Dawn Apajee

Dawn Apajee founded  Providence-based staffing firm  City Personnel Inc. in 2006. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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Business Services 06/19/2026

Dawn Apajee | City Personnel Inc. founder and president Over the past 20 years, City Personnel has partnered with organizations across Rhode Island and southern...

Industries 08/29/2025

PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2025 DAWN APAJEE City Personnel Founder and president DAWN APAJEE’S RECRUITING CAREER began in London in 1989. From the start, she loved...

PBN’s 2025 Leaders & Achievers celebrated and honored

Business Services 08/22/2025

WARWICK – Twenty-two local business industry leaders were formally recognized Thursday evening for their leadership efforts across multiple sectors in Providence Business News’ 2025...

STAYING THE COURSE: Dawn Apajee, founder and president of professional staffing service City Personnel Inc., speaks to Recruiting Coordinator Adora Andrade, who is writing on the board. Apajee says the nature of City Personnel’s business – which provides legal, administrative, accounting and support staffing services – calls for a commitment to diversity. PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

DEI TEST: Roll back? Push ahead? For many organizations, a critical...

Cover Story 07/18/2025

The diversity pledges flooded corporate inboxes across the country as protests filled the streets over George Floyd, a Black man who died under the...

PBN unveils 2025 Leaders & Achievers honorees

Business Services 07/07/2025

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has named 22 honorees for its 2025 Leaders & Achievers Awards program. The individuals chosen for this year’s program –...

COMMUNITY PARTNER: City Personnel made efforts to support underrepresented groups and communities by developing and strengthening strategic partnerships with various organizations, including with Year Up, the Rhode Island Black Business Association, Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island and Sojourner House. Pictured from left working at the company’s Providence office are Dawn Apajee, founder and president; Adora DaSilva Andrade, recruitment coordinator; Britt Phillips, recruitment specialist; Zach Gagnon, marketing manager; David Hopkins, recruitment specialist; and Daniel Apajee, talent sourcer.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

City Personnel putting a ‘personnel’ touch on equality

Business Services 12/06/2024

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2024 Awards PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: City Personnel CITY PERSONNEL SEES diversity as recognizing and valuing the unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences that...

PAULA IACONO, executive director of the Chartercare Foundation who was named the 2023 Career Achiever in Providence Business News’ 2023 Business Women Awards program, delivers her speech during Thursday's awards luncheon at the Providence Marriott Downtown. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN honors top Business Women for 2023

Business Services 05/26/2023

PROVIDENCE – Paula Iacono at first didn’t set out to be a fundraiser. But, she said, “it happened.” Iacono, the executive director of the Chartercare...

RECRUITING ASSISTANCE: Dawn Apajee, right, owner of staff recruiting agency City Personnel Inc., works with senior recruiter Megan Atkins at her office in Providence.  PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

A tireless matchmaker in temp job market

Business Women 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Dawn Apajee | City Personnel Inc. owner IF LIFE IMITATES ART, Dawn Apajee can offer proof in...

PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS has announced 28 honorees for its 2023 Business Women Awards program.

CharterCARE Foundation’s Iacono among 28 honorees for PBN’s Business Women Awards...

Business Services 04/19/2023

PROVIDENCE – Paula Iacono, executive director for the CharterCARE Foundation, has been selected by Providence Business News as this year’s Career Achievement winner among...