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05/26/2026

Here's something we've been talking about a lot lately at PSI: hiring has gotten weird.

People are showing up to interviews who aren't who they say they are. Sometimes it's someone else doing the talking off-camera. Sometimes it's AI feeding answers in real time. Sometimes the whole identity is borrowed.

It sounds like a movie plot, but it's becoming a regular part of the conversation with our clients.

Worried about who's actually showing up to your interviews? Let's talk.

05/19/2026

Big news from our corner of Columbus!

Monty Ragland has been named one of Purpose Jobs' Top CEOs to Watch in 2026! This recognition celebrates leaders building purpose-driven companies in emerging tech ecosystems.

For more than a decade, Monty has helped guide PSI through every kind of market, and through the 2022 succession that brought him and Monica Dominic into ownership of a company Keith Stevens started with $500 and a mission to put people to work. The direction has never changed: serve, solve, deliver.

We're proud of him. We're proud to work with him. And we're grateful to Purpose Jobs for shining a light on the kind of leadership that puts people first.

Congratulations, Monty.

Read the full article: https://www.purpose.jobs/blog/top-ceos-to-watch-202

05/18/2026

TechServe Alliance just published their April Executive Roundtable insights, and a few takeaways resonated with what we're seeing in the field:
→ Volume is up. Conversion isn't keeping pace. Clients are hiring more deliberately — fewer speculative searches, tighter intake criteria.
→ Direct hire is holding strong. Several firms are reporting roughly a 50/50 contract-to-perm split.
→ Candidate fraud is a real operational issue. Verification tools are showing only 40–46% of tested candidates passing. That's a quality problem at the top of the funnel.
→ AI is changing recruiting workflows — but ex*****on matters. The firms getting results have made AI adoption someone's explicit job.

The throughline: the staffing firms winning right now are the ones diversifying client mix, deepening accounts, and investing in senior talent. None of that is new for us — it's been the PSI playbook for 30+ years.

🔗 https://techservealliance.org/inside-aprils-executive-roundtables-what-tech-staffing-leaders-are-seeing-now/

At TechServe Alliance, we host peer roundtables where leaders of IT and engineering staffing firms speak candidly about what's actually happening in their

05/14/2026

"In the age of AI, people are still your differentiator." — PwC, 2026 Workforce Outlook

That line should be on every hiring manager's wall right now.

Because as agentic AI takes on more of the routine work, what's left is the part that actually moves the business: judgment, creativity, relationship-building, knowing when to override the algorithm.

Hiring for that takes a different kind of staffing partner. One who gets that the resume is the starting point, not the answer.

PSI has been doing this for 30+ years — across tech, operations, and creative roles. Contract, direct hire, SOW. Whatever shape the right hire takes.

05/12/2026

The agentic AI conversation tends to focus on the technology. We pay attention to what comes next: the staffing question.

Do you need an engineer to build it? A program manager to govern it? An operations lead to integrate it into workflows? A creative team that knows how to use it without losing the human voice?

PSI places all of the above. Direct hire when you need permanence. SOW when you need a defined outcome. Contract when you need flexibility.

Tell us the problem. We'll help you figure out the right shape of the solution.

05/10/2026

To every mom in the PSI community — clients, consultants, colleagues, and the people who made us who we are — Happy Mother's Day.

Thank you for the patience, the late nights, the early mornings, and everything in between.

We hope today feels a little easier than the rest.

05/07/2026

PwC's 2026 workforce outlook calls it "the rise of the generalist" — a move away from narrow, specialized roles toward broader, outcome-focused ones as agentic AI reshapes how work gets done.

For staffing, that changes the conversation.

It's no longer just "find me a Java developer." It's "find me someone who can work alongside an AI agent, understand the business outcome, and bring judgment to the parts of the job that can't be automated."

Those people exist. We know how to find them.

30+ years of matching talent to outcomes in Central Ohio and beyond.

05/06/2026

Everyone's talking about agentic AI. Fewer people are talking about who actually builds, manages, and works alongside it.
That's where we come in.

Whether you need a developer on contract, a creative lead direct-hire, or an operations expert through an SOW — PSI has been matching Central Ohio companies with the right talent for 30+ years. Tech, ops, creative.

However you need to hire, we're ready.

04/30/2026

The shift toward Agentic AI means the staffing industry is evolving.

The needs have changed. Our clients aren't just looking for someone to sit down and write lines of code anymore, they’re looking for human orchestrators.

With AI now capable of executing complex tasks autonomously, the real value lies in finding people who can manage those "agents" effectively.

PSI is stepping into that gap to find the talent that balances technical precision with the high-level judgment needed to keep a project on track. We’re here to make sure that as you adopt these agentic systems, you have the right people to turn that innovation into a predictable, successful outcome.

04/28/2026

If you’re in tech staffing right now, you know the tone has changed.

The "shiny object" phase of AI is over. We’re in the messy reality of actually working with it, and for a firm like PSI, that changes things a bit.

Here’s how those trends can impact your team and your clients:

1. The "Agent" Problem

Everyone is talking about AI Agents now, not just tools that write emails, but bots that actually go out and do tasks autonomously.

The Reality: Clients are freaking out about how to manage these things. Who’s responsible when an agent makes a bad call?

The PSI Angle: You’re not just finding "coders" anymore. You’re finding Orchestrators. You’re vetting for people who have the gut instinct to manage a digital workforce without letting it go off the rails.

2. The Junior Talent Gap

This is a huge pain point. AI is so good at entry-level grunt work that companies stopped hiring juniors. Now, they’re realizing they have no one in the pipeline to become seniors.

The PSI Angle: You can be the firm that helps clients figure out how to "upskill" people. You become the talent strategist. You're helping them bridge that gap so they don't wake up in two years with a leadership vacuum.

3. "Skills over Pedigree"

The big tech giants are finally admitting that a specific degree doesn't mean you can actually do the job in a world that moves this fast.

The PSI Angle: Your vetting process is your "Signature Service." You're looking for the Proof of Work. You’re finding the people who are self-taught in the latest frameworks because they’re curious, not just because they have a certificate.

That’s the "Human Advantage" you’re selling.

04/22/2026

Buyers are deciding whether to work with you before you ever hit send.

They're reading your posts. Watching your videos. Revisiting your profile. By the time a meeting gets booked, they've already formed a point of view on whether your firm is worth their time.

A new TechServe Alliance piece makes the case clearly: content isn't a replacement for outbound. It's what makes outbound land.

The firms winning new business aren't hiding behind perfection. They're sharing the real work — the progress, the challenges, the wins. The most people behind it.

That's how we show up at PSI. You know our team. You see the consultants we place, the clients we partner with, the community work we're proud of. Specialty staffing across IT, creative, and operational roles, in the voice of the people actually doing the work.

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“Your buyers are doing more research than ever before,” Mello says. “They’re looking you up, they’re looking at your content, and they’re deciding if it’s worth their time to meet with you.”