Our Leadership team offers over 50 years of local staffing experience and we partner with founder, senior management and key hiring decision makers to customize unique solutions for each of our clients. Partnered with the “The Staffing Edge”, Canada’s largest back office solutions provider dedicated to the staffing industry has allowed us to focus on what we do best.
Whether looking for the right person or the right job, your goals are within reach.
Welcome to the CLEK team.
THE CLEK TEAM
Chris Malakovski
Founder
When CLEK Staffing Services was founded in 2013, Chris had a difficult time giving himself a title. While initially calling himself an Account Manager, this role didn’t encompass other duties such as crisis intervention, IT/technical support, coffee courier and also what it must be like to feel like to be a punching bag. Hence, his revised title as founder.
Chris has a passion for meeting people and dealing with high pressure situations. He started CLEK with the commitment to provide personalized, caring service to our associates and “boutique-style”, specialized service to our client companies.
Laurie Gaylard
Operations Manager – Hamilton
Laurie joined CLEK in March 2015 with over 10 years’ experience in the recruiting and staffing industry. She brings a vast knowledge in recruiting, excellent customer service and health and safety protocols. It is her mission to provide employers and employees alike with the highest level of customer satisfaction and to help all with any staffing needs that arise.
Christina Weeks
Staffing Coordinator – Hamilton
She may be one of the newest team members with CLEK Staffing Services but Christina comes with 15 years of experience in Temporary Staffing Industry specializing in the Industrial Sector. Certified in Health and Safety and has expertise with WSIB. Christina absolutely loves her career and what keeps her going is her passion for helping people and watching them grow within the company starting from an entry level position and moving up. There is nothing more satisfying than that to her!
Brandy Blunden
Staffing Coordinator – Hamilton
With over 15 years in customer service and office roles, Brandy brings her passion for helping others and strong attention to detail ensuring our employers are fit perfectly with the right employee.
Laura Malakovski
Recruitment Consultant
Laura has over 15 years experience in manufacturing with a number roles in Engineering, Production, Plant Management, Quality, and more recently having transitioned into Executive Search supporting the manufacturing industry. She combines an Engineering degree, manufacturing expertise, and recruitment training from a multi-national recruitment firm. As a Recruitment Consultant, she works closely with candidates and clients, which provide her the opportunity to develop professional relationships, match qualified candidates to the right jobs, and exceed client expectations.
She specializes in:
- Executive Recruitment
- Finance & Accounting
- Sales & Marketing
- Manufacturing & Engineering:
- Automotive
- Pharmaceutical
- Aerospace
- Plastics
- Pulp & Paper
- Medical Devices
- Construction
Alicia Crowe
Staffing Coordinator – St. Catharines
Alicia came to use with two years of recruiting experience from within the staffing industry. She is a graduate from Brock University with a BA (Honours) in Business Communications. She is excited to grow her career with CLEK as a Staffing Coordinator. Alicia prides herself on building relationships with clients, and finding the perfect candidate for a job opportunity.
Andre Callegari
Account Manager – Mississauga
Andre has joined CLEK with over 7 years of experience in recruitment, executive search, and temporary staffing. With experience as a recruitment consultant, corporate human resources specialist and account manager in multinational companies, he adds strategic recruitment and business partner skills to our clients, aiming to provide the best service possible. In addition to his experience, he has a bachelor’s in international relations and a post graduate certificate in Human Resources Management.
Lisa Weir Doucet
Operations & Sales Director – Eastern Canada
Lisa Weir Doucet, CPC has partnered with CLEK Staffing Services in 2020 to continuously deliver a high level of staffing services throughout Eastern Canada in a wide variety including:
Professional and Executive Search; Construction; Marine; Transportation; Logistics and Supply Chain; Management and Operations; Health Care, Skill Trades, Skilled and Unskilled Laborers; Manufacturing; Financial; Administrative and IT.
Born and raised in the outskirts of Moncton and growing her young family with a strong connection to the local, Indigenous and Acadian community. With a proven history of providing customized staffing solutions to all prominent business sectors specializing in various types of recruitment methods for both Temporary and Direct Hire placements.
Lisa has been known to be the first on the job site and the last to leave and as a responsible and safety driven employer, she holds the following licenses & certifications to ensure all staff are professionally trained and equipment used is in proper working condition. As a hands-on staffing leader, she is rarely in the office and enjoys her interaction with clients and staff members on all job sites.
- Asbestos Awareness – eSafety
- Fall Arrest – eSafety
- Crane and Hoist Hand Signals – Leavitt Machinery
- Wire Rope Rigging Inspection & Replacement – Leavitt Machinery
- Aerial Boom & Scissor Lift Pre- Inspections – Leavitt Machinery
- Sit-Down Forklift Pre- Inspection – Leavitt Machinery
- COVID-19 Safety – BIS Training Solutions
- Canadian Agricultural Safety Association Tractor & Farm Machinery – Canadian Agricultural Safety Association
- National Safety Code Overview – CayCan Safety Consulting Ltd.
- Human Rights 10 – The Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) – ACSESS (Association of Canadian Search, Employment And Staffing Services)