Staffing 101
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100

This common metric tracks the number of active billable workers placed by a staffing firm at any given time.

What is headcount?

100
This is the year our beloved office officially started. 

2019

100

This sci-fi epic — known for its aliens and groundbreaking 3D — still holds the crown as the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide.

What is Avatar?

100

These numbers are used by many GenZers to make others angry.

What is 6/7?

100

This empire once controlled territory on 3 continents and had no standing army—instead calling up warriors through a complex system of vassal tribute obligations.

What is the Roman Empire?

200

This document outlines project scope, timelines, deliverables, pricing, and responsibilities — and is commonly used when staffing firms provide deliverable-based services instead of traditional time-and-materials labor.

What is a Statement of Work (SOW)

200

This is the address of Eight Eleven's first DC office location.

1900 Gallows Rd.
 Suite 240
Vienna, VA 22182

200

How long was TikTok banned in the US?

1 Day

200

Finish the sound: Try being my size Amy!

YOU DONT KNOW HOW IT IS!

200

hese three nations formed the core of the Axis alliance during World War II. 

Who are Germany, Japan, and Italy?
300

Often shortened to “MSP,” this program manages client staffing suppliers, standardized workflows, and compliance.

Managed Service Provider

300

This item infamously broke at 2023's annual pool party. 

Diving board 

300

This global superstar once again earned the title of Spotify’s most-streamed global artist in 2025 — beating out Taylor Swift for the top spot.

Who is Bad Bunny?

300

This meme is inspired by one of country music's biggest stars who agrily posted on his Instagram after hosting a popular television show.

"Get me back to God's country" - Morgan Wallen 

300

This explorer technically circumnavigated the globe twice — once eastward and once westward — although the first completion occurred after his execution.

Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

400

This sourcing approach embeds a recruiting team onsite or virtually within a client organization to support hiring directly.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

400

This AWS contractor caused a panic in the office when it was discovered that they were not who they said they were...

Who is Dede?

400

his action superstar topped industry earnings lists heading into 2025, making him one of the highest-paid actors in the world.

Dwayne Johnson

400

This phrase — paired with clips of Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo quietly staring during a Wicked interview — qiuckly became a meme. 

What is "holding space"?

400

This present-day nation has two capital cities that share power — one for the legislature and one for the judiciary — neither of them being the country’s largest city.

What is South Africa?

500

These engineering firms oversee large-scale utility and infrastructure projects from design through construction, operating under a three-word project delivery model that combines planning, building, and procurement under one contract

What are Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) firms?

500

The "containergate" scandal was spurred by a dirty container from this restaurant. 

What is Cheesecake factory?

500

This Netflix hit originally pitched its story as a feature film set in the 1990s — until a note from the producer changed the decade, the medium, and TV history.

What is Stranger Things?

500

his term refers to the trend of chaotic, surreal, and often AI-generated meme content that dominated 2025 — full of strange visuals, nonsense text, and a post-ironic sense of humor.

What is Italian brainrot?

500

This country is the only place in the world where three countries with Portuguese, Spanish, and English as official languages meet at a single border point.

What is Guyana?