Outsource is exhibiting at the International Security Conference (ISC) and Expo show this week in Las Vegas. The Spring show is held in the West, and the Winter show is held in the East. For the west show we’ve sent a team of our Business Development Managers from some of our western branches: Jake Durkee from Los Angles, Hunter Schmidt from Austin, Garrett Reid from Los Angeles and Ben Weimer from Denver (not pictured).

ISC West attracts over 26,000 security industry professionals and has over 1,000 exhibitors. Outsource has technicians, programmers and installers that specialize in access control, fire/life safety, networked systems, remote monitoring and video surveillance systems. So ISC is a show that’s tailor-made for us to meet the companies that require our staff for their project needs. We always meet plenty of prospective clients, and it’s also a great chance to catch up with current customers as well.

If you’re at the show, come say hello at booth 9136.

It’s only January, but Outsource is already in top gear as we continue to grow. Coming right out of the Holidays we had two development classes for employees that have been promoted into new roles, and we’ve just wrapped up a Foundation training class for newly hired Sourcing Specialists. Foundation training is an immersive week and a half spent at our corporate offices in Los Angeles learning all the ins & outs of what we do, how we do it, and who we are as a company. It’s a great opportunity for these employees to return to their branch offices with all the skills they need to immediately get to work and contribute to their team. This class featured nine new Sourcing Specialists from across the country. In addition to putting in long days in the classroom, they also spent time with the leadership team, as well as shadowing recruiters in the L.A. Office to see what the daily pace looks like. Welcome to the team, and we know you’re going to do great!

(From Left to Right) Stephanie Price (PHX), Drew Mahoney (DEN), Jessie Miller (JAX), David Molina (PHX), Bryan Astemborski (PHX), Trace Baker (DAL), Carlie Stone (SEA), Rocky Montoney (HOU), Mikaela Williams (AUS)

The team got to explore Los Angeles in their down time. Here they are at Griffith Observatory with the Hollywood sign in the background.

Outsource has been working on a large scale, long term project with one of our national electrical contractors.  The project was for ballast/lighting installation for a new Amazon.com distribution center in San Bernardino, California.  The project begin in early 2013 with about 30 apprentice and journeymen electricians, which Outsource supplied to the project.  The project stretched to about 9 months with everything going smoothly.  Then in October a call came from the contractor requesting an additional 25 electricians, needed that same week for a short term stint.  We were able to walk all 25 in to the project on the day requested (see photo below).

The logistics, planning and management of this project have demonstrated our endurance and flexibility. It’s required a complete team effort, and while it hasn’t always been easy, it’s been rewarding to see it all come together.  Kudos to all the internal staff that have played an integral part in this project’s success.

No matter if you need one electrician for a week or fifty for an unspecified period of time, we can help you out.  Contact us for more details on this project as well as many others that we’ve played an important role in. 

The Outsource corporate office again gathered together to hold our own pre-Thanksgiving celebration. This event has outgrown our break room, so we now hold it across the street at the Doubletree hotel. This year we had both turkey and ham along with all the sides and fixings, and an open bar with beer and wine. Several pies and a bread pudding finished off the meal. Thanksgiving is largely about getting together with family, and the Outsource culture is a very close knit group where everyone gets along with each other both at work and after hours. It’s an Outsource tradition that we all look forward to each year, and the ideal holiday for our team.

Outsource enjoying Thanksgiving dinner.

From Left to Right (Arlie, Cole, Jordan and Chris)

Outsource is hosting a special payroll workshop for Business Development Managers this week. This is an opportunity for our corporate management team to sit down & discuss where BDM duties and responsibilities intersect with payroll, in order to better communicate & manage issues in the field. Payroll problems that affect our field personnel are a prime concern, and being able to rapidly assist clients and technicians alike with timecard issues or missing checks is an essential part of everyone’s job at Outsource. For this week’s training we have Shannon Paule from Austin, Taylor Hoover and Jessica Brown from Houston, Brian McShane from Dallas and Dana White from Phoenix, joined by their Regional Manager, Lou Zuniga. Chris Moss, Payroll Manger, and Savannah Johnson, Director of Human Resources, were the primary corporate representatives participating in the discussion.

Savannah Johnson leading a discussion on the payroll process.

The BDM team spent two full classroom days discussing the issues and working on solutions with the corporate team.