4 Corner Resources
Episode 25
This episode is all about the wealth of content available on our newly designed 4cornerresources.com website and our 2022 Hiring & Salary Guide. Pete is joined by Peter, 4 Corner’s Director of Operations, and Hayley, 4CR’s Community Manager. Peter and Hayley have worked tirelessly to turn the vision of creating the best hiring and staffing content on the web into reality.
33 minutes
Pete Newsome is the President of 4 Corner Resources, the staffing and recruiting firm he founded in 2005. 4CR is a member of the American Staffing Association and TechServe Alliance, and is Central Florida’s top-rated firm as a 9-time Clearly Rated Best of Staffing Winner. Recent awards and recognition include being named to Forbes’ 2026 Best Recruiting and Best Temporary Staffing Firms in America, Business Insider’s 2026 America’s Top Recruiting Firms, The Seminole 100, and The Golden 100.
Pete is a frequent conference speaker on the topic of AI’s impact on jobs, and he hosts The Week in Jobs, a weekly show and podcast covering real-time workforce trends, analysis, and news. Connect with Pete on LinkedIn
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