Companies aren’t simply adopting AI anymore. They’re transforming how work gets done. That shift needs a specific kind of talent, and most companies don’t know where to find it.

We do. We spent two years finding it for ourselves first.

The Short Version

PEG Staffing & Recruiting is launching AI Transformation Talent, a dedicated staffing practice built around the people who help organizations implement AI, automation, and digital transformation. We place these professionals across our three core practice areas, available on a contract, contract-to-hire, or direct hire basis.

We didn’t build this practice from a trend report. We built it from our own experience.

What We Learned Building Our Own AI Capability

For two years, we tried outside consultants. We tried agencies. We tried building it ourselves.

None of it stuck.

In 2026, we hired a dedicated AI Engineer to join our team full time. That single hire changed how we operate. New platforms. Faster processes. Capability we could not reach any other way.

That’s the difference between talking about AI and running on it. We’re on the other side of that gap now, and we know exactly what it takes to cross it.

“We lived this exact challenge ourselves before we ever tried to help a client with it,” said Karen Spann, President and Owner of PEG Staffing & Recruiting. “We spent two years trying to figure out how AI could move our firm forward, and none of it stuck until we brought in the right expertise. Now we help other companies find the people who can do the same for them.”

What AI Transformation Talent Actually Means

These aren’t generic “AI jobs.” They’re professionals who know how to apply AI to work that’s already happening inside a discipline. Roles we place include:

Finance transformation project managers
Intelligent automation specialists
Supply chain data analysts
AI business analysts
Digital manufacturing specialists

We staff this practice through our Pod Model. Each Pod pairs sales and account management, recruiting, and sourcing into one team built around a single specialty, so every Pod understands both your business and the specific talent it takes to move a transformation forward.

“We believe the staffing industry is entering one of the greatest periods of change and opportunity we’ve experienced,” Spann said. “We want to help our clients get ahead of it rather than react to it.”

Where We’re Focusing AI Talent

We’re building AI Transformation Talent into three of our core practice areas:

Accounting & Finance — finance transformation project managers, close automation, AI-driven reporting
Operations — supply chain data analysts, digital manufacturing specialists, process automation
AI Talent — AI business analysts, intelligent automation specialists, systems integration

What This Means If You’re Hiring Right Now

If you’re trying to staff an AI or automation initiative and don’t know where to start, that’s exactly the gap this practice closes. You get:

Flexibility. Contract, contract-to-hire, or direct hire, so you can scale at your own pace.
Specialization. Talent sourced through the Pod that already knows your function, not a generalist recruiter guessing at fit.
A partner who’s done it. We’re not selling a service we haven’t used ourselves.

Want the Whole Story?

This is the short version. If you want to hear how we actually got here, and what it means for your hiring, schedule a call with our founder, Karen.

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