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Posts Tagged ‘Employee Stories’
Substitute Teacher Story: Jane Abrams
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kelly Education is proud to highlight the work of our talented substitute teachers. Mrs. Jane Abrams is the winner of our 2024 Substitute Educator of the Year award in the K-12 Substitute Teacher category. She is a former Kindergarten teacher who retired early after an accident but recently returned to the classroom as a…
Read MoreExperts Unplugged: Riley Feser, Cell Culture Associate
Reading Time: 3 minutes Meet Riley Feser, a Biology master’s graduate whose journey from Canada to the United States exemplifies resilience and talent. Facing challenges in securing a job due to visa restrictions, Riley’s unique background and unwavering determination caught the attention of our recruiter, Erlin Golubski. “Riley was so easy to talk to and had very strong…
Read MoreJocelyn Lincoln’s story is changing African American experience in the workplace
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reflecting upon how she got her start at Kelly, Jocelyn laughed at the fated nature of her original discovering of an opening, “It’s crazy to think that all of this wouldn’t have started without that newspaper ad.” But how has she overcome the many obstacles that come with navigating her career while being an African…
Read MoreVeteran Employee Stories
Reading Time: 6 minutes Colton Ledford Columbia, Missouri Military branch: Missouri National Guard Current role: On-Site Account Talent Manager Colton Ledford joined Kelly in the fall of 2016. He works in our Partnered Staffing operations as an on-site account talent manager, supporting one customer’s two locations. Prior to joining Kelly he worked as a project lead…
Read MoreGene Guilkey’s story is a study in grit and determination.
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s also a study in how reinventing yourself can lead to new and exciting life chapters—and how Gene’s relationship with Kelly made this possible. A senior airman in the U.S. Air Force during the 1980s, Gene did what most parents would do: he put his family ahead of himself, and resumed his education only after…
Read MoreMohamed Shariff – A rising star in biomedical science
Reading Time: 3 minutes To say that Mohamed Shariff is an overachiever is an understatement. With a Master’s degree from Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mohamed is a young man well on his path to becoming a significant contributor to the medical industry. And one of the most critical springboards to that success has been Kelly Services. …
Read MoreEvery day, Dr. Kristin Fabre loves her job.
Reading Time: 2 minutes This scientific program manager earned her graduate degree in Cell and Molecular Biology with an emphasis on Radiation Biology from Colorado State University, and became a postdoctoral researcher at the National Cancer Institute®. While there, Dr. Fabre realized she wanted to work in a translational field setting: the area of science that bridges the gaps…
Read MoreCharyn McGinnis enjoys a good challenge.
Reading Time: 2 minutes In fact, facing challenges head-on and finding creative solutions has defined this Houston-based HR project manager’s career from the moment she started working with Kelly® in 2000. “MY KELLY RECRUITER, STACEY, WAS RESPONSIVE, SUPPORTIVE, AND COMMITTED. WHENEVER ONE PROJECT WOULD COME TO AN END, SHE’D INVARIABLY SUGGEST OTHER INTERESTING JOBS AT GREAT…
Read MoreLisa Ross – A NASCAR® accountant with personality
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last October, Kelly® helped Lisa Ross land her dream job as a general staff accountant with Stewart-Haas Racing®. The company is a title-winning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team co-owned by Tony Stewart, three-time Sprint Cup champion, and Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation® —the largest CNC machine tool builder in the western world. Soon, Lisa…
Read MoreAleece Kreiner – An instrument engineer with a bright future
Reading Time: 2 minutes And it all began while she was still a co-op student at her alma mater, Saginaw Valley State University. There she met Tiffany, a Kelly® recruiter, at a college job fair. Aleece was immediately impressed by Tiffany’s friendly and open demeanor, which was why she followed up on that initial meeting and sent in her…
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