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Blue Signal Search Earns Spot on Forbes Best Recruiting Firms List 2023

May 3, 2023 by Lacey Walters

Blue Signal has been recognized as one of the top companies on the 2023 Forbes Best Recruiting Firms list for America's Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms. This prestigious award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on May 3rd, 2023, and can currently be viewed on the Forbes website.

The list is divided into three major categories:

  • Executive Search – Recruiting firms that place managers in permanent positions with an annual gross income of more than $100,000
  • Professional and Specialist Search – Recruiting firms that place professionals in permanent positions with an annual gross income up to $100,000
  • Temp Staffing – Providers of temporary workers and contract positions, excluding interim management positions
Blue Signal named Forbes 2023 America's Best Professional Recruiting Firms
Blue Signal named Forbes 2023 America's Best Recruiting Firms

About the Forbes Best Recruiting Firms List

The award ranking is based on an independent survey of peers and clients who nominated recruiting firms in the executive search and professional search categories. The Forbes Best Recruiting Firm list was based solely on the recommendations of clients, candidates, and leaders in the space, as employees of recruiting firms were not able to vote for themselves. In total, more than 36,400 external recruiters and 9,200 HR-managers/hiring managers and candidates were invited to participate in this year’s survey. Based on the results of the study, Blue Signal is ecstatic to be recognized on the Forbes Best Recruiting Firms 2023 list in both the Executive Search and Professional Search categories.

We are humbled and grateful to receive these awards, which recognize the hard work and dedication of our incredible team of professionals and industry leaders. We are committed to using our talent and expertise to create positive change, whether that means helping candidates find their dream jobs or providing the skilled professionals that drive our clients' next disruptive innovation. As a result, we understand the transformative power of a successful career move and take pride in fulfilling that responsibility with care and integrity.

“Blue Signal is incredibly honored to be recognized on the Forbes Best Recruiting Firms list in both the Executive Search and Professional Search categories. This recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our talented team of recruiters and support staff. At Blue Signal, we believe in the power of connecting talented professionals with exciting career opportunities, and this recognition affirms that our approach is resonating with both candidates and clients. We are proud to be a leader in the industry and look forward to continuing to serve our clients and candidates with excellence.”

— Matt Walsh, CEO

More About Forbes

Forbes is a globally recognized media and publishing company that brings together the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming businesses, and making a significant impact on the world. With an extensive network of editors, journalists, and contributors across the world, Forbes fuels the creation of content that is distributed through its various channels such as Forbes.com, Forbes Magazine, research and insights reports, live events, and more. Forbes' trusted journalism includes well-known franchises such as Billionaires, 30 Under 30, Forbes 400, and Self-Made Women, as well as its highly respected investment newsletters. With a legacy that spans over a century, Forbes remains true to its founder B.C Forbes' mission, stated on the cover of its very first issue, to be "devoted to doers and doings."

 

About Blue Signal Search

Having successfully completed over 2,100 search projects, it’s no surprise that Blue Signal has the experience, relationships, and tools to be recognized as a leader in the recruiting and staffing space. Additionally, our deep industry knowledge and streamlined search processes help clients to secure high-caliber talent within tight timeframes. As an award-winning, top executive search firm, we have been a driving force in our clients’ professional successes. Therefore, we immerse ourselves in our client’s businesses and our candidate’s careers to fully understand top priorities and the best direction for both parties. Our reputation is built on our ability to consistently incorporate these priorities into our executive hiring process to make long-term, impactful connections.

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    Filed Under: Blog Posts, Our Company Tagged With: Award, awards, Executive Search, Forbes, Forbes award, Forbes Best Recruiting Firms, professional search, professional search firm, recruiting, recruiting firm, staffing, staffing firm

    Blue Signal and Matt Walsh Recognized Among Top 100 at the World Staffing Awards 2023

    February 23, 2023 by Lacey Walters

    We are excited to announce that Blue Signal was recognized as one of the top 100 staffing firms to work for at the World Staffing Awards 2023. Each year the World Staffing Awards, presented by Candidate.ly, recognizes firms that are leading the staffing and talent acquisition space by providing exceptional service and innovative methodologies. Over 1,500 nominations were received this year. Blue Signal is proud to be listed among the top 100 with other trailblazers in the space. 

    Additionally, Blue Signal CEO Matt Walsh was named as one of the top 100 leaders to watch at the World Staffing Awards 2023! The staffing leaders on the top 100 list are “people who are transforming the staffing industry, offering solutions to its challenges and setting trends for how to do business more effectively.” This year over 3,300 staffing professionals were nominated for the award. Safe to say, the competition was fierce. In fact, it was proved to be more difficult to win the award (3%) than to get into Harvard (5%). We are thrilled for Matt to be recognized among this incredible group of leaders, and look forward to what he’ll accomplish in the staffing space this year. 

    World Staffing Awards 2023 Top Staffing Leaders to Watch certificate for Matt Walsh

    About the World Staffing Awards 2023

    Each year, the World Staffing Awards recognizes the “Top 100 Staffing Leaders to Watch” and “Top 100 Staffing Companies to Work For” in the following year. These organizations and leaders are transforming the staffing industry, offering solutions to its challenges, and setting trends for how to do business more effectively along with staffing companies that are truly driving the industry forward, while being great places to work.  

    The World Staffing Award is the largest award of its kind in the staffing industry, bringing over 10,000 staffing operators together to decide who will be the winner for the following year in its respective category. The staffing leaders and staffing companies selected for the award either nominated themselves or were nominated by their peers in a public nomination process that took place until the 15th of November 2022. 

    A public voting from the 21st of November until the 15th of January selected the leaders for next year. 

    The winners of the World Staffing Award were announced during the World Staffing Summit on January 24th, 2023. 

    About Candidate.ly

    Candidate.ly is the market leading client portal for Bullhorn. It reduces the busywork associated with candidate submissions and helps recruiters and account managers to create stunning candidate submissions right from within Bullhorn. Recruiters can share candidates with clients as a link instead of attaching resumes to an email. With Candidate.ly, you can receive faster client feedback, see when a client viewed your submission, increase client satisfaction, and make more placements. To learn more visit: www.candidate.ly

     

    About Blue Signal Search

    Having successfully completed over 2,000 search projects, it’s no surprise that Blue Signal has the experience, relationships, and tools to be recognized as a leader in the staffing space. Additionally, our deep industry knowledge and streamlined search processes help clients to secure high-caliber talent within tight timeframes. As a top executive search firm, we have been a driving force in our clients’ professional successes. Therefore, we immerse ourselves in our client’s businesses and our candidate’s careers to fully understand top priorities and the best direction for both parties. Our reputation is built on our ability to consistently incorporate these priorities into each of our searches to make long-term, impactful connections. 

    Filed Under: Blog Posts, Our Company Tagged With: Accolades, awards, recognition, staffing, staffing agency, Staffing Award, staffing firm, staffing leader, Top Staffing Firm, World Staffing Awards

    Blue Signal Nominated for the World Staffing Award 2023

    December 2, 2022 by Lacey Walters

    We are thrilled to announce that Blue Signal was nominated for the World Staffing Award in the “Top 100 Staffing Companies to Work For In 2023” category. These awards recognize firms that are trailblazing the talent acquisition space by providing exceptional service and innovative methodologies. We are honored to be nominated alongside these incredible staffing firms.

    Vote for Blue Signal here!

    About the World Staffing Award

    Each year, the World Staffing Awards recognizes the “Top 100 Staffing Leaders to Watch” and “Top 100 Staffing Companies to Work For” in the following year. These organizations and leaders are transforming the staffing industry, offering solutions to its challenges, and setting trends for how to do business more effectively along with staffing companies that are truly driving the industry forward, while being great places to work.  

    The World Staffing Award is the largest award of its kind in the staffing industry, bringing over 10,000 staffing operators together to decide who will be the winner for the following year in its respective category. The staffing leaders and staffing companies selected for the award either nominated themselves or were nominated by their peers in a public nomination process that took place until the 15th of November 2022. 

    A public voting from the 21st of November until the 15th of January will select the leaders for next year. The winners of the World Staffing Award will be announced during the World Staffing Summit on January 24th, 2023. 

     

    Top Staffing Leaders to watch in 2023

    • Over 3,300 nominations this year 
    • More difficult to win the award (3%) than to get into Harvard (5%) 
    • Last year's winners include:  
      • Taryn Owen, President & COO, PeopleScout & PeopleReady 
      • Kristy Willis, Chief Sales Officer, Trueblue 
      • Amit Pandey, VP - North America & Europe, eTeam 
      • Larry Hartmann, CEO, ZRG Partners 
      • Ajay Kaul, Managing Partner, Agreeya Solutions 
      • Kara Rogan, Chief Operating Officer, CoWorx Staffing Services  
      • Christopher Kapcar, Chief Technology Officer, PeopleReady 
      • Alex Cohen-Smith, President, Mitchell Martin Healthcare 
      • Rebecca Tijerino, President, Spherion 
      • Richard Jager, CEO, Randstad  
      • Lauren Griffin, Senior Vice President, Volt 
      • Eliana Hassen, CEO, Onward Search 
      • Saurabh Singh Parihar, Founder & CEO, StaffChase 
      • Jason Mccaw, CEO, Belflex Staffing Network 

     

    Top Staffing Companies to work for in 2023

    • Over 1,500 nominations this year 
    • Last year’s winners include: 
      • PeopleReady 
      • NES Fircroft 
      • Empresaria Group plc 
      • VDart, Inc. 
      • Volt 
      • AgreeYa Solutions 
      • Accurate Personnel LLC 
      • BGSF 
      • Triple Crown Consulting 
      • Spherion 
      • Onward Search 
      • ASAP Services, LLC 
      • Loyal Source 
      • Optimum Healthcare IT 
      • Digital Gurus 
      • Harvey Nash Group 
      • Andiamo Partners 
      • Wimmer Solutions 

    About the World Staffing Summit 2023 

    The World Staffing Summit by Candidate.ly is the largest virtual conference for forward thinking staffing leaders to connect and exchange trends and ideas that will shape the future of the staffing industry. 

    The 2023 theme for the conference is: Client Experience 

    In a world where digital natives are taking over the buyer seat at your client, and online staffing providers are on the rise, it’s time to get ahead of the curve and future proof your client experience strategy. Join the experts at the World Staffing Summit for a full day of tactical and strategic sessions on how to take your staffing business to the next level by investing into one key ingredient: The Client Experience.  

    Learn alongside thousands of staffing leaders behind the world’s most innovative staffing organizations and discover why client experience is the key to future success for your staffing business. You’ll hear from industry experts on how to leverage the “Client Experience Framework” to attract, onboard, collaborate and re-engage with clients in a digital first era.  

    To learn more visit: www.candidate.ly/worldstaffingsummit

     

    About Candidate.ly

    Candidate.ly is the market leading client portal for Bullhorn. It reduces the busywork associated with candidate submissions and helps recruiters and account managers to create stunning candidate submissions right from within Bullhorn. Recruiters can share candidates with clients as a link instead of attaching resumes to an email. With Candidate.ly, you can receive faster client feedback, see when a client viewed your submission, increase client satisfaction, and make more placements. To learn more visit: www.candidate.ly

    About Blue Signal

    Having successfully completed over 1,900 search projects, it’s no surprise that Blue Signal has the experience, relationships, and tools to be recognized as a leader in the staffing space. Additionally, our deep industry knowledge and streamlined search processes help clients to secure high-caliber talent within tight timeframes. As a top executive search firm, we have been a driving force in our clients’ professional successes. Therefore, we immerse ourselves in our client’s businesses and our candidate’s careers to fully understand top priorities and the best direction for both parties. Our reputation is built on our ability to consistently incorporate these priorities into each of our searches to make long-term, impactful connections. 

    Filed Under: Blog Posts, Our Company, Uncategorized Tagged With: Accolades, Award, recognition, staffing, Staffing Award, staffing firm, Top Staffing Firm, World Staffing, World Staffing Award

    Record-Breaking Month at Blue Signal Search

    August 13, 2020 by Lacey Walters

    As of August 2020, Blue Signal has shattered records and has reached over 1,000 all-time company placements, among other achievements! 

    This month, Blue Signal is delighted to announce our 1,000th placement. What does 1,000 placements mean? 1,000 placements represents 1,000 big breaks, celebrations, goals met, and lives changed - just to name a few. The difference one job can make on families, careers, organizations, and industries is unmeasurable. At Blue Signal, we’re passionate about creating these opportunities for impact, and are ecstatic to have reached this new level of achievement. 

    Our team works to make lasting relationships. We cater to the wants and needs of clients while matching the long-term and overall career goals of candidates. As a partner in the process, we ensure everyone’s best interests by going beyond job descriptions and getting to the heart of our client’s goals and individual’s ambitions. In short - Blue Signal cares. With this philosophy in mind have we been able to reach this milestone. 

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    As thought leaders in our various industry specialties, Blue Signal is constantly looking to share new ideas, best practices, and industry insights with everyone. Our social media pages are constantly updated with hot jobs, interview tips, networking opportunities, and more. Because of this intel, we have gained a following on social media. This month, we reached new heights with over 80K followers on LinkedIn. 

    LinkedIn 80K

    Blue Signal would like to thank its clients, candidates, partners, and community for supporting our vision. We hope to transform what people know about talent acquisition by putting relationships first. Here’s to our journey towards becoming the best recruiting firm in the world! 

    Whether you’re seeking a job or seeking talent to bring onboard, Blue Signal has the connections and the expertise needed to support your journey too. Follow us on LinkedIn to learn more, or contact us today to help fulfill your staffing and recruiting goals.

    Filed Under: Blog Posts, Our Company Tagged With: business partner, new heights, Record, staffing firm, success, thankful

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