Welcome to November and our monthly newsletter everyone.  November, unfortunately, gets a bad rap. October has cooling temperatures and changing leaves. December has the holiday season. But what is November left with? Having to rake up the leaves that fell to the ground and are now brown, a “Guns N Roses” song, the end of daylight savings time (did you remember to change your clocks on November 6?), a turkey, the first month of many where snow can be in the forecast every day in areas like Chicago, New York, and Boston, and no baseball for several months.

November is, of course, the time where we most remember to give thanks—even if it is in between bites of turkey or between halves of a Lions or Cowboys game. We all get busy and forget to say thank you, but in November, we seem to find the time.

I want to say thanks to our clients for allowing us to serve you and assist in your growth, but I also want to take time to thank some of the members of our internal team for helping us continue to grow:

Lisa Pickens: Many of you know Lisa quite well, either from your direct conversations with her or from seeing her name on the reports you receive from us. Lisa left us a few weeks back to pursue other opportunities but we certainly would not be where we are today without her hard work, dedication, knowledge, and passion for making RS a better place for our clients and employees. Her friendship is missed as well as I can’t call and bother her quite as much now as I could when she was working for us!

Jolene Pratt: We were lucky enough to be recommended to Jolene a few months ago and am really excited about the direction she is taking not just the inside team she manages, but the whole company. She started to take over some of Lisa’s responsibilities so Lisa could focus on different areas of the business and Jolene really has brought some new and great ideas to the table for us to get ourselves to the next level. Thanks to Jolene, I need to get less involved in some aspects of operations and marketing and can focus more on the areas I love, sales and how we can help more clients.

Wayne Sutherland: I don’t want to make either of us feel old, but Wayne and I worked together in the staffing industry before iPhone apps, back in a day when we all thought the world was going to end once a clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve 1999. Wayne just started with us last month, but I thank him for bringing to Randolph Sterling not only some very strong sales experience and ability to close deals, but being from the Boston area, he also gives us additional coverage and the ability to assist more clients on a national level out of the northeast.

I mentioned our clients, but in this time of thanks, I think it bears repeating. We appreciate very much the opportunity to work with you every day and to help your business grow. We look forward to continuing to assist you for many years to come.