion County. From 2001 to 2009 the percentage of private sector employment provided by staffing agencies in the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area (Marion and Polk counties combined) increased from five percent to five and one half percent.
There was a general recognition that it was important to formally include the staffing agencies in the area as part of the workforce system. The agencies themselves were supportive of a forum in which they could collaborate rather than be competitive. The association with the local workforce investment board also gave the staffing agencies a more direct connection with the economic development agencies, and the community college system, and access to training resources.
Board Solution/Innovation
Job Growers Incorporated, the local workforce investment board, provides staff and support via workforce funds to the Mid-Willamette Valley Staffing Association, a consortium that has been in existence since 2002. Currently eight staffing agencies (of a total of 15) located in Salem and Marion Counties belong to the association. It is a forum for sharing best practices, networking, collaborating, and promoting the value of the association as a workforce partner. The association meets quarterly. At their last meeting there was a presentation about a county-sponsored re-entry program for ex-felons.
Outcomes & Results
Staffing agencies collaborate when a new business comes to the area, and training needs and employment assistance are provided by a partnership with Job Growers, a win-win situation for everyone.
SANYO Solar of Oregon LLC, a manufacturer of solar cells, came to Salem in the Fall of 2009 and began building a manufacturing facility. All eight staffing agencies belonging to the association, with help from Job Growers staff and the resources of the Salem one-stop, cooperated in the outreach, recruitment and assessment of job applicants for the SANYO positions (approximately 150 positions).
When one of the staffing agencies belonging to the association filled a number of positions to work in the area’s food processing industry, Job Growers Incorporated provided training to the new employees in food processing safety standards.
The overall benefit is that, with the investment of staff time (paid for by Workforce Investment Act funds), the staffing agencies of the area have been brought into the workforce system and are working as a part of it.
