Superior Group Services

Overview of Services

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Service Portfolio: People | Process | Outsourcing

Founded in 1957, Superior offers a wide range of complementary workforce and productivity solutions, each one specifically configured to meet unique customer requirements and workflows. For ease of reference, our portfolio is organized into three logical verticals: People, Process, and Outsourcing. People Good talent is hard to find. Superior’s people solutions focus on delivering value to tactical candidate sourcing, screening and placement efforts. Namely, Superior provides:

Contingent Labor Staffing Services – Superior annually sources thousands of contract/temporary candidates for accounting, administrative, clerical, design/drafting, engineering, financial, IT, light industrial, and professional job disciplines.

Payrolling Services – This program allows customers to refer candidates for contingent

employment, and Superior serves as the employer of record to deliver cost savings.

Direct Placement Services – Superior provides qualified professionals to fill direct positions.

Executive Search Services – Our Center of Excellence for Executive Recruitment is focused on the sourcing of candidates for executive-level positions.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing – With our proven, adaptive sourcing models, Superior can

take over all—or portions of—customers’ internal recruitment functions. Process Once the talent is in place, strategic processes amplify productivity, compliance, and cost savings. With over 20 years of experience delivering process solutions, Superior innovates best practices associated with:

Managed Service Programs, MSPs – Managing supplier efforts, we provide programs that are developed collaboratively with our customers to deliver increased candidate quality and decreased costs through free market competition and process standardization.

Vendor Management Systems, VMSes – Superior’s proprietary web-automation was originally deployed in 1998. Requisitioning, administration, supplier management, quality compliance, consolidated invoicing, and reporting are streamlined in our uniquely-configured Work Nexus® installations.

Independent Contractor Compliance Programs, ICCPs – Superior provides one-time and

ongoing screening services that qualify resources as bona fide independent contractors, supporting co-employment risk mitigation efforts.

http://www.worknexus.com/


Outsourcing Some complex processes lend themselves to full outsourcing, and we maintain a staff of experts who

deliver a wide range of business process solutions, including equipment training, HR, risk management,

and IT outsourcing.

By being flexible and responsive, Superior gives your company everything it needs to reach the

next level—and then some. We do this by supplementing your internal resources in an efficient,

cost-effective way.

CAD Outsourcing – Superior’s expertise in CAD design, drafting and structural analysis,

and deep knowledge of industry-leading software, helps companies complete projects in a

wide variety of service disciplines.

HR Outsourcing – Superior customizes Human Resources Outsourcing solutions for many forward-thinking companies, delivering flexible and innovative solutions that save time, control costs, and reduce risks.

Training Services – Superior delivers tens of thousands of training events each year, with significant experience with decentralized workforces. Our Outsourced Training Services include trainer-related functions, schedule and travel management, and the verification of training request information.

IT Outsourcing – Superior offers a portfolio of IT outsourcing options that can be

customized to the needs of most organizations. We offer colocation, private cloud solutions, managed IT services, hosting, service desk support, and other IT productivity solutions.


About Superior Experience Established in 1957, Superior has a proven track record of service excellence. Below is a partial list of customers:

Representation of Customers

ACS Government Solutions Group M&T Bank

Delaware North Companies Moog, Inc.

Dresser-Rand ON Semiconductor

ExxonMobil Orbital Sciences

General Dynamics Praxair

General Electric Raytheon Company

HSBC Bank USA Salt River Project (SRP)

ITW Siemens

Lam Research Sonoco

L-3 Communications Supervalu

Lockheed Martin Xerox

Office Locations Strategically-located and company-owned offices provide the framework necessary to offer exceptional services throughout the continental United States. Each office maintains quality partnerships with our clients in the provision of services that meet—and exceed—project requirements. Below, please find a list of Superior’s primary locations:


Managed Services

Superior’s Managed Services Program (MSP) philosophy is grounded in a true understanding of our role as a resource provider of human capital services. Built from this foundation is our commitment to delivering innovative and dependable service delivery models according to our high quality principles and ethical standards. We pride ourselves on our ability to listen to customers and respond with solutions of quantitative and qualitative value. Instead of transactional relationships, we build longstanding business partnerships that span the entire lifecycles of our accounts.

Lasting success in this marketplace is built on trust and relationships. Accordingly, we will work in earnest to build a genuine partnership with your company, who will be our partner in the:

Ongoing refinement of MSP workflows that meet your unique needs;

Mapping of policies that empower the workforce while reducing costs; and

Continual configuration of a Work Nexus deployment that captures processes and reporting requirements specific to your business communities.

Delivery Approach When delivering our program, Superior will:

Assign only our most tenured and talented team to implement and sustain the MSP; Deploy a highly-configured solution that provides efficiency, cost savings, measurable

performance, and strategic value to your company’s user community; Provide your company with direct access to the principals of our organization, who can rapidly

enact program enhancements and stewardship; Allow your company to reap the benefits of our proprietary VMS, described in greater detail

within the next section; and Afford your company the benefits of establishing a business partnership with an organization

structured to enable agility, responsiveness and unparalleled customer service.


Benefits of Managed Services Programs

Cost Savings By leveraging volume and streamlining program administration, our MSP can provide your company with opportunities for significant cost savings.

Rate Standardization

Superior will work with your company to standardize both pay and bill rates. We will establish a not-to-exceed (NTE) rate card sufficient to attract and retain qualified candidates, consistent with the level of services provided.

Process Improvement

Superior will review and optimize the day-to-day processes associated with the administration and management of all contract staffing. Our program reduces administrative burdens, while still providing a means of monitoring contract staffing services through weekly status reports and periodic meetings.

Timely Sourcing of Qualified Candidates

Superior’s MSP allows us to become familiar with your company’s contract staffing needs, enabling us to provide qualified resources. As a result, departments who use our contract employees benefit from increased efficiency.

Reporting Capabilities

Superior can create customized reports for your company in any format, on an ad-hoc, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual basis. Available reports include:

Master listing of all contract employees by name, job title, department, manager, pay rate, regular and overtime hours, and start/end dates.

Starts and terminations for employees by department or supervisor, employee hours, and dollars spent.

Billing summaries providing information for tracking purposes, including billings per week, month, or quarter by business unit.

Quality/performance feedback, including submittal-to-hire ratios, interview-to-hire ratios, and employee retention statistics.


Work Nexus is a Vendor Management System (VMS) that has delivered significant cost savings to our customers. Our web-based application is ideal for organizations seeking enterprise-wide visibility into contract labor, independent contractor, commodity, and/or SOW spend. Work Nexus is not an “off-the-shelf” product; its flexibility ensures that it meets specific customer needs better than any other solution on the market. While most VMS solutions attempt to force their clients’ workflows into their systems, our dedicated Product Architects configure unique solutions around your

processes. In the end, you receive a tool configured specifically for your organization by a tenured team of developers that has been innovating VMS best practices since 1998. Experience Work Nexus has a proven track record—below is a partial list of customers:


Work Nexus’ Industry Accolades Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) recently named Work Nexus as a top-ranking VMS provider in its 2010 and 2011 Customer Loyalty Survey. The SIA’s annual report on customer satisfaction and loyalty surveyed over 30,000 users of VMS

products. VMS capabilities for each company were validated jointly by SIA and subject matter experts at Brightfield Strategies—the world leader in contingent workforce consulting. Ultimately, Work Nexus ranked as one of the top four VMS tools, as rated by staffing suppliers. Contingent Labor Management Module Work Nexus:

Allows Managers or their designees to generate job requisitions using preloaded templates with associated rate card information or free-form fields in a real-time environment;

Facilitates approval processes for up to eight levels of approval hierarchy, though we typically recommend no more than four levels be used to ensure efficiency;

Operates in a vendor neutral environment, whereby Superior releases requirements to all approved suppliers simultaneously or via a tiered supplier base developed based on pricing;

Collects candidate submissions from suppliers and channels them to Superior’s Onsite Program Offices for screening prior to release to Managers;

Allows Managers to review resumes online and facilitates real-time feedback loops, as Managers submit comments and requests (such as interview scheduling) within the system that flow immediately to the applicable suppliers;

Manages the onboarding process with checklists loaded into Work Nexus to ensure and track completion of appropriate onboarding requirements;

Ensures that you are getting the most favored pricing; Enables contract workers to log their time and expenses within Work Nexus and submit to

Managers for review and approval; Consolidates the invoicing process, providing electronic remittances to suppliers via EFT; and Provides access to real-time and detailed activity reports that can be leveraged to benchmark

overall program health and uncover opportunities for optimization. Statement of Work (SOW) and Independent Contractor Management Modules Companies more frequently seek systems that can be repurposed to deliver value in verticals other than contract labor, including Statement of Work (SOW) projects and IC management. As is the case for all of our Work Nexus deployments, flexibility is a key differentiator. The SOW and IC module within Work Nexus can be deployed as standalone systems, or as a complementary component to a fully-articulated VMS installation. Work Nexus orchestrates the following processes online and in real-time:

SOW project requisitioning and approval SOW vendor selection and SOW Purchase Order (PO) management Approval and tracking of milestones and/or deliverables Consolidated invoicing by deliverable or milestone PO consumption monitoring, historical SOW usage tracking, reporting, and analysis IC documentation warehousing IC deliverable review and approval Overall IC management


Recruitment Methodology At Superior, we believe that effective recruiting begins with a strong recruiting team. That’s why we provide all of our recruiters with comprehensive and continual training on recruiting, interviewing, and customer service. Superior’s recruiting teams have extensive experience finding qualified personnel for all job types and skill levels, and wide-ranging job types. As important, we provide them with the sophisticated recruiting tools they need to source qualified candidates quickly, including:

Applicant Tracking System – Superior has invested in state-of-the-art information systems

technology as an integral part of our recruiting effort. SmartSearch, our Web-based Applicant Tracking System, currently contains over two and a half million actual candidate resumes, employment applications, and test results. Using simple search commands, our recruiters can quickly match qualified candidates with open position requirements. Further, SmartSearch is fully integrated with numerous internet job boards, allowing our recruiters to easily search wide-ranging candidates and disseminate job postings.

SuperiorJobs.com –We post all open positions on our dedicated jobs Web site,

www.superiorjobs.com, where candidates can search or browse current employment

opportunities. The site’s online employment application is easy to use and allows for simple resume submittal.

Internet – All of our recruiters search the Internet for qualified candidates. Because they are

thoroughly experienced with Internet search terms, Web job sites, and employment newsgroups, they can find candidates quickly. Superior uses a variety of resume sites and is registered on numerous permanent job boards, including America’s Job Exchange, CareerBuilder.com, CEWeekly, DICE, and Sologig.com. We also employ Facebook (facebook.com/superiorgroup), LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/superiorgroup), and Twitter (twitter.com/superiorgroup) to connect with passive jobseekers. These resources provide access to over 50 million potential applicants.

CareerBuilder Partnership – Superior maintains a partnership with CareerBuilder for an

enhanced marketing/branding initiative. Highlights of this partnership include strategically-designed and layered multimedia web profiles, branding videos, 65 million instances of banner advertising, sponsorship and participation in online job fairs, and dynamic “Job Details” pages.


Strategic Advertising In our experience, strategic advertising best ensures an adequate and diverse candidate pool. We use the following resources to advertise job opportunities and source qualified candidates:

Internet Job Sites Trade Publication Advertising Classified Advertising Employee Referral Programs Technical Job Fairs Minority Outreach Programs

Outplacement Services Professional Organizations Public Sector/Customer Referrals Open Houses Trade and Business Schools Universities/Community Colleges

Recruiting Diverse Personnel Superior shares its customers’ goals of maintaining diverse workforces by providing equal employment opportunities and undertaking special activities to recruit minority and women candidates. We employ the following outreach activities to increase the hiring of minority and women candidates, both for customers’ temporary workforces and Superior’s direct staff:

Publications/Classified Advertising – Placement of ads in woman- and minority-focused

publications to attract women and minority candidates for employment.

Job Postings – Posting of job openings in a multiple locations to attract women and minority

applicants, including community centers, churches, community colleges, and Internet job sites.

Job Fairs – Participation in job fairs and trade shows that specifically target women and

minority applicants.

Off-Site Recruiting – Periodic scheduling of off-site recruiting days at various diversity-oriented organizations.

Partnering with Minority Suppliers – Alignment with women- and minority-owned staffing

firms.

Participation in EEO-Oriented Organizations – Membership with a number of organizations dedicated to helping women and minority candidates, including Project HIRED and the Minority Academic Society (NSBE/MAS).


Direct Placement Services Instead of sorting through under-qualified resumes, screening potentially-qualified candidates, and running background checks and drug screenings, our direct placement customers will receive qualified, prescreened and tested applicants. Superior will:

Source and evaluate resumes for skills/experience and job requirements Obtain candidate’s permission to submit resume Verify educational degrees Verify qualifications/skills based on work experience Conduct phone or personal interview Obtain a list of work references Obtain compensation requirements and availability Coordinate required background checks (criminal, credit, driving record) and/or drug screenings,

with actual screening costs billed as pass-through expenses Verify dates of employment and positions held for prior work experience Check work references and prepare summaries on each reference Coordinate interviews between candidates and customers Present offers and coordinate negotiations

Direct Placement Guarantee If a candidate resigns or is otherwise terminated for any reason (except layoff, reorganization, or reduction of staff) within 90 days from the date of hire, Superior will use its best efforts to find a suitable replacement candidate. Further, if Superior is unable to find a suitable replacement within 30 days of the termination date, your company shall receive a refund of the placement fees as follows:

Employment Duration Refund Percentage

0 – 30 days 100%

31 – 60 days 50%

61 – 90 days 25%

91+ days 0%


High Level Direct Placement Recruiting Superior is pleased to introduce a National Direct Placement Team, located across the United States, who is responsible for strategically placing senior level management candidates for existing and new customers. This team provides true executive headhunting services for our customers’ requirements. Serviceable direct placement orders are determined by the following:

Nature of the positions, e.g., manager-level and above Base annual salary of $80,000, minimum

Superior’s team focuses on executive-level direct placement positions (C-level, President, VP, Director, and Senior Management). These kinds of searches require a slower, more methodical, and overall different approach that focuses on passive candidates. These candidates don’t typically post resumes to job boards and require different sourcing strategies, recruiting techniques and networking. This team not only provides more specialized executive searches and recruiting capabilities for Superior nationwide, but also focuses on enhancing client partnerships. Along the way, they will define more efficient processes and procedures for effective recruiting and placement of these higher level executives.

Superior ensures that you will not incur any expense until we find candidates who meet your qualifications. Our National Direct Placement Team will use its vast resources to find your ideal candidate, giving you peace of mind and allowing you to focus on your business.


CAD-Related Services Below is a partial list of relevant service disciplines, as well as some CAD Design and Drafting positions, with which Superior has extensive experience:

Service Disciplines Job Disciplines

Product Modeling

Mechanical Design

Machine Design

Cold Box Design

Piping

Tooling

Checking Services

Legacy CAD Conversion

File Transfer and Translation

CAD Layout Designer

Checker

Design Drafter

Detailer

Illustrator

Superior has licenses for various design and drafting software including:

Autocad CADRA Microstation Pro/ENGINEER SolidWorks Unigraphics

CAD Outsourcing Services Our expertise in CAD services is a product of our over 50 years of experience in Design and Drafting. Superior operates two multi-CAD platform environments, including a secure D-R-specific CAD center in Buffalo, NY. We specialize in helping companies complete mechanical design projects by combining our design experience with our expertise in a variety of 2D and 3D CAD systems. The below companies have received measurable benefits from accurate and timely resource loading on design/engineering processes and pre-production prototyping. Our approach usually begins with a resource constraint or scheduling problem that we help you resolve. As necessary, we quickly increase our capacity in the short term and provide more economical service rates depending on the volume of services ordered. Representative Customers Delphi Automotive Moog Aircraft Pratt & Whitney Champion Containers Dresser-Rand SPX Waters Edge


IT Outsourcing Superior offers an IT Outsourcing Program, with expert IT consultants, and experienced technical staff. We offer a tailored approach, and have developed solutions that provide a seamless integrated service delivery, while helping to steer your business into the future.

Sector Description

Remote Solution Center

Superior can provide trained Tier 1, 2 or 3 helpdesk support for any supported business application over the phone. We can provide immediate response time, with round-the-clock support. Superior’s resources would operate from our Corporate headquarters.

Onsite Technician Support

We can provide resources directly at your company’s location. These include trained Tier 1, 2 or 3 onsite support services for hardware, network, infrastructure and supported business applications. This method is often preferred by clients with high potential risk projects or a high level of confidentiality.

Training Superior can provide small group or one-on-one training for general PC use and supported business applications, which can be tailored to meet your company’s specific needs.

Deployment Support Trained engineers can be provided to assist or manage office equipment upgrades or roll-outs. Services include onsite setup and testing, imaging, validation and training.

Consulting

Our trained and expert strategists can provide Infrastructure, Network and IT consulting to your company. We will assess your company’s IT needs, and recommend a solution that will help you achieve cost savings, introduce new technology and help make your business more efficient.

Co-Location Services Secure datacenter space and co-location services are available at our Williamsville, NY data center for all of your storage needs.

Hosting We can provide physical and virtual infrastructure hosting for all IT server services, including web, mail, and service.

Representative Customers Playworld Systems – IT Consulting and IT Engineering Services TM Montante – Remote Solution Center Support Amherst Chamber of Commerce – Remote Solution Center Support, IT Training, Server Hosting, IT Consulting and IT Engineering Services Taurus Media, Inc. – Co-Location


Independent Contractor Compliance Programs One of the greatest challenges faced by companies is the strict adherence to policies and processes that diminish the risks of co-employment and the continuous education of customer representatives over the entire lifecycle of the IC’s assignment. The focus of Superior’s Independent Contractor Compliance Programs (ICCPs) has always been on providing risk mitigation by implementing standardized employment practices and safeguards.

IC Management A successful ICCP adheres to the following guidelines to mitigate the risks of co-employment arising from the use ICs:

Develop a strict pre-employment risk assessment process, as discussed above, to determine

the validity of claims of IC status Require any individual classified as an IC to be incorporated Require ICs to carry requisite levels of Insurance, including workers’ compensation and

professional liability coverage at limits sufficient to protect the interests of the customer ICs should also be required to provide the ICCP Provider and the customer with a Waiver of

Subrogation Ensure accurate invoicing and payments Provide guidance regarding the separation between ICs and employee activities

The Evaluation of ICs

Following are descriptions of the different tools used during the evaluations, along with an overview of the Evaluation Summary Form:

Assessment Tool Description

IC Documentation Checklist

Collects a variety of information from the potential IC, including, but not limited to Form W-9, articles of incorporation, references, tax documents, history providing services to other customers, etc.

IC Questionnaire Uncovers the extent to which the customer plans to or actually exerts behavioral/financial control, as well as the relationship between the parties. Document completed by the potential IC.

IC Usage Questionnaire

Solicits information to determine the extent to which your company manager plans to or actually will exert behavioral/financial control, as well as the relationship between the parties. Document completed by the intended IC’s supervisor.

Evaluation Summary Form

Presents our findings and provides your company with a risk ranking, i.e., the probability that the IC, if audited, would be found to have been misclassified.

Representative Customers Xerox, APS and SGI


Recruitment Process Outsourcing Companies in today’s global economy are seeking new ways to reduce costs while improving performance. As recruiting operations grow to support increased hiring demand, many companies are turning to Superior to leverage flexible, scalable and cost-effective Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) solutions that drive world-class recruitment performance levels. Superior’s RPO solutions combine proven project management disciplines and experienced recruiting professionals, forming partnerships with companies seeking a major competitive advantage through either selective or total Recruitment Outsourcing. By outsourcing their recruitment process, many companies are reaping the advantages of a faster hiring process at a lower cost. RPO services let you outsource complete or portions of your recruitment cycle and enables you to focus on your key activities like business development and planning.

Benefits of RPO For companies interested in outsourcing specific business tasks, there are numerous benefits to be realized, including:

Cost Savings – Outsourcing a specific business process enables a company to free up valuable resources previously devoted to other functions.

Ability to Focus on Core Competencies – In order to keep senior executives focused on more important areas, RPO facilitates a company’s “back office” functions, which are largely unrelated to the core business.

Reduced Cycle Time – With a diverse pool of well-qualified individuals at our fingertips through Superior’s SmartSearch database, you leverage our recruiters, including expertise to reduce cycle time.

Reduced Risk – Through RPO services, benefits provided by the program can be contractually defined and continuously tracked, thereby reducing a company’s risk.

OFCCP Compliance – Superior is in compliance with the OFCCP Internet Applicant Rule.

Scalability – RPO projects can be of any size and duration, allowing customers to begin/cancel services seamlessly at any time.

As a leading provider of workforce solutions, Superior offers a variety of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) solutions to meet our customers’ business objectives. We work closely with HR and talent acquisition leaders to customize the most effective solution for their company.

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Our service offerings typically fall into the following three categories:

Full Lifecycle RPO – Superior manages the complete lifecycle, providing dedicated recruiting management to your company.

Hybrid RPO – Superior provides a co-sourced solution, managing either a portion of the lifecycle, or the entire lifecycle for a specific department or geography.

Project Recruiting – Superior manages the lifecycle for a high volume recruiting need within a defined period of time that requires a rapid response.

Through acquisition and growth, Superior has expanded our RPO abilities and presence internationally allowing us to support clients across multiple industries globally. Our mission is to help clients “win the war for talent,” enabling them to be leaders in the markets they serve. Our Return on Recruitment™ (RoR) service has garnered numerous awards and helps companies develop significant strategic, economic, competitive and technological advantages over their competitors. Using onshore, offshore, or a combination of both, we offer comprehensive, high-quality, customizable, cost-efficient services that include:

Strategic Planning

Talent Brand Assessment

Sourcing and Recruiting

End-to-End Recruitment Services

Skills Assessment

Talent Relationship Management

Onboarding

Back Office Administration

Talent Mapping

Neutral Exit Interviews

More effective sourcing, greater conversion rates, reduced cost-per-hire, and higher predictability of early attrition are just some of the tangible benefits of Superior RPO services. These allow customers not only to reduce or eliminate the need for job boards and consultants, but also to build an exclusive talent repository.

Representative RPO Customer List

Bureau Veritas GLOBALFOUNDRIES Paychex

Deloitte & Touche IBM Power-One

EMC KLA-Tencor Rich Products

First Niagara Bank Larsen Toubro Sonoco

Greatbatch Medical Moog Symantec


Why Select a Superior Solution? We believe that the following factors qualify Superior as a compelling choice to deliver workforce and business solutions:

Our customer-focused approach pledges that our highly-customized solution will meet or exceed customers’ expectations

Our proprietary Work Nexus VMS has been designed based on our 55 years of staffing industry experience and is configured to reflect customers’ business processes

Superior is ISO 9001:2008 and SSAE 16 certified. Our certifications reflect our commitment to

quality, stringent internal control systems, and the protection of intellectual property.

Our tenured account teams provide years of collaborative experience using proven methodologies.

Our programs are governed by structured performance measurement and sustained cost savings initiatives, applying mutually-defined KPIs and SLAs on a monthly or quarterly cadence.

Superior is highly-experienced in garnering support from key customer stakeholders, educating the using community, and incorporating unique service requirements prior to program implementation.

Executive management involvement provides your company with access to key decision-makers who can rapidly enact enhancement and continuously provide stewardship.

Superior offers a phased implementation approach, in which both workflow processes and automation technology can be implemented to user populations at varying times, incorporates appropriate change management techniques.

Superior’s flexible organizational structure allows us to assign only our most experienced professionals to implement and manage our MSP solution for your company.

We have the ability to provide your company with customized reports on any data, and we use that data to provide ongoing trend analytics, process improvements, and cost savings.

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