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