May 7 Press Release:
Express
Employment Professionals Selected as One of West Michigan’s Best and Brightest Elite
Award Winners
Grand Rapids, Mich. – May 7, 2015 – At the West Michigan’s Best and Brightest
Companies to Work For® annual awards luncheon held today, not
only were 114 companies honored but 12 Elite winners were selected by Michigan Business and
Professional Association (MBPA). This is the 13th year the MBPA has
presented this annual event, which provides companies with the opportunity to
pursue a Best and Brightest designation.
“We are proud to
provide a forum for these select companies to be recognized and honored. It
takes dedication and a strong commitment to one’s employees to be named an
Elite Winner. This year’s recipients keep innovative human resource initiatives
at the forefront and make it a priority to consider their workforce as an
essential aspect in their company success,” said Jennifer Kluge, president of
the MBPA, which presents the Best and Brightest program.
The 12 Elite
winners are selected based on their overall high scores and then named an Elite
winner in their highest performing category. Express
Employment Professionals won the Elite Award for Employee Enrichment,
Engagement, and Retention. This is the 6th consecutive year in which
Express Employment Professionals has been honored with an Elite Award.
“We are honored
to be recognized with this award showcasing the commitment we have to our
employees and their ongoing enrichment. At Express Employment Professionals we
help our clients find employees that will be a long-term fit for their
organization and we offer training to those
organizations on how to engage and retain their employees. Helping our clients
be successful first starts with applying our best practices internally to our own
team. I am happy to see our employees are reporting that they are engaged and
enriched through their work and that we have a retention rate which is unheard
of in our industry,” said Janis Petrini, owner of the Grand Rapids, MI Express
Employment Professionals.
The
“Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®” a program of the Michigan Business and Professional Association,
is presented annually in Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Chicago, Grand Rapids,
Houston, Milwaukee, San Francisco, and nationally. Nominations are now
being accepted. Visit www.101bestandbrightest.com to obtain an application.
West
Michigan’s Best And Brightest Companies To Work For®
2015 Elite Winners:
Communication and Shared Vision: Andy J. Egan Co
Community Initiatives: Buist Electric
Compensation, Benefits and Employee Solutions: Greenleaf Trust
Diversity and Inclusion: Crowe Horwath LLP
Employee Achievement and Recognition: HUMANeX Ventures
Employee Education and Development: Elzinga & Volkers
Employee Enrichment, Engagement and Retention: Express Employment Professionals
Recruitment, Selection and Orientation: Acoustics By Design, Inc.
Strategic Company Performance: Consumers Credit
Union
Work-Life Balance: Mill
Steel Company
Small Business "Best of the Best" Award: Southwest Michigan First
"Best of the Best" Award: MSU
Federal Credit Union
March 21 Press Release:
Grand Rapids Express Office to Host Refresh Leadership
Live Simulcast Featuring Daymond John, Dan Aykroyd, Liz Murray and Ann Harten
Grand
Rapids, Michigan, March 21, 2015 – Express
Employment Professionals of Grand Rapids
is hosting the 2015 Refresh Leadership Live Simulcast, a nationwide leadership
event featuring retail
giant Daymond John, actor Dan Aykroyd, motivational speaker Liz Murray as well as live speaker Ann Harten;
VP of Global Human Resources at Haworth.
Back for its sixth year, the event will be
simulcast on Wednesday, April 15 at The Salvation Army Kroc Center, 2500 S.
Division, Grand Rapids, MI 49507. Registration opens at 7:00 a.m. and the
simulcast begins at 7:30 a.m.
Business
leaders, human resources professionals, chamber of commerce officials and
chamber members can find more information and register at expresspros.com/GrandRapidsMI/Refresh-Leadership-Live-Simulcast-2015/About.
The cost of the event is only $25, 100% of which will be donated to the
Salvation Army.
“Express
is proud to present this exciting opportunity for business leaders from
throughout our community,” said Janis Petrini, Grand Rapids Express franchisee.
“Each speaker in this year’s distinguished lineup was specifically chosen for
their proven expertise and extraordinary accomplishments.”
Daymond John,
CEO of FUBU and Shark Branding and TV Personality on ABC's “Shark Tank,” will
share the exact goal-setting strategies he attributes to his success and will
teach you how to incorporate them into all your endeavors.
Dan Aykroyd, actor, comedian,
screenwriter, musician and businessman, will discuss the role great leadership
has played in his legendary career – both on and off the big screen.
Liz Murray, motivational speaker
and bestselling author of “Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival,
and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard,” will inspire you to achieve your
goals by sharing her extraordinary story of survival.
“Express has a strong presence in Grand Rapids and we are pleased to offer Refresh
Leadership Live as a way to give back to the business community,” said Petrini.
The
Grand Rapids Express office is a
locally owned franchise and has been in business since 1996. Express ranks as the largest franchised staffing
company in the United States and operates over 700 offices around the world.
Its long-term goal is to put a million people to work annually. For more
information, visit expresspros.com/GrandRapidsMI