Power is a people business.

Micah founded SSG around a straightforward idea: specialize deeply in an industry, build genuine relationships with the people in it, and create a recruiting company that understands the work its clients and candidates actually do. Today, SSG partners with electrical testing firms, engineering organizations, utilities, OEMs, and mission-critical service providers to connect highly skilled professionals with organizations responsible for keeping the lights on.

His military background also shaped SSG's commitment to the veteran community. Micah remains passionate about helping veterans translate their experience into meaningful careers within the power industry, while SSG supports charitable efforts benefiting veterans and their families.

Outside of recruiting, Micah hosts The Power Relay w/Micah Clay, where he sits down with leaders and subject matter experts from across the electrical power industry for conversations about leadership, technology, safety, workforce development, and where the industry is headed.

When he is not working, Micah is a recreational aviator, student of leadership, chronic overthinker, husband and father, and self-described jack of all trades, master of none.

After 23 years in uniform and a failed attempt at sitting still, his focus these days is pretty simple: build something worthwhile, help good people find meaningful work, and surround himself with people who show up for each other. You know... American Dream type stuff.

Brendan Smith is Managing Partner of Operations at Southern Staffing Group, where he leads the firm's recruiting operations. With 11 years of experience in the staffing and recruiting industry, Brendan has built a career around designing efficient, scalable processes that help both clients and candidates move through the hiring journey with confidence and speed.

Brendan's operational expertise ensures that every search Southern Staffing Group undertakes is backed by strong systems and attention to detail, from initial candidate sourcing through final placement. He is passionate about connecting great people with great opportunities, and is committed to building a staffing agency that clients and job seekers alike can rely on.

Ashley Clay serves as Director of Marketing for Southern Staffing Group, where she leads the company's brand, digital presence, content strategy, and the continued growth of SSG's voice within the electrical power industry.

Ashley originally joined SSG in a business development role, working directly with clients and helping build relationships across the industries the company serves. That experience gave her a firsthand understanding of SSG's clients, candidates, and the highly specialized world of electrical power before transitioning into the role she holds today.

Her professional background spans customer service, business development, staffing, banking, insurance, and title and escrow services. Throughout her career, the common thread has been people. Whether developing client relationships, improving internal processes, or helping communicate what makes an organization different, Ashley has built her career around creating better experiences for the people on the other side of the conversation. Her earlier roles also required navigating detail-intensive and regulated environments, including escrow and title processes.

At SSG, Ashley is responsible for bringing that perspective to the company's marketing strategy. She oversees social media, digital content, brand development, and marketing initiatives supporting The Power Relay, while helping translate an often highly technical industry into content that is approachable, useful, and genuinely representative of the people who work in it.

As SSG continues to grow, Ashley's focus is on building a brand that reflects the company behind it: knowledgeable about the industry, serious about relationships, willing to have a little fun, and never interested in looking or sounding like every other staffing company.

Outside of SSG, Ashley is a wife and mother of five who spent a significant portion of her early career balancing work, raising a family, and the realities of life as a military spouse. These days, when she is not working on the next SSG campaign or keeping the rest of us pointed in the right direction, you will probably find her with her family or consuming enough true crime to make the rest of us mildly concerned.

Buck is an accomplished recruiting professional with extensive experience in executive search, technical recruiting, and full-cycle talent acquisition. A Texas Tech University graduate, he has built his career around identifying top talent, developing strong professional relationships, and connecting exceptional candidates with the right opportunities.

He brings significant senior-level recruiting experience from LHH, where he served as a Senior Executive Recruiter specializing in full-desk executive search and recruitment. During his time at LHH, he developed expertise across candidate sourcing, screening, relationship management, client development, and full-cycle recruiting.

Currently serving as a Lead Recruiter with Southern Staffing Group, Buck provides leadership and expertise across the full recruiting lifecycle. His experience spans talent identification, candidate engagement, interviewing, client relationships, and strategic recruiting solutions.

With a career built on relationship-driven recruiting, industry knowledge, and a commitment to finding the right talent for the right opportunity, Buck brings a proven track record of delivering results for both clients and candidates.

Four jobs since I turned eighteen, and every one of them taught me something I use now.

Six years in the Army first. Then four years in in-home sales, sitting at kitchen tables with people making decisions they had been putting off. That's where I learned to listen instead of talk. Three years after that as a freight broker, which is basically matching the right load with the right truck at the right time, all day, while everybody's clock is running. Turns out that's not far off from what I do now.

Recruiting came from a friend who told me to just try it. Two years in and I'm not going anywhere. What keeps me here is the phone call: the one where I tell somebody they got the job. Sometimes that's a small win and sometimes it's the difference between a rough year and a good one, and you can usually hear which one it is in their voice. I've never gotten tired of making that call.

Off the clock, I've got a book in my hand. Thrillers and sci-fi mostly, usually two or three going at once, and no shame about staying up too late to finish one. If it comes up, I'll ask what you're reading and then I'll actually want to talk about it.

If you're hiring or job hunting, call me. I'd rather have a real conversation than trade emails.

Joshua Moore is a Senior Recruiter with Southern Staffing Group, specializing in the electrical power services industry, including electrical testing, protection and control, commissioning, and field service roles.

Before joining Southern, Joshua spent more than three years recruiting in the travel healthcare industry, where he built his approach around transparency, communication, and understanding what actually matters to the people he works with.

Joshua is also a U.S. Army veteran with 17 years of military service. That experience shaped the way he approaches recruiting today: be direct, follow through, and treat people with respect.

At Southern Staffing Group, Joshua focuses on building long-term relationships with technicians, engineers, and industry professionals while helping them find opportunities that make sense for their experience, career goals, and life outside of work.

Outside of recruiting, Joshua enjoys spending time with his wife and kids, golf, bourbon, and probably spending too much money on Pokémon.