Sam Sacco

Samuel R. Sacco became a partner of R. A. Cohen Consulting in December 1998.

Sam has been involved with the staffing industry for over 21 years. He joined the National Association of Temporary and Staffing Services (NATSS), now the American Staffing Association (ASA), in 1982 as their Director of Public Relations. In that capacity he created the major NATSS publications. In January 1984 he was made the Executive Vice President of NATSS, a position he held until October 1997. Under his leadership: NATSS grew from 300+ members to over 1600 members; the budget went from $300,000 to over $5,000,000; and the staff expanded from three to twenty-two. During this period the image and credibility of the staffing industry improved significantly. NATSS became an effective advocate and political spokesman for the industry and became the recognized statistical source for industry information.

Sam has authored over 100 articles on the industry, spoken before hundreds of national, state and local industry groups, and represented the industry on numerous TV and radio programs including CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS, and the major networks.

Sam's in depth knowledge of the staffing industry and historical understanding of its development puts him in a unique position to work with temporary staffing, IT services, permanent placement, technical, and PEO firms and recognize their different needs.

Over the years, Sam has met thousands of staffing CEO's and built lasting relationships with many of them. His first name recognition with independent, national and public company executives is seldom duplicated. He has seen first hand what a boom economy and a recession can do to industry profits and growth. He fully appreciates the hard work that is necessary to grow a successful staffing company and is very knowledgeable about the sales and operating procedures that are critical to running and growing such a company.