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Colorado’s Women-owned Staffing Firm Celebrates 25 Years

Colorado Network Staffing (CNS) — a staffing agency that is 100-percent women-owned, specializing in recruitment, payroll, HR management, and project management located in Westminster, Colorado — rings in 25 years of service in March of 2022.

Founded in 1996 by Pam Fritzler, CNS transferred ownership to Sandra (Sandy) Miller in 2019. Sandy has a long history with CNS, beginning as an Accounting Relations Manager when it first opened and rising to Vice President in 2014.

Sandy has played a formative role at CNS from the very beginning, influencing its values and focusing on customer needs to give them the power to attract and support the best people.

Sandy continues the women-owned distinction and affiliation with the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). She proudly leads CNS in its nationwide support of clients with temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire candidates. 

CNS Sandy Miller
Sandy Miller, President Colorado Network Staffing

Female Leadership and Award-winning Services

Sandy has lived in Westminster and the greater Denver area her entire life, and began her career with a B.S. in Accounting from Metropolitan State University of Denver. She completed SCA (Service Contract Act) training on labor laws and regulations in 2012, then became licensed as a Certified Staffing Professional through the American Staffing Association in January 2016.

As Sandy’s career progressed from finance into organizational leadership, she strengthened her knowledge in the employment economy, and toward the unique needs and opportunities of businesses in Colorado and organizations nationwide. The desire to continue growing and evolving is evident in her education and business achievements.

Colorado Network Staffing wins ClearlyRated 2022 Best Staffing Talent Award for providing superior service to our candidates.

“My 25 years with CNS have seen so much resilience,” reflects Sandy. “We’ve persevered through two recessions, navigated the ‘Great Resignation,’ and survived the pandemic. We’ve adapted to change, developing new systems and methods, and refreshed our brand to win the ClearlyRated 2022 Best Staffing Talent Award for providing superior service to our candidates.”

Each year, temp agencies and staffing agencies compete to secure the Best of Staffing Talent Award with ClearlyRated, by achieving at least a 50-percent Net Promoter® score for exceptionally high service levels to clients and job candidates. Winning the award reveals that among its competitors, CNS continues to be a top Colorado staffing agency for recruitment and job placement across the nation. CNS is also among many members — of The American Association of Staffing, Society of Human Resource Management, and National Association of Contract Management.

An Agency Built on Long-term Relationships

Sandy has played a formative role at CNS from the very beginning, influencing its values and focusing on customer needs to give them the power to attract and support the best people. The result has been successful, long-term relationships with employers and candidates in both the public and private sectors and across industries, including technology, healthcare, commercial, industrial, accounting, and IT staffing.

“Making relationships a priority has been the foundation of our service,” says Sandy. “The word ‘Network’ in our name describes the importance of connectivity in all that we do.”

The CNS Key to Success

A big part of the company’s success is knowing how important it is to align with a growing customer base comprised of small, disadvantaged, minority, and women-owned businesses. In 2001, CNS obtained SBA 8(a) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certifications under the leadership of Fritzler, which added to CNS’ Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) certifications.

These credentials allow CNS to serve government, commercial and private sectors, and clients such as Denver Public Schools and Denver Water. It also enabled them to mentor other small businesses, building relationships in a community of other 8(a) Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) companies needing individual HR services or a full-service outsourced HR provider.

After receiving the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 certification in 2013, CNS increased its level of service through highly streamlined processes and quality control. CNS works closely with client teams to develop job descriptions, improve recruiting methods, and fine-tune procedures in order to recruit and retain the most qualified candidates for their organizations.

About Colorado Network Staffing

Colorado Network Staffing, Inc. (CNS) continues to provide the highest quality staffing services to every client. Since 1996, the agency has personalized the experience of developing custom recruiting, payroll, HR management, and project management processes, allowing more time for clients to grow their companies.

CNS supports over 250 clients in 25 states and delivers over 3,000 temporary and direct-hire personnel annually. Despite global economic challenges, they have experienced 35-percent growth in the last five years. Some prominent clients who have invested in CNS and contributed to that growth include the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Denver Water, Garfield County, and Department of Interior.

Learn more about Colorado Network Staffing online or contact them at 303-430-1441 to discuss how an experienced agency can benefit your business.

Cns Marithe Munoz

Marithe Munoz was born and raised in Colorado and grew up in the Roaring Fork Valley. Marithe joined the CNS team in 2017 after graduating from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. As the HRIS Coordinator she manages CNS’s systems – Jobdiva, SpringAhead, and Abacus. She also processes payroll and travel reimbursements. And after spearheading CNS’s rebranding and website launch Marithe has begun working in Marketing and social media/content strategy.

(All images, courtesy of: Colorado Network Staffing)

How digital innovation shaped this Colorado company

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In our current climate of division and social isolation, my mission now more than ever is to bring people together. Even my motto, “Connecting people, cookies and ice cream” is painted on the side of my colorfully renovated ice cream truck.

This Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, I want to share my story and mission of my own female-led business to lift up other female entrepreneurs across Colorado and encourage them to look towards digital innovation to follow their passions.

I’ve always been a baker, but only with the onset of this pandemic did I figure out how to combine my love for baking with my desire to bring people closer together. My food truck, Lori Lynn’s Cookies & Cream, soft launched May 16th of this year at a park in Monument with about 100 friends and family. Ever since I was little, I’ve been baking cookies. My grandpa always told me that one day I’d be able to sell them, and I’ve kept my original recipe all these years. He was right. I now spend my evenings and weekends putting that recipe to good use.

Lori Morrissey Owner Lori Lynns

Our customers choose two of our from-scratch cookies and one of our hand-scooped ice cream flavors to create a unique, made-to-order ice cream sandwich. Our gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan customers are thrilled to know they can join in the fun, too. My 15-year old daughter even designed our logo, our joyful cow that you’ll find on all of our packaging. To further help promote our mission, we provide a fun conversation-starting question on the back of each of our ice cream sandwich bags, to help you connect with those around you.

Launching a small business during a global pandemic, however, has not been without its challenges. Because of COVID restrictions we were not able to rely on traditional ways of connecting to the community. Thankfully, social media has allowed us to grow our business and bring in new customers each and every day. Every morning I post our truck’s location to Facebook, so our over 1,200 followers can see where we’ll be parked for the day. We also take to social media to promote new flavors and inform our customers of upcoming community events where our truck will be present. Their easy-to-use ad creation platform and unique call-to-action buttons allow me to see both my Instagram and Messenger comments and direct messages in the same place which streamlines my sales flow.

I love the ads because I can specify location, interests, and adjust the budget to what I need it to be. It’s also easy to preview and manage them and see how they’re doing while they are running. I can also adjust any of the specifications I set up while the ad is running to get better results.

I never would have imagined my baking skills to be bigger than just my side job. But with my passion for baking and connecting people, mixed in with a few innovative digital tricks, I was able to turn my dream into reality.

This Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, I encourage all women to embrace your passions. You never know, you might even be able to turn your hobby into a full time business.

Lori Morrissey is the owner of Lori Lynn’s Cookies & Cream.