Address: 732 Clinton St., Waukesha, WI 53186
Website: www.nissenstaffing.com
Year founded: 1997
Product or service offered: Nissen Staffing Continuum offers services for temporary/project; temporary to hire, direct hire, payrolling, piece rate studies in industrial, skilled and office setting, vendor on-site services, assessments,volume light industrial staffing. We serve the talent pools: industrial, skilled, office, clerical, technical and professional.
Projected 2012 revenue: $20 million
Leadership: Scott Nissen, president
Target clientele: Businesses that value their human capital talent.
Business organization memberships: Wisconsin Association of Staffing Services, West Allis Chamber of Commerce, Staffing Industry Analysts, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
What has fueled your company’s growth? “Nissen Staffing Continuum has enjoyed organic growth that is the result of our team’s effort and commitment to servicing our clients and associates. As a result of pursuing a servant leadership model, we place our clients, company, and team before self. Our desire to meet our client’s objectives (one needing work and the other seeking talent) with urgency scripts our success. We feel organic growth is the best way to ensure our cultural brand fuels future growth.”
What is the biggest obstacle to your company’s growth? “The biggest obstacle to our growth is only limited by the ability of our new staff to learn the unique challenge of mining for the very best talent available while assessing the skill and cultural fit to make a desired match of the staffing user’s talents / needs.”
Do you plan any changes in your company in the upcoming months? “Nissen Staffing Continuum will continue to add staff to increase market share in southeastern Wisconsin. There are plenty of people who ‘could do the job’, but we search to find the person who embodies our values and demonstrates the exceptional technical abilities to make the position and the person most successful. We intend to increase our presence in social media as well as rolling out additional client on-site services.”
Who are the business people, locally or nationally, whom you admire? And what traits do those people exhibit that make you admire them? “As consultants of staffing services, success or failure in our business can often be defined by matching a person’s talent to the client company’s culture. We have had the wonderful opportunity to learn from some of the best local companies as we endeavor to learn their businesses and understand their culture. We’ve seen first hand how an engaged workforce and best practice culture can drive company growth and success. We admire these local companies for their recognition of their best asset – their employees.”
What is the outlook for the business conditions of your industry over the next several months? “We see a mixed picture in an uncertain environment. Staffing acts as a shock absorber in uncertain times. If the economy stays unpredictable, business may increase as a variable cost method to complete work and contain costs. But, we must experience GDP growth for our industry to have any prospects of continued hiring. Growth in the staffing industry is strongly correlated with gross domestic product.”
What is your company’s key strategy for rising out of the recession? “Invest, with a long-term perspective and commitment, in staff development, new hires, and exceptional service to clients – job seekers and staffing users.”
