Michele Curtis has been working with Benchmark Recruiting on and off since 2002. Her ten years of management experience both inside and outside of Benchmark Recruiting are an asset to the company. During her career she has managed people, products, services and projects. Michele spent the earlier part of her career managing restaurants on both the "mom and pop" as well as the corporate levels. During her time as a server at a popular, upscale establishment, she was handpicked to go through the company's first ever Management-In-Training Program, where she excelled and was then reassigned to a high volume location. There, she revamped many of the older systems that were in place, hired, fired and trained new staff to create a more upbeat and motivated team which led to a more efficient and profitable operation.

The next management challenge she took on was with a well known, high producing recruiting firm as their Office Manager. While in this position, she reorganized files and systems to create a paperless office. She was also in charge of new software training as well as setting up new workstations for employees. She streamlined the procedures for billing, accounts receivable and payroll. Her exceptional performance earned her a promotion as a project manager for the top recruiter in the office.

Her next endeavor was as a Business Manager at a start up landscaping company. There she created descriptions of services, pricing and billing procedures.  She was also responsible for meeting tax and payroll deadlines and working closely with a CPS using Quickbooks to keep revenues flowing smoothly. Most importantly, she developed relationships with local vendors through cold calling and an ever increasing referral network. To date the company has served over 600 clients in less than five years and continues to