PPR Healthcare Staffing One of the 50 Best Places to Work in America

Top 10 Ranking Among Small Companies Puts Firm Among Elite Few to be Honored Six Consecutive Years

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2009

Jacksonville Beach, Florida – PPR Healthcare Staffing has been named the #9 ranked company in the US on the list of the 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America. The list was announced this week at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) 61 th Annual Conference & Exposition in New Orleans.

“We have vigorously nurtured a workplace built on trust through transparency and communication,” said Dwight Cooper, CEO of PPR Healthcare Staffing. “Receiving this award in the midst of historically challenging economic times is particularly gratifying and our durability over the past several months underscores our belief that maintaining a ‘Best Places’ culture is vital and effective during any market cycle.”

The annual list ranks the top 25 small and top 25 medium-sized companies in America that use smart people management strategies to develop successful organizations with highly productive and satisfied workforces. The organizations, ranging in size from 50 to 999 employees, were announced by SHRM and selected and ranked by the Great Places to Work Institute. The results were based on a randomly distributed employee opinion survey. Each company evaluated was given a score based on employees’ responses to a detailed questionnaire about the organization’s workplace culture.

PPR Healthcare Staffing, based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, is an industry leading employment firm specializing in Travel Nursing and Travel Therapy assignments, International Nurse Recruitment, select Permanent Placement, Recruitment Process Outsourcing and Master Service Provider Management. With a client base of over 450 hospitals/health systems and thousands of successful placements, PPR is redefining the industry through a corporate culture and management practices that reflect the company’s brand promise “We put you first.” Providing services indicative of a true executive-style search firm, the staff at PPR develops positive relationships with contacts on both sides of the employment equation to ensure the best employee/employer match. PPR has been recognized with the Gold Seal of Approval as a Joint Commission Certified Healthcare Staffing Company.

PPR Healthcare Staffing extends its successful workplace practices through the Thrive By Culture (www.thrivebyculture.com) management training series. The program immerses attendees into one of the nation’s most recognized corporate cultures at PPR. Attendees see firsthand what a robust culture looks and feels like. They learn simple tools to affect change in their own corporate culture. The Thrive by Culture program has been approved by the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) for recertification credit hours.

SHRM is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 200,000 individual members, the Society’s mission is to serve human resource management professionals and to advance the profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM currently has more than 550 affiliated chapters and members in more than 100 countries. Great Places to Work Institute, Inc. is an international research and consulting firm dedicated to building great workplaces. The organization uses its employee survey and assessment process to select the companies appearing on the annual "Best Small & Medium Companies to Work For in America" list and FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For list. 

For more information on PPR Healthcare Staffing, contact 904-241-9231 x323.

For more information on SHRM, contact 703-535-6356.

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