About Us
Founded in Fort Myers, Florida in 2005, Bernstein & Associates is far from your typical staffing company, and a great deal different from what you are probably used to. The principal of the company – Mark Bernstein – graduated with honors from Columbia University, and went on to hone his accounting skills at Deloitte & Touche and his Finance skills at Salomon Smith Barney, two of the most eminent firms in the world. Upon moving to Florida in wake of the events of Sept. 11th, 2001 – Mark Bernstein was brought in to revamp the Miami practice of one of the largest Accounting & Finance Recruiting Firms in the world – and in his 3 years grew the revenues of the permanent placement division over 200% and making it one of the largest offices in the nation.
Taking the tools and techniques that he developed in working with this Fortune 500 company – tools and techniques he used to train most of their staff in South Florida – Bernstein & Associates is able to not only utilize this expertise but provide even more flexibility and value to our customers due to our primary focus on permanent placement and lower overhead costs.
What you will find with us:
No Conflicts of Interest– Most permanent placement divisions are simply attachments to a much larger temporary staffing company. This works well for their marketing efforts - but adversely affects their clients. After all, they are forbidden to recruit out of their current clients, often resulting in subpar candidates being sent from a very imited pool of applicants. Ask your recruiter if they recruit out of their current temp clients - if they say no, then you are NOT seeing some of the best candidates in the marketplace. If they say yes, then beware; they are likely to recruit out of your company in the near future.
The Top Personnel – Our company has a true commitment to developing, retaining, and rewarding our own employees. As a a matter of fact, we have the highest payout percentage in the industry. Why? Because happy employees mean happy customers, and we would not have it any other way.
Local expertise, local knowledge, and local investment – We believe in meeting every customer and candidate face-to-face – not just sending resumes to voices on the other end of the phone. All of our recruiters live and work in the same market that they service – and donate a percentage of all their revenues to local charities in the community. Ask your current recruiter how much of their fee they are donating to charity.
