YUPRO Placement in the news
ClearlyRated
February 5, 2025
YUPRO Placement Earns ClearlyRated’s 5-year Diamond Award for Best of Staffing Client Satisfaction
Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA)
November 12, 2024
YUPRO Placement’s Michelle Sims Named to SIA’s 2023 Global Power 150 Women in Staffing List
Business Wire
October 1, 2024
YUPRO Placement Launches Free Job Board Focused on Skills Over Degrees
Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA)
September 17, 2024
YUPRO Placement Named to SIA’s 2024 Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms List
Forbes
August 23, 2024
How To Turn On-The-Job Training Into An Asset Rather Than A Burden
HR Morning
July 10, 2024
7 Ways to Make Skills-Based Hiring Work
PharmExec
June 5, 2024
Three Ways to Close the Urgent Talent Gap
WRKDefined
April 24, 2024
Investing in People’s Potential: Katie Breault’s Journey The Importance of Internships and Work-Based Learning
Staffing Industry Analysts
May 20, 2024
Katie Breault Named to SIA’s 2024 DEI Influencers List
CIO
April 16, 2024
Skills-first hiring has CIOs rethinking talent strategies
Forbes
April 12, 2024
Is Your Entry-Level Hiring Strategy Flawed?
ClearlyRated
March 26, 2024
YUPRO Placement earns ClearlyRated’s Best Staffing Firms for Women Award
HR Morning
March 13, 2024
Degrees of Change: The Shift to Skills-Based Hiring With Michelle Sims, CEO of YUPRO Placement
SIA Staffing Stream
March 2, 2024
The Transformative Power of a Fractional Hire
Forbes
March 1, 2024
10 Ways Female Leaders Champion Women’s Empowerment In The Workplace
SHRM Executive Network
February 20, 2024
Bill Aims to End Hiring Bias Against Workers Without Bachelor’s Degrees
ClearlyRated
February 6, 2024
YUPRO Placement Earns 2024 Best of Staffing Client Satisfaction and Best of Staffing Employee Satisfaction
Merit America
November 16, 2023
Merit America and YUPRO Placement join forces to transform the workforce through skills-based hiring and career advancement
Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA)
November 15, 2023
YUPRO Placement’s Michelle Sims Named to SIA’s 2023 Global Power 150 Women in Staffing List
Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA)
September 19, 2023
YUPRO Placement Named to SIA’s 2023 Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms List
Great Recruiters
July 18, 2023
YUPRO Placement Named Top Rated Professional Staffing Firms: First Half 2023
SIA
July 18, 2023
Margaret Walkup Named to SIA’s 2023 40 Under 40 List
ClearlyRated
June 6, 2023
YUPRO Placement Name ClearlyRated Best Staffing Firms for Women™
SIA
May 30, 2023
Ainsley Castro Named to SIA’s 2023 DEI Influencers List
U.S. Department of Labor
May 25, 2023
YUPRO Placement Named U.S. Department of Labor Apprenticeship Ambassador
National Association of Workforce Boards
May 18, 2023
How (and Why) Companies Should Support Skills-First Hiring
FORBES
March 30, 2023
Skills-First Is More Than A Hiring Strategy, It’s A Mindset
SHRM Executive Network
February 14, 2023
Favorite Job Interview Questions from the C-Suite
Businesswire
February 28, 2023
YUPRO Placement Invites Employers to Adopt Skills-First Hiring Practices
Businesswire
February 13, 2023
Year Up Professional Resources, PBC (YUPRO) Announces Name Change and Continued Commitment to Skills-First Hiring
ClearlyRated
February 7, 2023
YUPRO (YEAR UP PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES) Earns 2023 Best of Staffing Client Satisfaction and Best of Staffing Employee Satisfaction
Talent Management
January 11, 2023
5 ways organizations can attract and foster belonging among diverse talent
HR Morning
January 27, 2023
How a skills-first approach can help ignite hiring efforts
SIA
November 18, 2022
YUPRO’s Michelle Sims Named to SIA Global Power 150 Women in Staffing List
OpenClassrooms
November 16, 2022
OpenClassrooms Expands U.S. Offerings Through New Apprenticeship Program with Merck
ASA
October 7, 2022
YUPRO Placement Honored for Best Work-Based Training Program in U.S. Staffing and Recruiting Industry
SIA
January 27, 2023
YUPRO Placement listed #35 of 122 on the 2022 Fastest Growing US Staffing Firms
Open Campus
August 25, 2022
Could one-year apprenticeships become a thing in tech?
SIA
February 13, 2023
Tirranny Nettles, YUPRO Placement Director of Recruiting, earns recognition in the staffing industry as a SIA 40 under 40 honoree
Symba
June 13, 2022
5 Key Takeaways from NYEC Panel with YUPRO
SIA
February 13, 2023
Two YUPRO Placement Executives Named to SIA’s 2022 DEI Influencers
Thought Leadership
March 29, 2022
A Commitment To Diversity Won’t Necessarily Move The Needle On Change
Apprenticeship Program
January 27, 2023
YUPRO Placement Builds an Apprenticeship Program Learning Community Through Forward-thinking Tech with Partner Symba
Business Wire
March 9, 2022
YUPRO, a Mid-Size Diversity Staffing Firm, Sees an Astonishing 230% Revenue Growth
Business Wire
February 2, 2022
Year Up Professional Resources, PBC (YUPRO) Wins Two ClearlyRated 2022 Best of Staffing Awards
SIA
December 16, 2021
YUPRO Placement listed #38 of 52 on the 2021 Fastest Growing US Staffing Firms
SIA
November 16, 2021
Michelle Sims, CEO YUPRO, is named as a SIA 2021 Global Power 150 – Phenomenal Women in Staffing
Workshift/Open Campus
October 14, 2021
YUPRO Placement is an IBM SkillsBuild partner, joining the mission to upskill 30 million people by 2030
Business Wire
October 19, 2021
YUPRO Placement and WorkLlama Partner to expand reach connecting diverse candidates with Fortune 500 employers
SIA
September 2021
Michelle Sims, CEO YUPRO, named a SIA’s 2021 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Influencer – the first list for SIA comprising 50 professionals in the workforce solutions ecosystem who have been making great strides in varied ways to move the diversity mission forward.
SIA
September 13, 2022
Katie Breault, Vice President at YUPRO, earns recognition in the staffing industry as a SIA 40 under 40 honoree
ASA
September 13, 2022
YUPRO Placement contractor, Katie Brewer, awarded the Engineering, Information Technology, and Scientific Sector All-Star
ASA
August 31, 2021
YUPO’s OnRamps@Work Apprenticeship Program recognized for its impact in underrepresented young adult talent
SIA Staffing Stream
June 8, 2022
YUPRO Placement Executives Named to SIA’s 2022 DEI Influencers List
SIA Staffing Stream
July 19, 2021
YUPRO Placement creates opportunities for nontraditional workers connecting employers with nonprofit training provider workers
Work Shift, a Project of Open Campus
June 23, 2022
Michelle Sims, CEO YUPRO, comments on skills-based hiring and connecting nonprofit workforce talent to jobs with economic mobility
Clearly Rated Best of Staffing Industry
February 2, 2021
YUPRO Placement wins ClearlyRated’s 2021 Best of Staffing Client Award for Service Excellence
ASA
October 1, 2020
Award recognizes YUPRO’s “Pathways at Work – Your StepUP to Success” program for Opportunity Talent
KIPP
October 13, 2020
YUPRO Placement provides KIPP Alumni Community with Career Coaching Support Services
ASA
December 12, 2018
YUPRO Placement earns the ASA 2018 Care Award
