Berks & Beyond Blog

Expansion Means Better Service for Area Employers

Harrisburg, PA –Berks and Beyond Employment Services, Inc. will hold the Grand Opening of its sixth office on Wednesday, February 17, 2010.  Although the staffing and recruitment firm has served the Harrisburg market for over three years, the additional location will allow Berks & Beyond to provide expanded and more responsive service to area employers.

“We see the Harrisburg office as a natural extension for our business.  Over the past few years, we’ve watched the staffing and recruitment needs of the Harrisburg market evolve; this new location will help us better meet those needs,” states Chris Garner, President of Berks & Beyond.  “We are staffing the Harrisburg office with seasoned professionals, some of whom have over 25 years of staffing experience.  These veterans will help ensure we deliver exceptional employees and customer service from the day our new office opens its doors.”

Berks & Beyond’s sixth location is located at 1505 Market Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011.  Like the existing offices, the expansion location will provide clerical, industrial, managerial, and technical staff for temporary, temp-to-perm, and permanent placement services.

While Berks & Beyond currently provides staffing solutions to employers throughout much of Southern Pennsylvania, the Harrisburg office will broaden the company’s service area to include the following towns and cities:  Boiling Springs, Camp Hill, Carlisle, Colonial Park, Dauphin, Dillsburg, Enola, Harrisburg, Hershey, Highspire, Hummelstown, Lemoyne, Lewisberry, Marysville, Mechanicsburg, Middletown, Mt. Holly Springs, Newberrytown, New Cumberland, New Kingston, Shepherdstown, Shiremanstown, Steelton, and Wormleysburg.

Expansion Means Better Service for Area Employers

Harrisburg, PA –Berks and Beyond Employment Services, Inc. is pleased to announce plans for a Harrisburg, PA expansion office.  The staffing and placement firm, which currently serves much of Southern Pennsylvania, will open the new office in order to expand and enhance the services it offers to employers throughout Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, and York counties.

“Although this will be a brand new office for Berks and Beyond, we are not new to the Harrisburg market,” says Chris Garner, President of Berks & Beyond.  “This expansion office will allow us to better serve our existing clients in the Harrisburg area, and grow our customer base throughout the region.  Some of our most experienced employment specialists will staff the new office, ensuring a smooth transition and exceptional customer service from the outset.”

The new office, Berks and Beyond’s sixth location, will be located at 1505 Market Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011.  Like the existing offices, the expansion location will provide clerical, industrial, managerial, and technical staff for temporary, temp-to-perm, and permanent placement services.

The Harrisburg office is currently scheduled to open on February 17, 2010.

For more information, please contact Chris Garner at 610.376.9675 or e-mail him at chris@berksandbeyond.com.

New Location Will Facilitate Staffing Firm’s Continued Growth

Allentown, PA – Berks and Beyond Employment Services, Inc. is pleased to announce the relocation of its Allentown, PA office.  The staffing and placement firm, which services much of Southern Pennsylvania, has moved its Allentown branch to the location where People Unlimited operated for 10 years.  Effective immediately, Berks & Beyond’s new Allentown address is: 1820 Union Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18109.  The phone number has stayed the same: 610.435.9270.

“It was clear that our Allentown office had outgrown its existing space.  The new location is ideally situated for our company to continue to grow in a market we have now served for over a decade,” says Chris Garner, President of Berks & Beyond.  “The Union Boulevard address will provide even better access for clients and applicants in cities such as Fogelsville, Souderton, Quakertown, and Harleysville.”

For more information, or directions to Berks and Beyond’s new Allentown office, call us directly at 610.435.9270.

This year’s ”Toughest Job in Berks County” contest is underway.  Are you up to the challenge?

If your job is physically or mentally challenging - or just plain dirty - we want to hear from you.  Submit a brief video (one minute or less) of yourself on the job, explaining why you have the toughest job in Berks County.  We’ll select our winner on March 18th, 2010 during the Reading Royals hockey game.

For complete Contest Rules, visit our website.

Watch Last Year’s Winning Entry

To give you an idea of what we’re looking for, take a look at Dave Herb’s video.  Dave currently holds the title of “Toughest Job in Berks County”.  Here’s why:

Submit Your Video Today

You don’t have to get fancy to win this contest.  Remember, videos will be judged based upon the jobs themselves - not video production quality.  So, what are you waiting for?  Get shooting and submit your video to Berks & Beyond today.  You could win $1,000  and the title “Toughest Job in Berks County”.

Any staffing service can claim they’re the best, or that they’ll find you the right job opportunity.  But we’re not just “any staffing service.”  So, we thought we’d go straight to the source - and show you what our employees have to say about their experiences with Berks & Beyond:

Pottstown

“Berks and Beyond Employment Service is a service that is very personable, very in-tune with what the employee is looking for, very thorough and on-the-ball.  I tried other agencies and they promised to deliver, but they did nothing.  I give B&B an excellent rating and I would refer them to anyone.”
- Steven Brynan

Allentown

“I started working with Berks & Beyond in March 2009.  Since that time they have helped me obtain several quality positions.  The staff is always friendly and very helpful.  They have always answered any questions I have had and most of all they have kept me working!  I would recommend Berks & Beyond to anyone looking for work!”
- Stephen Gower

Reading

“After being laid-off from my job, I was searching and searching for a job.  I went into Berks & Beyond and they found me a job so quickly, I wished I had gone to them sooner!  Everyone is extremely nice and very willing to help, and I couldn’t ask for a better agency.  I would recommend Berks & Beyond to anyone who does not have a job.  They helped me out tremendously, and they can definitely help you out, too!”
- Christina Boyer

York

“I would just like to thank Berks & Beyond for the wonderful opportunity of being able to maintain a job in the workforce today.  As we are all aware of the economy today, it is not very good; and many well-meaning people are out of work.  I would especially like to thanks Ms. Bonitta Martin for her diligence in keeping me afloat with satisfying, consistent work.”
- Felisha Short

Are you looking for a rewarding work opportunities with the area’s leading employers?  Just click here  to learn more about what Berks and Beyond can do for you.

Even more great news for Berks & Beyond:  our company was recently selected as the winner of the Employment Training Service category in the 2009 Best of Wyomissing Awards.

Each year, the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) identifies companies they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category.  Berks & Beyond was recognized as one of the local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

To read the full press release, click here.

Thanks to all our staff - both internal, and on assignment - for helping Berks & Beyond to deliver award-winning service.  Your company can receive the same great service by giving us a try today.

Each year, the American Staffing Association selects a handful of companies to receive VOICE Awards.  I’m pleased to announce that this year Berks & Beyond won in several categories.  Here is the content from a recent ASA press release: 

Thirteen companies were recognized for their outstanding communications projects in the competition, which was judged earlier this month. Entries in two classes of staffing firms—independent and national— competed in categories ranging from direct mail to company identification to public service.

Communications specialists judged the entries on the basis of general appeal and overall quality; content and message; originality of approach; and statement of target audience, objectives, and results.

Check out the winning entries from the following companies at Staffing World 2009, Oct. 20–23, in Orlando, FL, where the top honorees will be announced.

Direct Mail Berks & Beyond Employment, Clark Personnel Service, QPS Cos. Inc., Randstad

Print Advertising Berks & Beyond Employment, the Delta Cos., Labor Ready

Specialty Advertising The Delta Cos., Select Staffing

Other Advertising PSG—Professional Staffing Group, Labor Ready, TrueBlue Inc.

Company Web Site Arcus, Berks & Beyond Employment, the Delta Cos., QPS Cos. Inc., RealStreet Staffing

The 2009 ASA Staffing VOICE Awards competition is sponsored by CareerBuilder, an ASA corporate partner providing customized products and services to help staffing firms increase their exposure among candidates and potential clients.

While it’s certainly nice to be recognized by the ASA, what matters most to us are the results we deliver for our clients and employees.  So please let me know what you think of the content we provide - in this blog, on our web site, and in our resource center.  Your feedback will help us deliver even greater value.