navigation search the select family of staffing companies type private industry nationwide staffing employee leasing and workforce management founded 1985 headquarters atlanta ga usa subsidiaries select staffing select truckers plus select medical staffing remedy intelligent staffing remx financial staffing remx it staffing remx officestaff remx engineering remx scientific remx search & placement westaff website www.employbridge.com the select family of staffing companies is an american company that provides temporary and permanent staff and is now known as employbridge . a member of the american staffing association employbridge is ranked as the 10th largest employment agency in the united states 3rd largest for industrial staffing 10th largest for office clerical and 12th largest for finance accounting 1 and the 14th largest in the world . 2 the company primarily offers services in human resources and has approximately 400 offices in 46 states . on january 5 2015 select announced its plans to merge with atlanta based employbridge to form the largest industrial staffing organization in the united states . 3 the merger was completed on february 9 2015 . the company s major divisions include resourcemfg prologistix prodrivers select staffing remedy intelligent staffing westaff remx personnel one resource accounting medicalsolutions and staffingsolutions . contents 1 select family history 2 divisions 2.1 select staffing 2.2 remedy intelligent staffing 2.3 westaff 2.4 remx specialty staffing 3 management 4 franchising 5 references 6 external links select family history edit known originally as select temporaries the company opened its first office in santa barbara california in 1985 . in the 1990s the company began an acquisitive growth strategy purchasing an average of two competitors a year . since 2000 it has bought or merged with over 80 top staffing firms nationwide including checkmate staffing first site staffing staffing services and progressive personnel services 4 national careers corporation pdqcareers.com and ct engineering ablest inc. 5 tandem staffing solutions 6 and westaff 7 among others . the company s largest acquisition to date was of remedytemp inc. in 2006 . 8 from this purchase it received multiple new divisions and entered into new niche markets including remedy intelligent staffing franchise and remx specialty staffing finance and accounting it high end clerical scientific fashion design and engineering . as a result the select family of staffing companies was chosen as the umbrella name for all divisions . as the same time select was briefly renamed selectremedy it retains the selectremedy name in certain markets before changing its name to select staffing in 2007 . by early 2008 the group continued to grow with the purchase of resolve staffing s assets . 9 through this acquisition the company ventured into new industries to now include support for health care select medical staffing and trucking select truckers plus . divisions edit select staffing edit originally called select temporaries select acquired remedytemp inc. in 2006 and was renamed selectremedy briefly before changing its name to select staffing in 2007 . 10 since then select staffing has grown through the acquisition of several recruiting agencies that focus on clerical and light industrial personnel in a wide range of industries . it still goes by the name selectremedy in the state of illinois . prospective workers must go through a five step screening process that includes integrity screening formal application behavioral interview reference checks employment eligibility verification drug tests and background checks . applicants must also undergo skill assessments focused on their area of interest as well as safety procedures . select staffing has offices nationwide . remedy intelligent staffing edit remedy intelligent staffing is one of the company s nationwide franchise networks 11 and has more than four decades of recruiting experience . remedy uses what it calls the intelligent fit process that was formulated to include a client needs assessment a skills and behavioral evaluation of the candidate and finally performance management to match job candidates with positions . westaff edit westaff is the other one of the company s franchise networks . 12 it was acquired in march 2009 when select s parent company acquired the 61 year old california based staffing firm . remx specialty staffing edit the remx specialty staffing division provides temporary and permanent placement solutions for accounting financial it legal administrative fashion design biomedical and engineering professionals . remx specialty staffing comprises the following divisions remx financial staffing remx it staffing remx officestaff remx engineering remx scientific project solvers and remx search & placement . each division has offices in major u.s. markets . management edit al aguirre chairman of board of directors gregory netland of board of directors gary dicamillo member of board of directors stephen giusto member of board of directors tom bickes chief executive officer shawn poole chief financial officer and executive vice president melissa porter chief sales officer franchising edit the select family joined the world of franchising in 2006 with the acquisition of remedytemp . with the acquisition of westaff in 2009 came many more franchise offices . references edit 2014 list of largest u.s. staffing firms staffing industry analysts inc. july 9 2014 2014 global staffing 100 staffing industry analysts inc. september 17 2014 http www.selectfamily.com selectwp about us news select family staffing companies employbridge merge crain s detroit business may 6 2006 reuters april 4 2007 yahoo finance october 3 2007 yahoo finance march 20 2009 reuters may 11 2006 reuters jan 30 2008 http www.selectstaffing.com selectstaffing main.cfm nlvl1 4 & nlvl2 82 & nlvl3 63 & pg http www.remedystaff.com remedystaff main.cfm nlvl1 4 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