Anderson said employees are evaluated to determine what job they will do best, including using tools like the Myers-Briggs personality test.

“We don’t make the people suit the job, we make the job suit the people,” she said.

All of First Class Transport’s employees are confident they will still be successful even when the economy turns around and shipping picks up again. The company also helps shipping businesses during their seasonal downtimes, Hawhee said.

Employee Joel Beardsley said marketing the company is not hard and that 90 percent of the contacted shipping companies have an interest in its services.

“All of our hopes is that this is going to explode like we think it’s going to,” he said.