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Contact: Veronica Scrimshaw, Director of Corporate Communications
vscrimshaw@npaworldwide.com
+1 616 871-3323

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, USA – June 23, 2016 – Ten independent recruitment firms have joined NPAworldwide, a global recruitment network.

• SERH (www.serh.com.br), Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
  • Areas of focus include industrial, retail, and automotive
• Phillip Riley, (www.phillipriley.com.au) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Recruitment and consulting practice focusing on the renewable energy & energy efficiency sector
• Bertram Resources LLC, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Extensive experience in engineering, infrastructure, information technology, healthcare, and skilled labor
• MConsulting Solutions (www.mconsultingsolutions.net), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • Focus is on executive, commercial, healthcare, sales, operations, mining and sporting recruitment
• Excelerate Resources (www.exres.co.uk), Warwick, United Kingdom
  • Specializing in the beverage, leisure, and retail sectors
• Kites Consulting (kitesconsulting.us), Dublin, Ohio, USA
  • Exclusive focus on information technology
• BSI People Pty Ltd (www.bsipeople.com), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Specialist recruitment firm with a focus on information & communication technology and human resources services
• Max Populi, LLC (www.maxpopuli.com), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Providing retained search, contingency search, contract recruiting, international recruitment, BPO, and RPO
• TDM & Associates LLC (www.tdm-assoc.com), Champaign, Illinois, USA
  • Providing search services to manufacturing, banking, non-profit, and agriculture industry clients
• Acavi (www.acavi.fr), Paris and Lyon, France
  • Specialized in human resources for companies working in life sciences, chemicals and materials science

“Congratulations to each of our new members,” said Dave Nerz, president of NPAworldwide. “By joining the network, these recruitment firms are invested as owners. Membership in NPAworldwide allows independent recruitment agencies to more effectively serve their clients and candidates by partnering with other member firms on a split-fee basis.”

NPAworldwide membership is offered on a selective basis to independent recruitment firms who meet the network’s enrollment criteria and have a strategic interest in making split placements.

About NPAworldwide. NPAworldwide is a recruitment network facilitating placements between its members. The network has nearly 500 member offices across 6 continents. For more information, please visit www.npaworldwide.com or www.npaworldwideworks.com.

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Contact: Veronica Scrimshaw
Director of Corporate Communications
vscrimshaw@npaworldwide.com
+1 616 871-3323

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, USA – May 27, 2016 – NPAworldwide, a global recruitment network, is pleased to announce the following recruitment firms have become members:

• Martin & Conley Limited, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
  • Specializing in sales and IT roles
• AME Recruitment, (www.amerecruitment.com.au) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • Providing recruitment services in the areas of accounting / finance, HR, sales and marketing
• RSP Recruitment and The Digital Academy (www.rsprecruitment.com.au), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Specializing in contact centre & customer service, sales, marketing & FMCG, business operations
• Cascade Recruiting (cascaderecruiting.net), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
  • Focus is on the oil & gas, petrochemical, power generation, and industrial products markets
• Murdoch Mason Executive Search Group (www.murdochmason.com), Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Providing recruitment services for global retail and consumer goods companies
• Select Resources (www.select-resources.com), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, with additional locations NueVista (www.nuevista.com) in Chicago, Illinois, USA and RecruIT Services (www.recruit-services.com) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
  • Select Holdings specializes in direct-hire and contract placement of information technology professionals

“Congratulations to each of our new members,” said Dave Nerz, president of NPAworldwide. “By joining the network, these recruitment firms are invested as owners. Membership in NPAworldwide allows independent recruitment agencies to more effectively serve their clients and candidates by partnering with other member firms on a split-fee basis.”

NPAworldwide membership is offered on a selective basis to independently-owned recruitment firms who meet the network’s enrollment criteria and have a strategic interest in making split placements.

About NPAworldwide. NPAworldwide is a recruitment network facilitating placements between its members. The network has nearly 500 member offices across 6 continents. For more information, please visit www.npaworldwide.com or www.npaworldwideworks.com.

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Contact: Veronica Scrimshaw, Director of Corporate Communications
vscrimshaw@npaworldwide.com
+1 616 871-3323

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, USA – May 24, 2016– Shari Bryant of Bryant Associates, Inc. (www.bryantassociates.com) in Chicago, Illinois (USA) has earned Gold Recruiter Achievement Status from NPAworldwide. The Gold level recognizes cumulative salary totals of at least US $2 million.

“Recruiter Achievement Status recognizes cumulative salary totals within NPAworldwide,” reported president Dave Nerz. “It represents lifetime achievement, so it is a tribute to both individual productivity and network tenure. Member recruiters who have reached the Gold level or higher represent less than 10% of our entire membership. It is a significant accomplishment.”

“I’m so pleased for this recognition,” stated Shari Bryant. “Our firm’s affiliation with NPAworldwide helps us serve our clients and candidates more effectively. I appreciate the partnerships we’ve been able to build through NPAworldwide.”

NPAworldwide recognizes six levels of performance through the Recruiter Achievement Status program. Platinum Premier is the highest level, followed by Double Platinum, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

About NPAworldwide. NPAworldwide is a global recruitment network facilitating placements between its members. The network has nearly 500 member offices across 6 continents. For more information, please visit www.npaworldwide.com or www.npaworldwideworks.com.

Shari Bryant: sb@bryantassociates.com, +1 847 382-0795

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Contact: Veronica Scrimshaw, Director of Corporate Communications
vscrimshaw@npaworldwide.com
+1 616 871-3323

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, USA – April 29, 2016 – Global recruitment network NPAworldwide has added 18 new member firms:

• IBH Executive (www.ibhexecutive.com), Brighton, United Kingdom
  • Specializing in finance, tax, accounting, and transfer pricing
• National Career Consultants, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Providing recruitment services in the plastics industry
• DRC&ASSOC. Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Extensive experience in the financial services, consulting, IT, food manufacturing, accounting/finance, sales, human resources, global workforce planning, transportation, logistics, healthcare, engineering and construction disciplines
• Journey Recruitment (www.journeyrecruitment.com), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
  • Focus is on IT, especially Java
• Maganti IT Resources LLC (www.mitresource.com), New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Full-service IT firm
• Career Choice, Inc. (www.careerchoice.cc), Orlando, Florida, USA
  • Specializing in food service and hospitality
• Eagle Executive Search (www.eaglesearch.com.tw), Taipei, Taiwan
  • Boutique executive search firm with a focus on the following sectors: semiconductor & electronics, technology & communications, IT/software & cloud computing, chemical materials/equipment, industrial & automation & energy, financial services, biotechnology & life sciences, consumer & retail, legal
• Apollo Search Partners LLC (www.apollosp.com), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Specializing in the temporary and direct hire placements of accounting, finance, tax, professional services, administrative, human resources and banking professionals
• Eagna Consulting (www.eagnaconsulting.com), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Recruitment and management consultancy providing services to the Information Technology sector
• Auka Resource Solutions (www.auka.biz), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  • Providing recruitment services in the mining, engineering, and resources sectors
• Urbane Recruitment (www.urbanerecruitment.com.au), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Specializing in media, telecommunication, technology, digital marketing, financial services, and the engineering and construction sectors
• Maxum Consulting, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Sales outsourcing organisation representing niche human resource firms specialising in recruitment, training, talent management and business consulting. We provide business development and account management services
• Staubach & Associates (www.staubachassociates.com), New York, New York, USA
  • Specializing in logistics, transportation, and IT
• Teamology (www.teamologyhr.com), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Specializing primarily in IT, human resources, marketing, and healthcare
• Ricciuti Group, Inc. (www.ricciutigroup.com), New York, New York, USA
  • Specializing in healthcare and financial corporations
• Pangaea Recruitment Ltd. (www.pangaeaglobalassociates.com), Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Specializing in placement software professionals globally
• Right Executive Search, LLC (www.rightexecutivesearch.com), New York, New York, USA
  • Placing professionals in the financial services, accounting, banking, and management consulting industries
• Isaacson Search Company (www.isaacson.com), New York, New York, USA
  • Focus is placing quantitative researchers, quantitative developers, data scientists, systematic strategists/traders for financial firms

“Congratulations to each of our new members,” said Dave Nerz, president of NPAworldwide. “By joining the network, these recruitment firms are invested as owners. Membership in NPAworldwide allows independent recruitment agencies to more effectively serve their clients and candidates by partnering with other member firms on a split-fee basis.”

NPAworldwide membership is offered on a selective basis to independently-owned recruitment firms who meet the network’s enrollment criteria and have a strategic interest in making split placements.

About NPAworldwide. NPAworldwide is a recruitment network facilitating placements between its members. The network has nearly 500 member offices across 6 continents. For more information, please visit www.npaworldwide.com or www.npaworldwideworks.com.

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Contact: Veronica Scrimshaw
vscrimshaw@npaworldwide.com
+1 616 871-3323

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, USA – April 14, 2016 – The membership of NPAworldwide has elected a new slate of representatives to its board of directors.

The individuals elected to the NPAworldwide board of directors include the following:

Taufik Arief, People Search Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia), was elected to a two-year term as director for Asia.

Glenn Arnold, Arnold Group Australia (Melbourne, Australia), was re-elected to a two-year term as a director for Australia/New Zealand.

Scott King, Kings Resources (Brisbane, Australia), was elected to a two-year term as a director for Australia/New Zealand.

Laura Schmieder, Premier Placement, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA), was elected to a two-year term as director for the US-Northeast region, a role she has previously held.

Gregg Whitt, Professional Personnel Associates (Clemson, South Carolina, USA), was elected to a two-year term as director for the US-Southeast region.

Alfy Zidan, PureAudit (Wassenaar, the Netherlands), was elected to a two-year term as director for EMEA. He had previously served as a non-elected managing director.

“NPAworldwide is a member-owned recruitment network and board leadership is a key part of our success as an organization,” said president Dave Nerz. He added, “Over the years, our members have provided the network with outstanding direction and support by electing board members with great insight, industry knowledge, and business expertise. This year is no exception.”

Additionally, Nerissa Reyes of Avanti People Partnership International (Manila, Philippines) became the chairman of the board of directors upon completion of a one-year term as chairman-elect. This is a major milestone for NPAworldwide,” commented Dave Nerz. “Although we represent a global membership, all past chairmen have been from North America. We are for the first time representing our global structure in a very real and meaningful way.”

The board of directors is responsible for providing strategic leadership and directions to the member-owned global recruitment network. Each person on the board of directors also owns and operates a member recruiting firm. As board members, directors develop an annual budget and oversee network administration.

About NPAworldwide. NPAworldwide is a recruitment network facilitating placements between its members. The network has nearly 500 locations with 1,300 recruiters across 6 continents. For more information, please visit www.npaworldwide.com.

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Contact: Veronica Scrimshaw
vscrimshaw@npaworldwide.com
+1 616 871-3323

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, USA – April 12, 2016 – NPAworldwide is pleased to recognize the following member recruiters for earning Platinum Premier or Gold Recruiter Achievement Status:

Platinum Premier – representing cumulative salaries of at least US $25 million

• Richard Gross, 3coast (www.3coast.com), Houston, Texas, USA

Gold – representing cumulative salaries of at least US $2 million

• Steven Chacra, Chacra, Belliveau & Associates (www.chacra.com), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Jim Lyons, LH International (www.lh-int.com), New York, New York, USA

“Recruiter Achievement Status recognizes cumulative salary totals within NPAworldwide,” reported president Dave Nerz. “It represents lifetime achievement, so it is a tribute to both individual productivity and network tenure. Member recruiters who have reached the Gold level or higher represent less than 10% of our entire membership.”

Nerz continued, “All three of these awards are well-deserved. In particular, Richard Gross is just the second person in our history to reach the Platinum Premier level, which is a tremendous accomplishment and speaks to his well-established network relationships.”

NPAworldwide recognizes six levels of performance through the Recruiter Achievement Status program. Platinum Premier is the highest level, followed by Double Platinum, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

About NPAworldwide. NPAworldwide is a recruitment network facilitating placements between its members. The network has nearly 500 locations with 1,300 recruiters across 6 continents. For more information, please visit www.npaworldwide.com.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Veronica Scrimshaw
Director of Corporate Communications
vscrimshaw@npaworldwide.com
+1 616 871-3323

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, USA – February 22, 2016 – NPAworldwide, a global recruitment network, is pleased to announce the following recruitment firms have become members:

• 1st Executive Pty Ltd (www.1stexecutive.com.au), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Providing recruitment services in the areas of retail, services, manufacturing, marketing, automotive, FMCG, consumer durables, IT and T, internet, entertainment, consumer electronics and sports sponsorship and administration
• HR Maximizer, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
  • Specializing exclusively in internal audit roles
• Allegro Recruitment Consulting Pty Ltd (www.arcaustralia.com.au), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Specializing in IT recruitment
• Driftwood Group (www.driftwoodgroup.com.au), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Focus is on providing candidates in accounting, banking, finance, financial services, chemical, engineering, pharmaceutical, administration, advertising, business development, consulting, customer service / call center, executive management, human resources, marketing, sales, information technology, medical devices, construction, manufacturing, operations, and production
• Strategic HR Services (www.strategichr.ca), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Making placements in the areas of accounting, finance, financial Services, administration, customer service / call center, executive management, human resources, marketing, sales, engineering, information technology, logistics, manufacturing, operations, production, supply chain, and transportation
• Living Recruitment & GAP Resource (www.gaprm.com.au), Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia and Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Globally sustainable resource management providing specialised support across the building, construction, defense, security and technology sectors
• Roljobs Technology Services Pvt Ltd (www.rol.jobs), Bangalore, India
  • Focus is on recruitment services in the IT, technology, semiconductor, aerospace, healthcare, BFSI, FMCG, oil & gas / EPC domains
• Quantum Professional Search (www.searchqps.com), Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Specializing in software sales and sales management on a national level
• Natere (www.natere.com), Orlando, Florida, United States
  • Focus is on finding talent solutions for technology-oriented companies
• Leverage Assessments, (www.leverageassessments.com) New York, New York, USA
  • Offering talent acquisition and search, recruitment strategy, human resources needs assessments, job analyses, employee selection and assessments, leadership and succession planning, and research and validation studies to a wide variety of clients
• The ARGroup of Companies, (www.theargrp.com) New York, New York, USA
  • Specializes in identifying and recruiting accounting, finance and audit talent for the insurance industry
• NPHire, Moscow, Russia
  • Focus is information technology
• Niche Talent Finders, (www.nichetalentfinders.com) Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Specializing in the placement of information technology, finance, and accounting professionals
• Sterning Engineering, (www.sterning.com/engineering) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • Specialist engineering recruiters with a focus on civil infrastructure, building services, reliability & maintenance, and construction
• WSi Healthcare Personnel, Inc., (www.wsijobs.com) Denver, Colorado, USA
  • Full-service healthcare recruiting and staffing firm

“Congratulations to each of our new members,” said Dave Nerz, president of NPAworldwide. “By joining the network, these recruitment firms are invested as owners. Membership in NPAworldwide allows independent recruitment agencies to more effectively serve their clients and candidates by partnering with other member firms on a split-fee basis.”

NPAworldwide membership is offered on a selective basis to independently-owned recruitment firms who meet the network’s enrollment criteria and have a strategic interest in making split placements.

About NPAworldwide. NPAworldwide is a recruitment network facilitating placements between its members. The network has nearly 500 member offices across 6 continents. For more information, please visit www.npaworldwide.com or www.npaworldwideworks.com.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Veronica Scrimshaw, Director of Corporate Communications
vscrimshaw@npaworldwide.com
+1 616 871-3323

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, USA – February 4, 2016– NPAworldwide is pleased to recognize the following member recruiters for earning Gold Recruiter Achievement Status:

• Dan Glass, Go Global Partners, Sydney, Australia
• Janet King, Genie Matthews & Associates (www.gmarecruiters.com), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

“Recruiter Achievement Status recognizes cumulative salary totals within NPAworldwide,” reported president Dave Nerz. “It represents lifetime achievement, so it is a tribute to both individual productivity and network tenure. Member recruiters who have reached the Gold level or higher represent less than 10% of our entire membership. It is a significant accomplishment.”

NPAworldwide recognizes six levels of performance through the Recruiter Achievement Status program. Platinum Premier is the highest level, followed by Double Platinum, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

About NPAworldwide. NPAworldwide is a global recruitment network facilitating placements between its members. The network has nearly 500 member offices across 6 continents. For more information, please visit www.npaworldwide.com or www.npaworldwideworks.com.

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