Confidential growth plan · prepared for Express Employment Professionals

The growth plan for Express Employment Professionals.

How Express Employment Professionals turns its scale into compounding growth: one complete growth engine for candidates, clients and AI, implemented across every brand, region and branch.

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In short

Leadstars is a growth engine for staffing, recruitment and secondment firms. For Express Employment Professionals, this means one automated system that attracts, follows up with and matches candidates and clients, with an AI workforce alongside the existing recruiters and one executive dashboard. Campaigns are live within 7 days. Leadstars works exclusively for staffing and recruitment, in the United States and the Netherlands.

Express Employment Professionals at a glance

$3.48B

US staffing revenue 2025

Largest US staffing firm

Franchise

Operating model

Source: Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), Largest Staffing Firms in the United States 2026, US staffing revenue 2025

Express Employment Professionals

Where growth stalls at your scale

Four friction points we see in an organisation the size of Express Employment Professionals.

One machine for every franchise

Every franchise owner should get the same acquisition machine, not build their own.

Local acquisition per territory

Candidates and clients are won locally. Campaigns must run per territory.

Consistent brand locally

Local marketing must stay on brand across hundreds of territories.

Central franchise visibility

Headquarters needs one view of acquisition performance per franchise.

Not a marketing agency. A growth engine.

Leadstars builds and runs the growth engine, not just the campaigns. Candidates, clients, AI and data work as one system that makes the existing people more effective.

Not a marketing agency. A growth engine.
Dimension	Traditional marketing agency	In-house marketing team	Leadstars growth engine
Scope	Separate campaigns	Depends on capacity	Candidates, clients, AI and data in one system
Industry knowledge	Generalist	Varies	Built only for staffing and recruitment
Automation	Limited	Manual	End-to-end AI automation
Management	Clicks and reach	Separate reports	Placements, revenue and margin in one dashboard
Speed	Preparation per campaign	Depends on available people	Campaigns live within 7 days
Team impact	No integrated workflow	Additional work	Recruiters supported and used more effectively

Traditional marketing agency

Scope: Separate campaigns
Industry knowledge: Generalist
Automation: Limited
Management: Clicks and reach
Speed: Preparation per campaign
Team impact: No integrated workflow

In-house marketing team

Scope: Depends on capacity
Industry knowledge: Varies
Automation: Manual
Management: Separate reports
Speed: Depends on available people
Team impact: Additional work

Leadstars growth engine

Scope: Candidates, clients, AI and data in one system
Industry knowledge: Built only for staffing and recruitment
Automation: End-to-end AI automation
Management: Placements, revenue and margin in one dashboard
Speed: Campaigns live within 7 days
Team impact: Recruiters supported and used more effectively

A qualitative comparison of operating models, not research into individual agencies or teams.

The Leadstars Enterprise System

A complete Recruitment Growth Infrastructure for Express Employment Professionals: candidates, clients, signals, AI and data in one system.

JAM, Job Application Machine

On every open requisition, across every brand and region at once: Meta job ads, AI sourcing and multi-channel distribution, fully driven by the job feed. When a role is filled, the engine automatically moves to the next one.

CAS, Client Acquisition System

A complete B2B growth engine: ICP outreach on LinkedIn, B2B ads on Meta and Google, and CRM automation per brand, region and branch, bringing new conversations with decision makers onto the calendar.

Signals

Our own hiring signals system follows the entire market, identifies every company with active hiring intent and automatically adds it to the pipeline with personalized outreach.

AI workforce

A layer of AI agents working alongside your recruiters: voice agents for screening, follow-up and intake confirmation, reactivation of the full candidate database, AI matching on every open requisition, automatic job ad copy and creatives, and a recruiter copilot for the entire organization.

Data & Command Center

One executive-level Command Center, with cost per candidate, cost per client meeting, pipeline, placements and margin per brand, region and branch.

Content & AI visibility

Creatives and video at scale, employer branding and visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini answers (GEO).

The plan for Express Employment Professionals

One complete growth engine running for Express Employment Professionals: candidates and clients come to you, everything is automated with AI and everything is visible in one dashboard. Campaigns are live within 7 days.

01
Everything connected
- Every franchise territory connected to one platform
- Every job feed, ATS and CRM connected to one data layer
- Dedicated enterprise team: strategy, campaigns, AI engineering and data
- Tracking down to placement and revenue
02
Candidates flow in
- Local campaigns live for every franchise
- Job Application Machine live on every open requisition at once
- Campaigns live within 7 days
- When a role is filled, the engine moves on automatically
03
Clients come to Express Employment Professionals
- Local client acquisition for every franchise
- Client Acquisition System: outreach, B2B ads and CRM automation
- Signals puts every company with hiring intent into the pipeline automatically
- New conversations with decision makers on the calendar
04
Everything automated with AI
- On-brand creative and AI screening per territory
- AI voice agents for screening, follow-up and intake confirmation
- Reactivation of the full candidate database
- AI matching and a recruiter copilot across the organization
05
Everything visible in one dashboard
- Executive-level Command Center
- Per brand, region and branch: cost per candidate, cost per client meeting, pipeline, placements and margin
- Continuous optimization and quarterly business reviews with leadership

How Leadstars grows Express Employment Professionals

How can Express Employment Professionals grow with AI?

How can Express Employment Professionals grow with AI? This independent proposal connects acquisition, fills and human productivity without claiming realized results for Express Employment Professionals.

More candidates per requisition

The Job Application Machine connects the job feed to Meta campaigns, AI sourcing and multichannel distribution. Every open requisition has an acquisition flow; when a role is filled, the engine moves on automatically.

For Express Employment Professionals, Leadstars proposes local campaigns for every franchise territory. A connected platform keeps acquisition aligned with the local vacancies and the shared brand.

More conversations with clients

The Client Acquisition System connects ICP outreach, B2B ads and CRM automation. Our proprietary hiring signals system recognizes active hiring intent and brings relevant companies into personalized follow-up.

For Express Employment Professionals, the proposed client motor is local client acquisition for every franchise. Hiring signals and automated outreach support relevant conversations within each territory.

Faster fills

AI screening, intake scheduling and matching bring suitable candidates to the right recruiter. Recruiters retain judgment and relationships while the engine handles repetitive follow-up.

For Express Employment Professionals, on-brand creative and AI screening are proposed per territory. Recruiters can focus on suitable candidates while the system handles screening and follow-up.

More from the existing database

The full candidate database connects to open requisitions. When a suitable opportunity appears, the AI workforce re-engages inactive candidates and supports matching and follow-up.

For Express Employment Professionals, the proposed platform connects each territory’s candidate data with open roles. Reactivation and AI matching support suitable local opportunities without changing the franchise focus.

Higher productivity and margin

The recruiter copilot supports screening, summaries and administration. The Command Center connects candidate costs, client meetings, pipeline, placements and margin so teams work from the same information.

For Express Employment Professionals, central visibility is an existing challenge. A franchise Command Center gives headquarters a shared view while local teams retain their role in candidate and client relationships.

What we automate at Express Employment Professionals

Which processes can Express Employment Professionals automate?

Which processes can Express Employment Professionals automate? Leadstars proposes these connected workflows, with existing recruiters and account managers retaining ownership of relationships.

Candidate side

When a new requisition enters the feed, then its campaign goes live automatically.
When a new applicant arrives, then AI screening and follow-up start without waiting.
When a candidate is suitable, then an intake is scheduled automatically with reminders.
When a candidate is not a match, then AI matches them to other open requisitions.
When a suitable role appears, then inactive candidates in the database are re-engaged automatically.

Client side

When Signals identifies active hiring intent, then personalized outreach begins.
When a company responds or shows interest, then a meeting goes onto the right account manager's calendar automatically.
When a new meeting is scheduled, then the lead, notes and next steps are recorded in the CRM.
When no response arrives, then an automated follow-up sequence begins.

Recruiter workflow

When a conversation is completed, then the recruiter copilot creates a summary and CRM update.
When a requisition arrives, then job copy and creatives are generated automatically.
When an intake is scheduled, then confirmation and reminders help prevent no-shows.

Leadership and data

When data is updated, then insight appears automatically per brand, region and branch.
When candidate costs or pipeline deviate, then an alert is raised.
When a placement or revenue is recorded, then it remains attributable to the campaign and follow-up.

The human impact

How does AI make Express Employment Professionals's people more effective?

AI does not replace Express Employment Professionals's people. Leadstars takes over repetitive work so existing recruiters, account managers and branch managers focus on candidates, clients, relationships and closing. People retain judgment and control.

Less administration, more conversations
Recruiters work with a copilot instead of disconnected tools
Teams are trained in the new workflows and dashboards
People still make the difference in relationships and closing

Three growth scenarios for Express Employment Professionals

Extra revenue on top of 2025 revenue, from more candidates per requisition, more client meetings, a higher fill rate and recruiter hours freed up by AI.

Conservative

+$34.8M

+1% revenue

Realistic

+$104.4M

+3% revenue

Ambitious

+$174.0M

+5% revenue

Indicative, based on public 2025 revenue.

Leadstars Enterprise

A dedicated package, built for organisations the size of Express Employment Professionals

This is not our standard offer. Leadstars Enterprise is a separate package for the largest staffing and recruitment organisations. It is an annual partnership in which we implement the complete growth engine across the organization: for revenue, margin and recruiter productivity.

Annual partnerships only

A committed partnership with an annual plan, quarterly business reviews and multi-year options.

A dedicated enterprise team

Strategy, campaigns, AI engineering and data, dedicated to Express Employment Professionals.

Custom implementation

Connected to your job feeds, ATS and CRM, per brand, region and branch.

Measured on business impact

Targets on revenue, cost per placement and recruiter hours, not clicks.

Available to a limited number of organisations per year. The annual plan is tailored to Express Employment Professionals.

Why Leadstars

The #1 recruitment marketing partner for staffing and recruitment firms

Leadstars is not a marketing agency. It is a growth engine built only for staffing and recruitment. One system instead of five vendors: candidate acquisition, client acquisition, our proprietary hiring signals system, AI workforce and data, automated end to end in the United States and the Netherlands. We measure placements and revenue and make existing recruiters and account managers more effective. Campaigns are live within 7 days.

Built only for staffing and recruitment

Every campaign, system and automation is designed for staffing firms.

One partner for the whole growth engine

Candidates, clients, signals, AI and data, not spread across five vendors.

Active in the US and the Netherlands

The same systems, deployed for firms on both sides of the Atlantic.

Frequently asked questions about the growth plan for Express Employment Professionals

Is Leadstars a marketing agency?

Leadstars is not a marketing agency, but a growth engine for staffing, recruitment and secondment firms. For Express Employment Professionals, Leadstars proposes one automated system for candidates, clients, AI and data that supports the existing people. Express Employment Professionals is not a Leadstars client and has not endorsed this independent proposal.

What is the difference between Leadstars and a recruitment marketing agency?

For Express Employment Professionals, Leadstars connects candidate and client acquisition with hiring signals, an AI workforce and one dashboard. The proposed growth engine for Express Employment Professionals includes not just campaigns, but follow-up, matching, recruiter support and management by placements, revenue and margin.

Which processes does Leadstars automate at Express Employment Professionals?

Leadstars proposes automating job campaigns, AI screening, intake scheduling, candidate reactivation and matching for Express Employment Professionals. On the client side, Leadstars connects its proprietary hiring signals system to outreach, meeting scheduling and CRM follow-up; the recruiter copilot and Command Center support Express Employment Professionals's people and leadership.

Does AI replace Express Employment Professionals's recruiters?

No. Leadstars proposes an AI workforce alongside Express Employment Professionals's existing recruiters, account managers and branch managers. AI takes over repetitive screening, follow-up and administration; Express Employment Professionals's people retain judgment, relationships and control and are trained in the new workflows and dashboards.

How does the Leadstars Enterprise package work for Express Employment Professionals?

For Express Employment Professionals, Leadstars Enterprise is a dedicated package with annual partnerships, a dedicated enterprise team, custom implementation and business-impact targets. Leadstars aligns the annual plan, quarterly business reviews and multi-year options with Express Employment Professionals's organization.

How soon is it live at Express Employment Professionals?

Leadstars campaigns are live within 7 days. The proposed complete growth engine then runs across every brand, region and branch of Express Employment Professionals, fully automated and visible in one dashboard. This is Leadstars' offer, not a realized result for Express Employment Professionals.

Can the plan connect to Express Employment Professionals's existing ATS and CRM?

Leadstars proposes connected job feeds, ATS and CRM in one data layer for Express Employment Professionals. The company-specific starting point is: Every franchise territory connected to one platform. Leadstars determines the required connections during the audit; existing access or compatibility at Express Employment Professionals has not been established.

What does the growth engine for Express Employment Professionals look like?

Leadstars connects everything in one data layer for Express Employment Professionals, brings candidates in and establishes a client acquisition engine. AI automates repetitive work at Express Employment Professionals, and one Command Center makes pipeline, placements, revenue and margin visible to leadership.

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This plan was prepared by Leadstars based on public information. Express Employment Professionals is not a Leadstars client and has not endorsed this plan.