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Backstage - Reader's Choice Awards 2009: New York

Favorite Temp Agency: Atrium Staffing

What Matt Skibiak loves about Atrium Staffing is its ability to get him precisely the kinds of work he wants. "Tell them what you want," he says, "and they can tailor their search just for you."

Founded in 1995, Atrium works with a wide variety of firms, according to its website: "not only blue-chip clients, but...a roster of small and midsized firms." It specializes in finance, information technology, health care, science, and creative industries, and it's "ahead of the curve in diversity staffing," states the website.

Skibiak was originally looking for clerical work, and Atrium was finding him one to two jobs a week. When his interest switched to catering, the agency helped with that too. "Once I told them what I preferred," he says, "they put out the call for those kinds of jobs." He especially likes the company's attitude: "Atrium was always very friendly and professional. And they remember your name!"

Atrium's flagship office remains in Union Square in Manhattan, but it has added an office in Boston and four in New Jersey, and you can submit your résumé through its website.

Atrium Staffing, 71 Fifth Ave., 3rd floor, NYC; (800) 599-8367; www.atriumstaff.com.

—Tom Penketh

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