INSIGHT / News
October 24, 2006
Sue Marks Honored for Outstanding Industry Leadership at 9th Annual Summit
Recruiting and Staffing Best in Class Awards Recognize Excellence, Innovation in Workforce Management and Planning at Talent Acquisition & Staffing Summit
BROOKFIELD, WI – Susan Marks, CEO of Pinstripe®, Inc., a leading recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and recruitment services firm, was named runner-up in the Recruiting & Staffing Leader of the Year category at the Recruiting and Staffing Best in Class (RASBIC) Awards Dinner & Ceremony, held in conjunction with IQPC’s 9th Annual Talent Acquisition & Staffing Summit, October 16-19 in Atlanta. The award, presented by a distinguished panel of recruiting/staffing experts and practitioners, recognizes excellence in integrating strategic staffing and recruiting processes, employee commitment, recruiting/staffing vision, team alignment and industry innovation.
“It is a great honor to be recognized as one of our industry’s leading innovators by such an outstanding group of experts, and it validates what our team has worked so hard to deliver to our clients – quality, value, fresh thinking and long-term strategic vision.” said Marks. “I would like to congratulate all of the evening’s winners and runners-up and thank the judges for this recognition.”
Anne Nimke, Pinstripe’s President and COO, spoke on key recruiting and staffing issues at the conference. Nimke’s presentation, titled “Pulling Out Your Hair?' – Using the OFCCP's New Definition of the ‘Internet Applicant’ to Improve Your Recruitment Processes,” looked at changes in the Office of Federal Contract Compliance’s rules concerning online applicants and their ramifications for employers. Tyler Weber, Director of Recruitment at Schwarz Pharma, Inc., and Bill Osterndorf, President of HR Analytical Services, co-presented with Nimke.
In addition, Nimke addressed new techniques in employee engagement and onboarding, including automation, and provided a roadmap to building and maintaining effective communications with new employees throughout orientation and beyond. Her post-conference presentation, entitiled “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” was offered in conjunction Earl Mann, Sales Director at ADP-VirtualEdge.
“We were very pleased to be able to share our insights with those in attendance at this year’s conference, and the feedback has been very positive,” said Nimke. “With the OFCCP recently implementing new regulation on Internet applicants, and a shortage of top-quality talent, employers across a number of industries are facing increasing pressure to fill positions quickly while maintaining quality. However, if they choose to view these changes as an opportunity to use new tools and develop more effective processes, they stand a much better chance of recruiting and retaining the best qualified candidates.”
About Pinstripe, Inc.
An innovator in recruitment and employment process outsourcing, Pinstripe, Inc. designs, builds and manages talent acquisition and management systems for healthcare, financial services and technology companies. The company’s proprietary Requisition-to-Results (R2R®) platform is the first solution of its kind to integrate sourcing, recruiting, hiring, on-boarding, and off-boarding practices into a complete, end-to-end outsourced approach to employee acquisition and retention. By partnering with Pinstripe, clients are able to maximize the economic, operational, and strategic benefits of a high performing workforce, while minimizing compliance, security and other risks.
Based in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Pinstripe, a woman-owned business (WBE), was co-founded by Susan Marks and Anne Nimke, both 25-year industry veterans who previously established the largest independent staffing company in Wisconsin along with an enterprise-wide recruitment process outsourcing firm. Both companies were sold to a Fortune 500 company in 2000. Baird Venture Partners, the U.S.-based venture capital affiliate of investment firm Robert W. Baird & Co., is a major investor in Pinstripe. For more information about Pinstripe, please visit http://www.pinstripetalent.com.
About Baird Global Private Equity
With more than 40 investment professionals in the United States and Europe, Baird's global private equity business has raised and managed $1.5 billion in capital. Baird Capital Partners provides change-of-control capital and growth capital to U.S.-based, middle-market companies in the Business Services and Manufactured Products sectors. Baird Venture Partners makes venture capital investments in early- to growth-stage companies in the Business Services & Software and Healthcare/Life Sciences sectors. Granville Baird Capital Partners is a long-established private equity manager targeting mid-market growth companies in the UK and Germany with a focus on the Business Services, Healthcare and Industrial Products sectors. Baird Private Equity also has an operating team located in three offices in China, focused on facilitating and executing Asia sourcing, manufacturing and distribution opportunities for portfolio companies. The group’s investments are supported by Baird's full range of financial advice, operating expertise and industry research, providing a unique full-service approach to the entire private equity investment process. For more information, please visit http://www.bairdventurepartners.com.