Michelle D. Sims

About Michelle D. Sims

Our worldview isn’t something we are born with. It takes years of life experience…

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Yupro Placement

   Mar 2020 — Present

   YUPRO Placement, an industry-leading skills-first placement firm bringing together a purposeful workforce ecosystem that champions sourcing, recruiting, retaining, and advancing traditionally overlooked talent at a critical time in our workforce where disrupting outdated hiring practices and building career pathways for non-degreed talent is essential to corporate talent acquisition. YUPRO Placement offers access to a National Opportunity Workforce of 100K+ career-ready talent skilled through alternative pathways, such as internships, workforce development training, certifications, bootcamps, and community college courses, solving corporate entry-level and mid-career hiring demands while driving social impact. YUPRO Placement’s unique talent matching approach combines workforce development, award-winning upskilling pathways, and wraparound support services resulting in industry-leading tenure on assignment and higher than U.S. BLS average wages enabling upward socioeconomic mobility for those overlooked by standard recruiting methods. YUPRO Placement, and its parent company Year Up, Inc. are founded on the belief that talent is universal, but job opportunity is not. Join in our mission to build a diverse and inclusive workforce and commit to creating skills-based career pathways for overlooked talent, because placement with social impact is better business.