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Executive Suite: Merrill Lloyd Banks

Quick ReadForty years ago Merrill Lloyd Banks founded Lloyd Staffing, a one-man shop that has grown to include four locations and four franchisees.

Merrill Lloyd Banks is chief executive of Melville-based

Photo credit: Barry Sloan | Merrill Lloyd Banks is chief executive of Melville-based Lloyd Staffing, which connects employers with temporary and direct-hire employees in fields including architecture, engineering, sales, finance, human resources, information technology, administration and marketing. (Nov. 14, 2011)

Business

Forty years ago Merrill Lloyd Banks founded Lloyd Staffing, a one-man shop that has grown to include four locations and four franchisees.

Banks got his start in the late 1960s as a typewriter salesman. Looking for a new opportunity, he visited a friend at a Manhattan employment agency and noticed how many placements were being made. He recalls saying, "Maybe I'm going to interview with your...

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