Laurus Strategies is 8 years old but it has really hit its stride in the last two, hitting 200 employees and a handful of interns in that time.
"We used to be a really small company," says Cassie McDonagh, a marketing consultant for
Laurus Strategies. "Over the last two years we have almost doubled in size."
The human resources consulting firm has hired 75 people in the last year. It currently has between 10-15 open positions. The company's headquarters is in Brighton but it also has offices in Chicago, Louisville, Dallas and Illinois. It has also acquired a couple of human resource tech firms in Chicago and Milwaukee over the last year to help boost its service offerings in an attempt to offer a more comprehensive solution.
"Laurus has some unique infrastructure that can handle the whole employee life cycle," says Scott Slyfield, principal with Laurus Strategies.
The company has been focusing on building out its business in the middle of the country in recent years and its looking at continuing that aggressive growth by capitalizing on the re-emergence of Metro Detroit's automotive market.
"The next five years are going to be busy for us," McDonagh says.
Source: Scott Slyfield, principal with Laurus Strategies and Cassie McDonagh, marketing consultant for Laurus Strategies
Writer: Jon Zemke
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