A tireless matchmaker in temp job market
By Sarah Francis -01/06/2023
If life imitates art, Dawn Apajee can offer proof in something she read: think like an immigrant. “It resonates with me and sums up who I am and how I run my business,” she said.
“When you’re an immigrant, you have to think and behave differently. Be brave, bet on yourself, learn new skills, embrace new ideas, be humble and always work harder,” she added. “It applies to practically any profession.”
That wisdom is in her DNA. Apajee immigrated to Chicago from London in 1995, when her husband, Deven, got a job as a manager at a youth soccer academy. “[Soccer] has been responsible for a lot of our relationships,” she said. They moved to Rhode Island when his job relocated here. That gave Dawn Apajee the impetus to launch City Personnel Inc., a staff recruiting agency in Providence, with one other employee in 2006.
“I wanted to make my own hours because I had little kids. The reality is I’ve worked 24/7 since day one,” she said.
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