About Us
What makes Universal Staffing Inc unique is we’ve been locally/woman owned in Monterey/Carmel for over 30 years! A business has to be doing something right to be able to say that, I believe. We’re not a chain nor a franchise, therefore we can provide you with up close and personal professional service, designed especially for your needs. We are a full service staffing agency providing temporary and direct hire along with several other options to our clients. We know the area well because we were founded here, and we’d love to get to know you also.
How We Got Started
Our owner, Carolyn Sames, started this business working with a dream, a card table with folding chairs, and one employee in a tiny office in Carmel in 1993. Surviving two floods, burglaries, 9/11, 2008, Covid, and numerous other hardships, including the one we are all facing now, we still managed to become the largest independently owned agency in Monterey County. We gathered our staff and moved to Garden Rd in Monterey in 1997 and we’re still here! Please support all small businesses, we need each other!
The products and services we offer
Recommendations Received (58)
"This aprofessional placement agency with a 30-year history of service to the community. Highly..."
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"This aprofessional placement agency with a 30-year history of service to the community. Highly recommended. "
"I appreciate the professionalism and availability of Carolyn and the staff at Universal Staffing...."
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"I appreciate the professionalism and availability of Carolyn and the staff at Universal Staffing. Their assistance and expertise gave me confidence to enter the workforce boldly!"
Products & Services
For over 31 years Universal Staffing Inc has provided award winning employment services, both temporary and direct hire, to the areas top employer...
We provide temporary staff for the extra help you need during peak times, in an emergency situation, or for employees you can’t place immediately o...
Universal Staffing provides temporary, temp to hire, direct hire, and payroll services to all employers looking to bring on board the areas finest ...
Recommendations Given (128)
"Wes is extremely reliable and trustworthy and always a professional. I highly recommend him for..."
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"Wes is extremely reliable and trustworthy and always a professional. I highly recommend him for your notary needs! "
"Kenneth and team provide excellent professional service whether it’s buying a car or getting it..."
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"Kenneth and team provide excellent professional service whether it’s buying a car or getting it serviced! They are always there with knowledgeable advice, never pushy! "
Recent Activity
If the media and social platforms would stop the scare tactics, business could and would continue as always. We aren’t suffering because of Covid, we are suffering because we let our government shut us down!
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If the media and social platforms would stop the scare tactics, business could and would continue as always. We aren’t suffering because of Covid, we are suffering because we let our government shut us down!
No way, you’re getting into dangerous territory by asking for vaccination cards. You think the division in this country is bad now? Start asking for proof of vaccines. Besides, my own sister had her vaccines and still got Covid, so what does being vaccinated even mean. (and yes I have had mine)
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No way, you’re getting into dangerous territory by asking for vaccination cards. You think the division in this country is bad now? Start asking for proof of vaccines. Besides, my own sister had her vaccines and still got Covid, so what does being vaccinated even mean. (and yes I have had mine)
Owning a Staffing firm has been especially difficult with this ongoing employee shortage. It is strongly my opinion the extra benefits are what’s keeping employees home, no doubt about it. We call on job openings constantly only to be told they can’t afford to give up their extra benefits to...
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Owning a Staffing firm has been especially difficult with this ongoing employee shortage. It is strongly my opinion the extra benefits are what’s keeping employees home, no doubt about it. We call on job openings constantly only to be told they can’t afford to give up their extra benefits to return to work! In the meantime the very businesses that would have hired them are going out of business. Where will they work when the time comes? In 28 years of having this business I’ve never seen this extreme lack of applicants. There is absolutely nothing else that could have caused this other than the extra benefits. Fear of Covid is no longer keeping the majority home. We have made millions of people comfortable with living off the government. The slow killing of small businesses continues. More than ever we need to stand together!
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I feel it should be left up to the individual to mask up or not. Period!
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I feel it should be left up to the individual to mask up or not. Period!
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Being in the staffing business, I have very strong opinions about this subject. I feel it’s a terrible move to extend this $600 additional pay, it was a bad idea to start it in the first place! We need to open our businesses and get back to work. No one is motivated to return to work When they...
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Being in the staffing business, I have very strong opinions about this subject. I feel it’s a terrible move to extend this $600 additional pay, it was a bad idea to start it in the first place! We need to open our businesses and get back to work. No one is motivated to return to work When they are receiving that kind of money doing nothing! We have jobs ready and waiting! Cut the additional pay in half at least. This move would just destroy more small businesses!
We all need to get back to work and support each other, it’s the only way to survive this!
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We all need to get back to work and support each other, it’s the only way to survive this!
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My business is 27 years old, it’s my retirement and my life. Chase is destroying small businesses day by day with all the things you mentioned. We will survive this only with the help of other small business owners, let’s support each other and dump large banks like Chase.
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My business is 27 years old, it’s my retirement and my life. Chase is destroying small businesses day by day with all the things you mentioned. We will survive this only with the help of other small business owners, let’s support each other and dump large banks like Chase.
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Being a staffing firm, we are always hiring to meet our clients growing needs. Everyone knows there’s a shortage in quality employees right now. That is all the more reason to try them temp first so yes, we are anticipating hiring more than last year.
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Being a staffing firm, we are always hiring to meet our clients growing needs. Everyone knows there’s a shortage in quality employees right now. That is all the more reason to try them temp first so yes, we are anticipating hiring more than last year.
Female/locally owned for over 25 years! NOT a franchise or chain. When you do business with us you support the local economy and your neighbor.
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Female/locally owned for over 25 years! NOT a franchise or chain. When you do business with us you support the local economy and your neighbor.
We listen!!
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We listen!!
