A significant amount of administrative and legal work goes hand-in-hand with starting any business. But being an entrepreneur within the staffing industry is a whole new ballgame — one with a longer playbook, more rules, and regulations to follow.
Drawing from over 20 years of experience in the staffing industry and having run a previous staffing firm, Natalie Meadows and her partner Jill Green decided to launch Green Meadows Partners to help make the staffing world more enjoyable and easier to navigate.
Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, Green Meadows Partners was founded under the mission to rewrite the staffing model. With a people-centric approach, the staffing, recruiting, and consulting agency is rooted in fostering relationships that forge careers, businesses, and enhance lives.
Having felt the operational pressures of owning and running her previous staffing firm, Meadows knew her team needed outside support to take the administrative workload off their plates and create more room for focusing on the people they were serving. This meant working with a strategic, reliable partner to handle payroll administration, insurance, and risk mitigation, among others business processes.
“You say challenge, I say ‘ESSG.’ You say obstacles, I’m like let ESSG deal with it [...] You are that kind of partner to me that the sky is the limit.” - Natalie Meadows, shareholder and CVO, Green Meadows Partners
Not Just a Business Provider, But a Business Partner
Entrepreneurship inevitably involves some level of fear and risk tied to business ownership and operations. Risk mitigation as a staffing agency entrepreneur is especially huge, from consistently ensuring employee safety to staying compliant with the latest labor laws and regulations.
Having come from an industrial staffing background, Meadows had been exposed to the challenges and risk associated with this line of work. At her previous company, she knew she needed a strategic, reliable partner to handle payroll administration and risk management, among other back-office business processes.
In 2020, Meadows and her team had caught wind of ESSG’s services and how they help relieve businesses of workforce management and daily administrative burdens. “I had been in business for about a year, but it was kind of wonky and weird because it was 2020,” Meadows explained. “But when ESSG was brought into my life I was like, ‘Where have you been all my life?’” Meadows first began working with ESSG during this period, in which ESSG provided the necessary support and structure to fuel early company growth.
Fast forward to when Meadows branched off to start Green Meadows Partners, ESSG was by her side to seamlessly support her throughout that startup phase.
“Coming into working with ESSG, I thought, ‘oh wow’. In the staffing business, if you’re a mom and pop shop who doesn’t have someone like ESSG, one injury can shut your doors.” - Natalie Meadows, shareholder and CVO, Green Meadows Partners
The Journey Towards Risk Mitigation and Administrative Support
Comprehensive administrative support, compliance protection, and risk mitigation were top priorities for Green Meadows Partners when partnering with ESSG. To quickly reduce back-end office demands, ESSG took on the heavy lifting from behind the scenes, freeing up Green Meadows Partners’ time, energy, and bandwidth to focus on growing while doing what they do best: connecting people with meaningful careers.
With risk mitigation and protection also top-of-mind, ESSG made this transition seamless and pain-free. ESSG assumed the workplace and compliance risk, giving Green Meadows Partners more emotional and physical bandwidth to nurture the relationships with the people they worked with. Meadows asserts that with ESSG, “I’m not capped. There’s no ceiling for me to be like, ‘well, I wonder if I can do that or not,’ or, ‘I wonder if ESSG will support me in that.’ It’s just a no-brainer to me.”
The Sky Is The Limit: Results of The Partnership
Easy, fast, growth. These are the three words Meadows used to describe the value ESSG brings to her company. With ESSG by their side, Green Meadows Partners was able to scale their business confidently while staying true to their mission of treating people like humans, rather than just another number.
By removing the fear of workplace and compliance risk, operational pressures, and other administrative burdens, Green Meadows Partners was able to:
- Maximize efficiency and profitability without passing on added costs to clients
- Stay focused on quality and client service while growing intentionally
- Focus on what matters most: nurturing relationships, growing the business, and maintaining an entrepreneurial spirit, all while ESSG manages the operational details behind the scenes
To achieve sustainable growth, expansion, and profitability, staffing owners must maximize efficiency; and partnering with ESSG gives them that competitive edge by freeing up valuable time. For Green Meadows Partners, their partnership with ESSG allows them to stay laser-focused on what generates revenue: sales, exceptional service, and sourcing the top-tier candidates.
Above all, Meadows and her team have been able to gain not just a provider, but a dedicated partner. “I call you guys and you answer. And it’s just seamless and it’s perfect for me,” Meadows explains. “You call me. You saw on LinkedIn when my kids graduated from high school, and you called me. ”
Ready to Be The Next Success Story? Let ESSG Be Your Partner
ESSG removes the stress of workforce management and administration and replaces it with personalized, reliable support. With back-office tasks covered, you can focus on scaling your staffing agency and achieving your business goals.
As your one-stop-shop solutions provider, we are here to help guide you through the staffing business journey. Are you ready to take the leap? Let’s get started.
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Founded in 2005, by an ex-labor law attorney, a financial banker, and a business development expert, Employer Solutions Group's purpose is to help businesses (of any size) , lower the operating costs that come with having employees. Partnering with ESG to assume these responsibilities will increase your company's profitability, decrease employee turnover, so you can stay focused on your business' mission. Someone once asked our CEO what business he was in. His response: “We are in the business of helping people”.
