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Your workforce partner across Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.

Staffing Challenges Slow Everyone Down. We Help You Get Ahead of Them.

An open position costs you every day it sits empty: slower production, strained morale, supervisors pulled away from real work. The Advance Group works as your comprehensive workforce partner, solving problems before they cost you more.
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Challenges we’ve helped employers work through.

We Know What's Behind Your Hiring Headaches

Staffing problems rarely show up alone. Here’s how working with us changes the picture.
  • Without The Advance Group
  • Every open shift slows down output. Lost production adds up fast, and the pressure lands on your team.
You onboarded three people this week. Two didn’t show up on Monday. Your supervisor is pulling a double shift again, production is lagging, and your client is asking questions.
  • Lost Productivity
  • Supervisor Overload
  • Client Risk
  • With The Advance Group
  • An Active Pipeline Keeps You Staffed
We keep pre-screened candidates ready, so open roles don’t sit empty for long.
  • Our backup fulfillment rate is 96% — meaning you're covered even on short notice. This is built into every partnership at no extra cost.
  • Without The Advance Group
  • Your Applicant Pool Runs Thin
You’re stuck reposting the same role and interviewing candidates who don’t quite fit.
  • Weeks of Vacancy
  • Manager Time Lost
  • Overtime Costs
  • With The Advance Group
  • Every Candidate Is Matched to Your Team
Skills, experience, and culture fit are considered before anyone reaches your desk.
  • Average time from your call to candidate on-site: 48 hours. For urgent needs, we've done it in under 8 hours.
  • Without The Advance Group
  • Supervisors End Up Doing Double Duty
Instead of focusing on their teams, your supervisors and HR get pulled into interviewing and onboarding.
  • Training Loss
  • Team Morale
  • Re-Hire Cost
  • With The Advance Group
  • Our Staffing Specialist Handles the Legwork
Sourcing, screening, and follow-up are ours to manage, so your supervisors can get back to leading.
  • Clients using our compatibility model see a 40–60% reduction in first-90-day turnover versus industry average.
What to Expect When You Partner With Us

A Partnership That Doesn't End at Placement

Solving a staffing challenge takes more than one good candidate. Here’s how we work with you from the first conversation onward.

Let's Build Your Team Together

Tell us what's not working. We'll help you fix it.

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PILLAR 01
  • Required for All Placements

We Start With Your Business

Before we source a single candidate, your Client Specialist learns your culture, and hiring challenges so every recommendation fits your team.

  • Discovery conversation to understand your business and your culture
  • Workforce strategy built around your goals
  • We delve into what you look for in a candidate
  • We tour your facility to see the environment in person to help find the right fit
  • 5-Panel
  • 10-Panel
  • Certified Facility
  • Documented
PILLAR 02
  • Role-Matched Assessment

Skills & Aptitude Assessment

We don’t just ask if someone can run a forklift — we verify it. Role-specific skills tests, equipment certifications, software proficiency checks, and situational judgment assessments are matched to the exact job requirements.
  • Candidates sourced from our active pipeline
  • Every candidate reviewed before you see them
  • Ongoing communication throughout the search
  • Equipment Cert.
  • Aptitude Test
  • Role-Specific
PILLAR 03
  • Multi-Source Verified

Background & Reference Verification

Criminal background checks, employment history verification, and live reference calls with former supervisors — not form letters. We speak directly with people who’ve managed this candidate in an industrial or professional environment.
  • Check-ins after placement where we evaluate what’s working and identify opportunities to improve
  • Anticipate changing workforce needs
  • Proactively identify potential challenges, bring solutions to the table and continuously strengthen the value we provide
  • Criminal Check
  • Employment History
  • Live References
PILLAR 01
  • Required for All Placements

Drug & Substance Screening

Industry-standard 5-panel and 10-panel drug tests administered at certified partner facilities. Results documented and stored in candidate profiles — no extra coordination required from your team.
  • Discovery conversation to understand your business and your culture
  • Workforce strategy built around your goals
  • We delve into what you look for in a candidate
  • We tour your facility to see the environment in person to help find the right fit
  • 5-Panel
  • 10-Panel
  • Certified Facility
  • Documented
PILLAR 02
  • Role-Matched Assessment

Skills & Aptitude Assessment

We don’t just ask if someone can run a forklift — we verify it. Role-specific skills tests, equipment certifications, software proficiency checks, and situational judgment assessments are matched to the exact job requirements.
  • Candidates sourced from our active pipeline
  • Every candidate reviewed before you see them
  • Ongoing communication throughout the search
  • Equipment Cert.
  • Aptitude Test
  • Role-Specific
PILLAR 02
  • Role-Matched Assessment

Skills & Aptitude Assessment

We don’t just ask if someone can run a forklift — we verify it. Role-specific skills tests, equipment certifications, software proficiency checks, and situational judgment assessments are matched to the exact job requirements.
  • Check-ins after placement where we evaluate what’s working and identify opportunities to improve
  • Anticipate changing workforce needs
  • Proactively identify potential challenges, bring solutions to the table and continuously strengthen the value we provide
  • Equipment Cert.
  • Aptitude Test
  • Role-Specific
SHARE YOUR STAFFING NEEDS AND OUR TEAM WILL FOLLOW UP.

Get in Touch with The Advance Group

There’s no cost and no catch. Tell us what you’re looking for, and we’ll build a plan around it.

35+ Years

Serving Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan employers

45,000+ Candidates

In our active talent pipeline

Client Specialist Model

A dedicated recruiter leads your search, backed by the power of our full team.

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Director of Sales

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American Staffing Association

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9.2/10 NPS Score

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

What staffing options do you offer?
We offer flexible options including temporary staffing, temp-to-hire, contract staffing, direct hire, project-based recruiting, and full RPO, so you can choose the approach that fits your current need.
Employers who want a collaborative, long-term partnership. We work best with teams who value communication and want a staffing relationship built to last.
We’ve served Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan for 35+ years, with local ownership and decision-making that let us move fast for the businesses here. Many of our client partnerships go back decades, and that kind of staying power is hard to find elsewhere.

Our recruiters take time to understand your business, industry, and hiring challenges. We recruit across a wide range of industries and stay informed on market trends, skill requirements, and workforce changes.

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