About Us | Helping Hands Staffing Services

A Business Built On a Passion for People.

Karen Rehn, Owner, President

With a decade of staffing experience, Karen is no stranger to the industry. Her zest for business and desire to leave Wisconsin winters behind led her to purchase Helping Hands Staffing Services. Karen purchased Helping Hands in March of 2009 from Christine Bowman who founded the company in 1988.

The business has evolved and is now known as HH Staffing. With a solid foundation and an experienced management team the company has expanded to multiple locations. Future plans include continued service to valued clients, embracing new prospects and looking for new areas of business.

Karen’s mission is to continue to provide the same great service, dedication and devotion that built the company.

Stuart Kortie, Partner, General Manager

Stuart is our General Manager and became a partner in 2010. He started with HH Staffing in August of 2009. He has worked within a variety of industries and has 25 years of Sales and Business Development experience. He has owned his own business in the past, but most recently worked for 8+ years in the staffing industry in San Francisco. There he built relationships with some of the most recognizable names in the business world.

Julio Nava, Recruiter

Julio Nava is the recruiter for the Orlando office. He recruits and manages the daily operations.

Julio has BS from California State University Fresno and has extensive recruiting experience in the staffing industry in both the technical and professional fields. He has lived and worked in Nothern California, Tennessee and Florida. He is originally from Venezuela and is fluent in Spanish and English.

His priotiry is to create and maintain long-term relationships with his clients and associates by understanding each of their needs and matching them accordingly.

Christa Bass, Recruiter

Christa Bass, I have recently joined the team at HH Staffing as a recruiter. I will specialize in recruiting for the maintenance, leasing, and management positions in the multifamily industry for property management in the Bradenton/Sarasota and St. Petersburg/Clearwater/Tampa Area. I come to HH Staffing with 22 years experience in the property management field. I started as a Leasing Professional and was promoted over the years to Property Manager. I am confident that with my knowledge and experience I will be able to bring in qualified candidates to help our clients with their staffing needs.

On the personal side, I have been married for 12 years and have 2 beautiful children. My children are heavily involved in baseball and gymnastics, so on my off time they keep me and my husband, Greg, very busy. When we do have some free time we love to go camping, boating, and go to Disney as much as possible!

I am very excited about joining the team at HH Staffing and look forward to helping people find jobs and companies find good employee’s.

Doris Kiser, Office Administrator

Doris has been with the company since October of 2003. Her duties include receptionist and placement coordinator. She has experience in all aspects of the staffing industry including scheduling interviews, interviewing applicants, filling orders, customer service, and insuring that all the proper paperwork is completed and compliant. She assists in processing bank reconciliations, making bank deposits, a/r and payroll

Yuliya Ugrin, Recruiter

My name is Yuliya. I’m originally from Ukraine but my family moved to Minnesota when I was just a kid and I lived there most of my life. The last few years I studied marketing in St. Paul, MN and I also spent a few semesters abroad in an International Business program. I love meeting, working with, and most of all helping people. In 2010 I decided to move to sunny Florida and joined HH Staffing in February 2011. And although I am relatively new to the staffing industry, I’m very excited to learn from such a dynamic team!

Veronika Schachtner, Social Media

“Hallo” my name is Veronika and I’m from Germany. I’ve won in the GreenCard-Lottery and moved from Munich to Sarasota in March 2011. With 4.5 years’ experience in the greatest HR advertising agency in Germany, I’m looking forward to develop the brand “HH Staffing Services”. I’m very excited and can’t wait to take the challenge!

Ruegger the Recruiter (Blog with the dog)

Ruegger is a 5 year old Boston Terrier who has come to work with his owner most of his life. He brings a wonderful personality and meets and greets most of our visitors. We gave him the title Ruegger the Recruiter you can also blog with dog…watch for some funny stories from him or stop by to meet him, he is almost always at work with Karen Rehn the owner.