Out of Line with Tiffany Scott

Stepping away from a corporate career that feels like your entire identity isn't easy, but building a legacy from scratch demands a total leap of faith. In this episode, I’m sitting down with serial entrepreneur Staci Bender Epstein as she opens up about pivoting from marketing into the unpredictable world of executive staffing, managing a high-stakes business alongside her husband, and learni...

After twenty-five years inside the most coveted recruiting seats in the world, including powerhouse brands like Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Nike, most people would be planning a comfortable corporate retirement. But Sheridan Hall saw a glaring, frustrating injustice that he couldn't ignore: the corporate world's massive failure to effectively translate military resumes and integrate t...

He didn't come from the staffing industry. He saw friends coming out of college with no job offers and no one helping them — so he started creating WhatsApp groups to connect people with opportunities. Then it became something bigger. Steven Meisels is the Founder of SM Staffing, which now operates nationally across all 50 states. Their model is built around culture fit over credential matching, t...

He walked into staffing with a microbiology degree, a pregnant wife, and zero industry connections — and built an Inc 5000 company that's still standing 20+ years later. In Episode 8 of Out of Line, Tiffany sits down with Ronnie Hollis, founder of Prestige Staffing, Monza Cloud, and Talinaq. Ronnie breaks down surviving the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, the real difference between being a...

Alex Martin went from teaching 4th grade music in Harlem to running her own boutique recruiting firm in under a decade. In this episode she breaks down how she hit $1.2M in new business in 10 months as a cold start at PlanetHealthcare, why most recruiters are stuck in transactional mode, and what made her finally bet on herself and launch Amaya Staffing Consultants in June 2024. We get into the ea...

What does it actually take to walk away from a comfortable, stable income and managing 9-figure portfolios ... and start over? In Episode 6 of Out of Line with Tiffany Scott, we sit down with Kimberly Kelly — Founder & Managing Partner of AVENNI Consulting, a talent strategy and workforce transformation firm she launched in January 2026. Before going out on her own, Kim spent 13+ years at Rand...

What does it actually take to build a staffing company from two people and zero dollars to 40 branches, 8 states, and damn near $200 million in annual revenue? Ryan J.Q. Clark did it and this conversation doesn't skip the hard parts. Ryan co-founded PeopleShare in 2005 out of King of Prussia, PA with nothing but a bet on themselves. He was Co-CEO from day one - he was also recruiter, sales guy...

Kelli Christina spent 25 years building a career in medical staffing then watched it all collapse after she chose to speak up. In this episode, Kelli shares what it was really like to launch KD-Staffing right before the 2008 recession, survive it, and then lose everything including facing homelessness when lawsuits hit the medical staffing industry in 2010. She didn't walk away. She rebuilt. H...

Cary Daniel has been in the staffing industry for 30 years, built a company to over $100M in revenue, led three separate businesses to the Inc. 500 and Inc. 5000 lists, and has been involved in over two dozen M&A transactions. He's also one of the most self-aware people I've had the pleasure of sitting across from. In this episode we get into all of it - how he and his co-founder James...

Tiffany Scott sits down with serial entrepreneur, author, and multi-industry leader Thomas Sephakis. Moving past the standard corporate narrative, Tom brings a refreshing, unfiltered perspective on what it truly takes to pursue what you want, build businesses from the ground up, and navigate the complexities of a career that refuses to fit into a single box. Throughout the conversation, Tom dives...

In this episode of Out of Line , Tiffany Scott sits down with Gene Rice , Co Founder and Chairman of Rice Cohen International , one of North America’s most respected executive search firms. With more than 1,000 retained searches and over 200 C suite placements throughout his career, Gene has played a major role in shaping the executive recruiting industry. During the conversation, Gene shares insi...