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Ruthi Postow, Founder and CEO

Born in Mobile, Alabama, Ruthi Postow has become a steadfast Washingtonian. She is the mother of three sons. Joe is an associate with a non-profit organization that serves the physically disabled. Eric is a Marine Corps officer. Alex is in business development with RuthiPostowStaffing, Inc.

Ruthi received degrees in history and education from the University of Georgia, then taught for two years in a family-owned, Georgia town where the primary occupation was sharecropping. This was one of the best educational experiences of her life, preparing her to greet every person and accept them as they are. Considering a career in art, she enrolled in Georgia State University long enough to create the drawings and paintings that now decorate the offices of RuthiPostowStaffing.

She then relocated to Washington where, in less than a month, she found the job that has become her career. Working for the most progressive administrative staffing firm in the region, she grew from recruiter/account executive to Business Developer. She developed her role as she formed consultative partnerships with her clients — relationships that allowed her to bring in and manage 86% of that firm's business.

Throughout her career, Ruthi has been active in the Greater Washington Board of Trade, Montgomery College Advisory Committee and her church, where she directed the acolyte program for 12 years and served on committees to choose a new pastor and hire the music director.

In 2001, Ruthi started her own firm, RuthiPostowStaffing, Inc. She brought to it intense beliefs about how a staffing firm should work, how the employees should treat clients, candidates and each other. Her concepts worked! The firm grew from four to seven people in the first year, doubled in the third year, and has doubled again. In 2006 they relocated to beautiful new offices to fit their growing needs. In 2008 the company was named one of the Future 50, fastest growing companies by SmartCEO Magazine, and in 2009 Ruthi was named one of the Smart 100 CEOs in the region.

After her boys, Ruthi is proudest of the part she was able to play in the evolution of the staffing business from "personnel agency" to staffing-consulting and that her firm has come to be known for its exceptional consideration for its clients, its candidates and its employees. While running the company, Ruthi still takes an active role in managing the searches for her clients.

Ruthi still insists on taking or returning all of her phone calls. "I believe my success comes from being accessible and willing to help people. As Zig Ziglar says, 'You can get whatever you want, if you just help enough other people get what they want.""