Alternative Staffing

Alternative Staffing is a staffing agency in North Charleston, SC. The agency focuses on industrial manufacturing staffing and also provides office and clerical staffing, temporary staffing solutions, and temporary-to-permanent placements. It serves employers and job seekers throughout the Lowcountry, with a stated emphasis on quick turnaround and matching clients with qualified associates. Alternative Staffing holds a rating of 3.70 based on 36 reviews.

The agency was founded by Jan Cappellini and Craig Lake, who had worked in franchised staffing offices before deciding to build something different: customized staffing solutions rather than cookie-cutter concepts, aimed at giving clients greater staffing flexibility and employees greater job opportunities. The company has reached 25 years in business. Its leadership team includes Cappellini as President, Lake as Sales Manager, Vicki Hotchkiss as Senior Recruiter, Sarah Myers as Branch Manager, Ruby Wallace in HR and accounting, Paul Kirkland in accounting, and Shannon Grisson as Recruiter.

Alternative Staffing handles coordination of the hiring process for clients, including recruiting, screening, and managing working associates, and it maintains a database of pre-qualified candidates for short-notice needs. Employees are paid weekly, with Friday as payday for the previous week worked. The agency offers health benefits through Essential StaffCARE and provides six paid holidays and paid vacation to eligible employees who meet service and attendance requirements. Candidates can submit resumes in person at the office or by email, and employees can access accounts through the company's job board and login tools.

Clients have described working with Alternative Staffing since the mid-1990s, calling on the agency through periods of growth and downsizing for changing labor needs. One client noted that a team packed 100,000 Coronavirus kits in two weeks with the workforce the agency provided. The company kept its doors open during the pandemic, supplying workers to businesses and jobs to those who had been laid off, and held vaccine events for workers and the local community.

Alternative Staffing has built a steady record of repeat and referred customers, reflecting the lasting client relationships it has maintained across the Charleston area's industrial and manufacturing employers.