ALLENTOWN, PA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/18/09 -- Link Staffing Services, a national provider of industrial staffing and productivity solutions, has just opened its newest franchise location in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company has been staffing businesses for over 28 years.

"We are thrilled to have opened here in the Lehigh Valley," said Paul Wilson, Franchisee of Link Staffing Services - Allentown. "We look forward to partnering with local companies to fill their needs for skilled crafts and trades, light industrial, general labor, and clerical employees. Our goal is to provide the high quality employees that they would ultimately seek to hire."

Link Staffing provides valued services for its clients such as long and short term assignments, temporary to full time employment, payroll functions, on-site management, customized new employee orientations for the work site and a comprehensive screening process. Link also offers risk management services like client site evaluations, employee safety programs, and pre-employment, post accident and random drug screening.

"We are pleased to have Paul and his family join our team," said Ike Steele, President of Link Staffing Services. "We are sure their skills and knowledge will be invaluable and prove to be a great asset to the Link Franchise network."

The Allentown office will serve clients in and around the Lehigh Valley area.

"The Allentown area has tremendous potential and I look forward to working with companies here to improve their business productivity," Wilson added.

For more information about Link Staffing Services in Allentown, please contact Paul or Adam Wilson at (484) 223-3102. For information about Link's franchise opportunities, please contact Brandon Campbell at (713) 784-4400 or visit www.linkfranchising.com.

About Link Staffing Services

Founded in 1980, Link Staffing Services provides staffing and productivity solutions to businesses and industry. The personnel Link supplies ranges from skilled crafts and trades to light industrial, semi-skilled and general labor. As a leader in the industry, Co-CEOs Bill and Karen Pitts have set Link apart by providing cutting-edge technology and comprehensive screening processes, and by providing the type of workers clients like to hire. Based in Houston, Texas, Link Staffing has over 55 locations nationwide. For more information, please visit www.linkstaffing.com, or call 1-800-848-LINK (5465).