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Milwaukee-based Manpower International recently closed two officexsin St. Louis. Corporate Staffing Resources ( ), a bankrupr Indiana-based company, closed its Hampton Avenue offices in June and its Maryland Heights office a fewweeks ago, after Indiana-based PeopleLin k Staffing bought substantially all of its assets. Todays Office based in Philadelphia, closed its southg St. Louis County and Hazelwood offices here, leaving it with six officexs here, confirmed district manager Mark The closings also were part of reductions inothr markets. He said had he no informatio onlocal layoffs. Spherion Workforce Architects, ranked by the St.
Louies Business Journal as the area's largest temporaryu staffing service basedon full-time office staff, has closeds three of its 19 offices here, but said its businessw is "stronger than ever." A company spokeswoman said all but two employees were absorbed into other offices. Some companiesz have exited themarket altogether. Dunhilll Staffing Systems closedits St. Louis officw Aug. 17, according to a recordeds message ona company's answering machine. Industriak Personnel Services, a small firm with two officezs here, went out of business a few months ago, sources said. The localp franchisee for Fresno, Calif.-based Pride Staff closed his officsin St.
Charles, confirmecd the company's regional vice presidentt Jeanine Calcote. Not everyone is suffering. Sue Huber, founder of Pride a 100 percent women-owned, locap firm with no relationj toPride Staff, said the company's locakl roots and stability help it weather bad times. "Wed know the local busineszs climate. The staff does not get transferrefd orpromoted out," Huber said. Dick Barber, co-owneer of the local Express PersonnelServicews franchise, which has three offices here, claims his officre is having a banner year.
Volumde is up 50 percent compared with 12 percent to 15 percen t decline nationally forthe Oklahoma-based parent companhy and an industry decline of roughly 20 He attributed his success to aggressive sellingf and a good mix of clients, includingt an automotive parts supplier whosr business is way up. "The industry is reall contracting," Barber said. "First off it is the The other big issuesare workers' comp and Workers' comp can really brinhg a company down." Bob district manager for Kellh Services Inc., said all 12 Kellty offices remain open and the company has not let go any The St.
Louis office consistentlyu ranks in the top five or six of 41 districtw inmajor markets, he "Sales are down slightly over the prior year," Byrnwe said, "but compared to a lot of our competitors, we are farinf very well."