FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Rebecca Amesbury,
Vice President
Telephone:
954-566-4647
Fax: 954-252-2445
SKILLSTORM HONORED AS 2010 HELIOS HR APOLLO AWARDS
FINALIST
Washington, D.C.
Metro Area (March 17, 2010) –
SkillStorm today announced that it has been named a
finalist for the 2010 Helios HR Apollo Awards, the premier awards program for
recognizing employers in the Washington metropolitan region that invest in employee
development initiatives. SkillStorm is one of six finalists in the Mid-size
Companies category. Helios HR will honor the finalists and announce the winners
at the Apollo Awards breakfast ceremony on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at the
Fairview Park Marriot in Falls Church, Virginia.
“Being
recognized as a finalist for this award is a great honor for us,” said SkillStorm CEO Vince Virga. “We
take pride in our employees and invest a lot of time and energy into their
professional and personal development. They are, after all, our company’s
greatest resource.”
SkillStorm
was selected as a finalist by an independent panel of recognized workforce
development and human resource authorities for the organization’s support of
employee development initiatives and the ability to communicate the overall
impact of these programs. SkillStorm and the other honorees represent companies that
promote a continuous learning environment as part of their organizational
culture. This includes creating new and
challenging opportunities in support of their commitment, communication of such
opportunities and the impact such programs have on the organization.
SkillStorm
has received many highly regarded national and state awards. Most recently, SkillStorm
was named Orlando Business Journal’s
Outstanding Small Business for the second year in a row. SkillStorm was also named 2009 Business of
the Year and one of the 2009 Best Places to Work by the South Florida Business Journal, making this the second year in a
row the company has received this honor.
SkillStorm also received the San Diego Better
Business Bureau (BBB) 2008 Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics, ranked #2 on Charlotte Business Journal’s Largest
Contingency Executive Search Firms List for 2008 and ranked # 2 on San Diego Daily Transcript’s Staffing
Firms List for 2008. Other accolades
include being named one of the 2007 Best Places to Work in Central Florida by
the Orlando Business Journal, being
awarded the 2006
Governor’s Entrepreneurship Award in Florida’s Mega Market, winning South Florida Business Journal's 2006
Technology Award in the Professional Services Category and ranking as the 13th Fastest
Growing New Company in America in 2006 on Entrepreneur Magazine and
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Hot 100 List.
About SkillStorm
SkillStorm
provides diversified technical services to various organizations
nationwide. The company specializes in Information
Technology, Engineering and Project Management consulting, outsourcing and
staff augmentation solutions. SkillStorm has an impressive client list, which includes
many elite Fortune 500 companies.
SkillStorm has 14 offices throughout the United States,
with corporate headquarters located in San Diego, California.
For
more information on SkillStorm, please visit us on the
Web at www.SkillStorm.com
or visit our blog at www.SkillStorm.com/blog.
About Helios HR
Helios HR provides human resources outsourcing, consulting and recruiting
services that optimize your workforce and HR operations. With Helios, you gain
a strategic business partner with a keen eye on your organization’s culture,
growth, business strategy and budget. For more information, visit www.helioshr.com.
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