Stout Systems prides itself on being a picky employer. The Ann Arbor-based staffing firm bills the technical talent it places in jobs as having survived a tough screening process.
"We won't send a candidate out on an interview who hasn't gone through that screening process," says
John Stout, CEO of
Stout Systems. "We are pretty quality driven from that standpoint."
That sort of reputation has allowed Stout Systems to grow both its core staff and the number of people it's putting into IT and software jobs. The 20-year-old company has helped fill 40 positions in other companies over the last year and added five people to its own core staff, which stands at 12.
Driving that hiring spree is growth in its revenue, which is up 10 percent over the last year. Stout says that made 2012 his company's best growth year ever. Increased demand from manufacturing and engineering firms made that possible.
"We have seen a lot of demand for those sectors," Stout says.
Source: John Stout, CEO of Stout Systems
Writer: Jon Zemke
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