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Since 2016 Imagine Staffing has had the opportunity to partner with Columbus McKinnon, a global industry leader in combining lifting equipment and machinery with intelligent motion technology. They develop unique solutions for applications and problems imperative to their customers’ success. What started as a simple relationship of Imagine Staffing filling their traditional search and placement positions within customer sales and service has turned into 6+ years of vast development and expansion between companies. Imagine has filled nearly 200 roles in the areas of clerical, accounting, finance, engineering, IT, logistics, marketing and creative, light and heavy industrial manufacturing, assembly, and machine operation.


Imagine Staffing has proven their capability to grow and expand exponentially with Columbus McKinnon. The relationship’s inception within Buffalo, NY alone has turned into filling jobs across the nation including placements in Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and the Carolinas beginning in 2021. Since this expansion, Imagine has filled 110 additional positions for them nationwide.


The relationship with Columbus McKinnon shows that Imagine is not just simply a staffing agency, rather, a consultative partner capable of growing with a business and filling a vast array of roles. Imagine also proved the success of a Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) contract that saves Columbus McKinnon thousands of dollars annually by placing clerical sales and service positions at a scalable rate.


The partnership between Imagine Staffing and Columbus McKinnon became so vast and complex that the account has since moved internally from Client Development team to the Client Success team in 2021, which includes one person dedicated to ensuring all items and tasks for the client are “checked o” daily. Imagine Staffing’s ability to be fast with growth customization, agile tactics and access to scalable resources proves differentiation from their competitors has won them a dedicated partnership with a fantastic partner in Columbus McKinnon.