Searching for the best: One company's online search tool could render resumes obsolete

摘要

The year 2009 was tough for a lot of people. The recession caused the oil and gas industry, which had been in a period of robust hiring, to freeze hiring and even consider layoffs. For a staffing company, it was not a good time to be helping people find employment - there were very few opportunities. Chris and Carolyn Sutton, partners at Clover Global Solutions, were carefully eyeing the terrain. The Suttons, who had spent 24 years in Alaska - Chris in the energy industry and Carolyn in tourism and construction - bought Houston-based Clover in 2000, though they had little experience with staffing prior to that time. In their first nine years, they built and expanded the company as a staffing source for the oil and gas industry. But the recession signaled a time to change tactics.