Her Story
About Brenda
Brenda Pedelose is an accomplished staffing and talent acquisition professional with more than 11 years of experience in recruiting, workforce development, and client relationship management. Currently serving as Staffing Manager at Job1USA, she oversees the full employee lifecycle, including recruiting, payroll, client relations, professional development, and workforce management. Her career began in the hospitality industry, where she advanced from frontline food service roles to Café and Catering Manager at the Toledo Museum of Art before transitioning into staffing and recruitment, where she discovered her passion for helping individuals build better futures through meaningful employment opportunities.
Throughout her career, Brenda has developed expertise in high-volume recruiting, hospitality staffing, government contract recruitment, and employee relations. She previously helped build Renhill Companies' hospitality division into a thriving operation and later supported major government recruiting initiatives with AllianceOne and PSG Global Solutions. Among her proudest accomplishments was helping place 21 previously unemployed individuals with the City of Toledo, including young adults transitioning out of foster care and participants from community-based programs, enabling them to achieve greater stability and independence. Her commitment to customer service and hands-on support has earned her a reputation for building strong relationships with both clients and employees.
Driven by a philosophy centered on service and compassion, Brenda believes her journey has been guided by opportunities to help others. As a domestic violence survivor and advocate, she actively supports abuse prevention programs, youth initiatives, and organizations dedicated to empowering individuals facing difficult circumstances. Whether through her professional work or volunteer efforts, she remains committed to making a positive impact in the lives of others. Her dedication to caring for people, creating opportunities, and serving her community continues to define both her career and her personal mission.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Brenda
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to genuinely caring about people. Anyone who works with me would say that I prioritize customer service, but I also invest significant time in building relationships with employees and clients. Even though many of the individuals I work with are temporary employees, I believe in supporting them, listening to them, and helping them succeed. That commitment to people and the relationships I build has been the foundation of my success.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I've ever received is to not answer an email right away. I was told to sit on an email for 5 to 10 minutes before I answer, especially if it's something that I have to think over. Don't automatically reply to an email. This advice has stuck with me and I use it all the time. It helps me make sure I'm really thinking through what I want and need to say before I respond, rather than reacting immediately.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would probably say breathe. Our industry is a very, very stressful industry, so when I say breathe, it'll get easier. I tell everybody that - just breathe, because at some point you're stressing out, you're at this point like, oh wait a minute, I get this, I get this, I get this. So you just gotta take a breath and breathe, and then you'll find some solution or something, and it'll come to you. Sometimes you just gotta take a breath and breathe, and then it'll get easier.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenges in my field right now are finding and keeping good employees, and keeping our staff safe at their work locations. Currently, we have staff working at the City of Toledo pools, and in the last 2 weeks, we've had 3 gun scares. Keeping the staff safe in situations like that is the most stressful and hardest part of the job, especially when our people are between the ages of 16 and 21. That's the reality we're dealing with - trying to maintain safety for young workers in challenging environments.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
The most important value to me is helping people and being where I'm needed. I believe that God takes me to where He needs me at that time, teaches me there until I've done whatever He needed me to do and helped whoever He needed me to help, and then He moves me where I need to go next. That's my philosophy and what guides my journey. I stay in this work because I love helping people - whether that's helping young men bridge out of foster care and get their own housing, or helping people transition from difficult situations into stable employment. My personal journey as a domestic violence survivor has shaped this too. Now I have to fight for people with all kinds of backgrounds to get jobs, even though I'm a survivor myself. It's been a different direction, but it's about caring for people and making a real difference in their lives.
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