Welcome to our World Konkol & Associates is an owner operated specialist recruitment company that services the Clearing & Forwarding, NVOCC, shipping and GSSA industry.The company was initially founded under the EMK Staffing Solutions brand in March of 2005 and opened its door to the industry a mere month later. Having 16 years experience in the industry Samantha Konkol Owner and founder felt the need to use her industry experience to formulate and package a differential recruitment concept in the industry.