Franchisors Seek Franchisees From Unemployed Talent Pool

Pittsburgh Business Times:

Judy Eiben speaks from experience.

A former senior vice president who oversaw 1,200 people for a local financial services firm, Eiben understands the employment demands of companies struggling through a difficult economy.

When her company eliminated her position at the end of 2007, she decided to open a franchise that helps provide local businesses with temporary employees.

Her office in Gibsonia was the region’s first for Pridestaff, a California-based staffing franchise.

An executive with more than 25 years of experience, Eiben had teenage children in school, a family with longtime roots in the area, and an itch to run her own business.

So starting last summer, she did ample research into different businesses, decided that PrideStaff was both a sound organization and a good match for her management background, and made the initial investment to establish a territory of Pittsburgh’s Northern suburbs. She opened an office in early December. More.

Photo: Joe Wojcik.

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