Test Drive MBE Magazine May June 2013 | Page 39

Freedom of Choice 6202/0313 Peoples Choice Staffing was a 2010 Stevie Awards finalist for the FastestGrowing Company of the Year in Business Services, received the Black Business Association 2010 Outstanding Business of The Year Award, and took the 2012 Best of Business Award from the Small Business Community Association. Choice Workforce Solutions, LLC is currently producing an additional $90+ million in revenue and was awarded an Advancing Diversity Recognition Award by Southern California Edison in February 2011. Peoples believes that most people really don’t know what it takes to start and run a business—the liabilities, the money, and the time involved. She urges everyone to perform due diligence and learn the industry or industries they plan to serve. “Prepare, and stick with, a business plan, and don’t try to reinvent the wheel,” she says. “Use the resources (continued) and services available to you.” Peoples says that staffing is something of a “hustler’s game” that takes a lot of hard work. A marketing major at California State University at Fullerton, she says that her college experience was instrumental in preparing her for the leadership role and the responsibility of running a business. Peoples also once worked as a cheerleader for the former Los Angeles Rams. Peoples loves what she does, and her passion is evident when she talks about the potential to transform people’s lives by finding them work or building her business. “My mind never stops thinking about what can I do next to expand or make my business better,” she says. Peoples Choice has expa