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HAAPC Annual Awards Banquet 2012

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:19:22 GMT

Thank you!

2012 HAAPC Annual Production Awards - Worksheets & Ballots

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:27:07 GMT

Ballots and Worksheets are now available!!!!

General Information.pdf

Direct Hire Award Worksheet
DH Placement Award.pdf
DH worksheet 2012.xlsx

Blended Services Award Worksheet
Blended Services Award_Rules.pdf
Blended Services Individual Worksheet.xls
Blended Services Team worksheet.xlsx

Contract/Temporary Award Worksheet
Contract Temp Rules.pdf
Contract Temp worksheet.xlsx

Electronic ballots will be due no later than 5pm Friday, February 20th. Mailed or Faxed Worksheets will not be accepted. Ballots are now available online.

Please email Vanessa for a token and link to the ballot at info@haapc.org or vesperanza88@gmail.com.

Awards Luncheon will be held Thursday, March 21st at The Junior League of Houston featuring Barbara Bruno as our emcee.

HAAPC Holiday Party and Silent Auction 2012!

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:44:17 GMT

HAAPC held their annual Holiday Party and Silent Auction this past
Thursday, December 6th,2012!

We would like to take this time to thank everyone who was able to make it out last week! It was a wonderful night filled with good ol' Holiday cheer, goodwill and unity! We couldn't have asked for better company and we are very happy you were able to help us in contributing donations to our charities The Center and Spina Bifida!

Below is a slideshow of all the fun and festivities and a picture of our very own special committee board members Joni Hruska- Fichter and Judy Collins with Catherine Chandler of The Center.

HAAPC Members! Save $500 on your NAPS Conference registration when you sign up!

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:48:14 GMT

We are excited to extend the opportunity of having you save $$$ on your NAPS Registration! We kindly thank NAPS for allowing the host state to use this generous discount.

Here is a list of the great speakers that will be in attendance this year!

• Danny Cahill - Opening Keynote *2011 HAAPC Speaker
• Jim Bleech - Owner/Manager Keynote
• Jon Bartos *2012 HAAPC Speaker
• Amy Bingham
• Barb Bruno *2012 HAAPC Speaker
• Jon Davis
• Greg Doersching *2012 HAAPC Speaker
• Mike Gionta
• Jeff Kaye / Rob Mosley *2012 HAAPC Speaker
• Jenifer Lambert
• Amy Bingham
• Laura Stoker
• Lynn Mesmer
• Mike Goldman
• Marc Freedman
• Susan Young
• Danny Sarch
• Patricia Drain
• Jamie Schwartz

Email Vanessa at info@haapc.org for the discount code to apply at registration.

See you in San Antonio!

- HAAPC

Roger Kemper, Break the Rules and Get more Business?/ Annette Monks - Negotiate Right to Keep it Fair and Square!

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:18:43 GMT

A great thank you to everyone who attended Roger Kemper at Sandler Training this past Thursday.
We thank you for your continued support and hope you will join us for our Lunch n' Learn/Brown Bag Coaching Session in August.

Rob Mosley - Best Practices that Drive Revenue

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:35:04 GMT

Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting Mr. Rob Mosley of Next Level Exchange at River Oaks Country Club where he discussed the topic of Best Practices that Drive Revenue.

We would like to give a big thank you to Mr. Mosley and to all the companies in attendance at the session.

Below are a few pictures from the event taken by our very own Judy Collins.

Once again, a big thank you to everyone and we hope to see you in June for Jon Bartos!
Please look forward to more updates here, on twitter, linkedin and facebook.

- Vanessa Esperanza, HAAPC Project Administrator

HAAPC Awards Banquet Article in the Houston Chronicle.

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:23:44 GMT

If you missed our article in the Jobs section of the Chron you can view it here!

We apologize for not being able to submit a full list of winners to the publication but a full listing of the HAAPC Awards
Banquet Winners for 2011 please visit here.

Awards Banquet and Luncheon for 2011

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:59:53 GMT

Wow! We can't believe it's over! Congratulations to all the nominees
and winners at today's Awards Banquet Luncheon.
We had an amazing time and hope you did too!

2011 Winners

Contract/Temporary – Light Industrial
1^st Place– ProStaff Northwest
(Adriana Purrata, Gina Smoot, Jenean Green,
and Aimee Hartis)

Contract/Temporary – Administrative Support

1^st Place– ProStaff Galleria
(Stacie Pinnekins and Susan Kreur)

Contract/Temporary – Technical/Professional

1^st Place– Nearterm Corporation
(Gayle Tapps, Randy Bingham, Lori Francis
and Shelley Muhs)
2nd Place- Hire Technology
(Janet Clark, CPC)
3rd Place- Ultrastaff
(Jolyn Scheirman, Rebecca Orzabal, Tom West,
Maria Mosqueda, Brenda Rodriguez,
Marguita Youngblood, Carmen Hunter,
and Kimberly Thrasher)

Blended Services Team - Administrative Support

1^st Place– ExecuTeam Staffing
(Jessica Dills, Lina Faye Gibbs, Lindsey Mcleod
and Barbara Vaknine)
2nd Place - Riverway Business Services, Inc.
(Sherri Nucio and Kelly Jordan)
3rd Place- Steverson & Company
(Nicole Ramos and Ruth Reven)

Outstanding Achievement - Blended Services -
Team Award Technical/Professional Division

Steverson Accounting Professionals

(Esther Sedeno, CPC/CTS and Ruth Reven)

JDA Professional Services

(James DelMonte, Clint Donahue, Judy Hernandez,
Katrina James and Tiffany Rodriguez)

Team 1 Medical

(Lina Faye Gibbs and Johanna Gutierrez)

Blended Services Team - Technical/Professional

1^st Place– Physician Resources
(Julie Newton, Amina Duarte, and Marissa Ramey)
2nd Place- Whitaker IT
(Katherine Abshire CTS, Pauld Choudhuri CTS,
Kristen Gaustad, Time Guerinot CTS,
Candy Fleming CPC/CTS,Peyton Gregory,
Patrick Montesanto CTS, Linda Ranostaj CTS,
Aaron Simpson, Patricia Simpson CTS, Loren Vining,
Carol Wenom CPC/CTS and John Ziomek)
3rd Place- Whitaker Medical
(Margit Axelrad CPC/CTS, Ann Knaup CPC/CTS,
Cindy Hayes CTS, Jennifer Waldron CTS,
Sue Orum CTS,Lisa Ellis CTS, Corrie Pattinson CTS,
Jessica Brady CTS, John Maisonville CTS,
Wendy Sommer CTS, Niki Price, Napoleon Crawford,
Annette Burnett CTS, Linda Sawyer CTS, Wade Hayslip,
Julia Morrison, Seth Ward, and Amy Barrilleaux CTS)

Blended Individual - Administrative Support

1^st Place– Jennifer Lacy Briscoe, The Hiring Source
2^nd Place– Meredith Clem, Burnett Staffing Specialists
3rd Place– Julie Riley, Burnett Staffing Specialists
4th Place- Charise Spedale, Burnett Staffing Specialists
5th Place- Susan Stone, Burnett Staffing Specialists

Blended Individual - Technical/Professional Division

1st Place– Kevin Gwinn, Burnett Staffing Specialists
2^nd Place– Sarah Smith, Burnett Staffing Specialists
3^rd Place– Marlies Fitch Ledbetter, Burnett Staffing Specialists
4th Place- Janet Clark, CPC, Hire Technology
5th Place- Erin Moore, Burnett Staffing Specialists
6th Place- Courtney Cooke, Burnett Staffing Specialists
7th- Judy Diamond, Burnett Staffing Specialists
8th- Shelley Blount, Burnett Staffing Specialists
9th- Sheri Hays, Burnett Staffing Specialists
10th- Joel Parker, Burnett Staffing Specialists
11th- Terry Fisher, Burnett Staffing Specialists
12th-
13th Place- Matthew Johnson, Burnett Staffing Specialists

Direct Hire – Administrative Support

1^st Place– MK Stadler, CPC, MK Personnel

Direct Hire- Technical/Professional Top 50
*Quarter Million Dollar Winners

*Qualitec
(Eileen Cagle, CPC, Sarah Golden,
Scott Hill, CPC, Casie Luke, CPC,
Sam Riegler, CPC, Mike Vineyard, CPC)
*Richard, Wayne & Roberts
(Amy Adams, CPC, Susan Benson,
Eric Holzer, CPC, Catherine Horadam, CPC, John Martinez,Kristi Pickett, Ruth Schlanger, CPC)
*Piper-Morgan Associates
Rebekah Arizola, Dawn Holley
Qualitec
Anthony Caridi, Doug Dickerson, CPC,
Shane Howard, Stephanie Schaffner, CPC,
Elena Voelker, CPC)
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
(Tami Albrecht, Ryan Allen, Kurt Dawson, CPC,
Shanna Finucane, Steven Hadnot,
Cassie Sherman, Tiffany White)
Manhattan Resources
Hollee Obaugh, Fred Stang
Elk Solutions
Laurie McFarling, Jason Kajehnouri
Whitaker
Linda Sawyer, CPC
Nearterm Corporation
Randy Bingham, Gayle Tapps

Direct Hire – Technical/Professional Top 20
**500,000 Winners, ***1,000,000 Winners
***1^st Place– Gladney Darroh,
Piper Morgan Associates
***2^nd Place– Nicole Self,
Richard, Wayne, and Roberts
***3^rd Place– Chris Schoettelkotte,
Manhattan Resources
***4th Place- Ken McQueen, CPC,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
**5th Place- Janet O'Neal,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
**6th Place- Truett Allen,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
**7th Place- Dave Williams,
Employer Flexible
**8th Place- Mark Dremely, CPC,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
**9th Place- Stephanie Johnson, CPC,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
**10th Place- Tyna Truong,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
**11th Place- Bob Doyle, CPC,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
**12th Place- Amy Dalke,
Qualitec
**13th Place- Carol Wenom CPC/CTS,
Whitaker Companies
*14th Place- Roger Reissig,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
*15th Place- Kevin Hester,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
*16th Place- Michael Finch,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
*17th Place- Lisa Martin,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
*18th Place- Marc Holdaway,
Richard, Wayne & Roberts
*19th Place- Sean McLain,
Employer Flexible
*20th Place- Anna Colosimo,
Richard Wayne & Roberts

Rookie of the Year

Jeff Wittorf, Employer Flexible
Tiffany White, Richard, Wayne and Roberts

And now we give thank you to all those who contributed to our events.

A big thank you is in order to
Mrs. Barbara Bruno for not only having been a speaker for two programs this month, but for also having been our amazing emcee for the awards banquet! Thank you Barb, we wish you a safe flight home!

We would also like to recognize Chris Skerrett of CareerBuilder for his great presentation on the topic of Building an Engaging Sales Culture.
Thank you Chris for contributing your time to our banquet. Also, we would like to thank The Houston Chronicle and Nathan Lindstrom Photography.

For information on Mr. Skerrett's topic of discussion click here.

And last but not least, a very big thank you to all the companies that came out to support us by attending the March programs and our Awards Banquet. Thank you for contributing to our success, we look forward to bringing you even more great speakers and programs in the near future.
Once again, Thank you.

Sincerely,
HAAPC Board of Directors

If you attended any of the three March Programs, please visit: HAAPCMARCHEVENTS
to complete a short survey.
We appreciate your feedback and comments.

A big thank you to Neal Hirsch!

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:55:04 GMT

We would like to thank Mr. Hirsch for the great event last week! Here are just some pictures of the full house! Way to go Neal!

Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer

We look forward to seeing even more of you for Barbara Bruno's events this March!

Upcoming Event News!

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:09:54 GMT

.February.

Neal Hirsch
Managing Partner, Richard Wayne & Roberts

Neal joined Richard, Wayne & Roberts as an executive recruiter in March 1980 and was named a Managing Partner in 1984. During his tenure, the company expanded from a five-desk engineering recruitment firm to a 73-desk firm that recruits professionals in accounting, legal, retail and multi-family real estate, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, healthcare, and engineering. The firm also owns and operates the Carlton companies, which provide contract and temporary personnel in a variety of specialized fields.

Neal has made countless direct hire professional placements as a recruiter during his career at Richard, Wayne and Roberts, as well as hiring, training, motivating, and managing hundreds of recruiters in diverse specialty teams to successful careers in the recruiting profession.

He holds a B.S. degree from Ohio State University and a M.S. degree from Xavier University. He has published several articles on the staffing industry and conducted highly acclaimed training seminars for HAAPC and TAPC in Texas, and was a featured speaker at a national conference for NAPS.

Mr. Hirsch has served on the HAAPC Board of Directors, and supports educational programs and proactive public relations efforts by the personnel consulting industry. In 1998, Neal received the Outstanding Contribution to the Private Placement Industry Award from the Houston Association of Personnel Consultants, and a President’s Award from TAPC in 2004.

Being the Best!!

It's 2012, time to be more, accomplish more, and to become the "go-to" Recruiter in your field. Because of the ease of entry, too many people get into recruiting without a true commitment to this being their profession. Neal's goal in presenting this class is to share tools to help everyone in attendance move towards becoming just as accomplished in our business as an engineer, accountant or lawyer would be in theirs.

Effective recruiting strategy
Uncovering candidate motivation
Taking a true recruiting assignment (not just a job order)
Closing the deal (deliverability)

Cost:
$69/ member
$85/ non-member (RENEW your membership TODAY!!!)

Registration closes Monday, February 13th

.March.

The ballots are in and have been tabulated ....

Sponsored by Careerbuilder, join HAAPC and their guests for our Annual Presentation of Production Awards. Awards Program emceed by Barbara Bruno!

At this event Career builder will also be doing a special content offering on the topic of:

Building an Engaging Sales Culture

Selling new services to a larger base of customers is a common goal among staffing and recruiting firms. Building a sales organization that outperforms short-term sales goals and sustains commitment to its long-term mission is both an art and a science. Understanding the personal motivations of individual sales people, communicating clear objectives, and recognizing achievements can help firms establish a culture of winning and create momentum for ongoing sales success.

This session will cover:

• Habits of consistently successful sales organizations.
• Labor pressure and compensation levels for sales professionals, based on different experience levels and geographies.
• Steps firms can take to build a cohesive, unique sales culture.

$50/ person includes Program, Presentation, and Lunch.

Registration closes
Friday, March 16th!

Please head on over to our Events Page to register for these upcoming events!

Greg Doersching Event

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:22:34 GMT

Although the weather was not ideal, we were very excited to see everyone who was able to attend Greg Doersching's event yesterday! Thank you for joining us for the morning/afternoon sessions and for braving out the weather. We really do appreciate it!

Also a big and wonderful thanks to Mr. Doersching himself for being our amazing speaker for the day!

Please look forward to
Neil Hirsch in February and don't forget to check out our

2011 Annual Production Awards - Worksheets & Ballots blog to vote for our Awards Luncheon that will be held Thursday, March 22nd at Royal Oaks Country Club featuring Barbara Bruno as our emcee.

2011 Annual Production Awards - Worksheets & Ballots

Laura Bowen, CTS — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:20:14 GMT

Ballot worksheets are now available!!!

General Information.pdf

Direct Hire Award Worksheet
DH Placement Award.pdf
DH Worksheet.xls

Blended Services Award Worksheet
Blended Services Award_Rules.pdf
Blended Services Individual Worksheet.xls
Blended Services Team Worksheet.xls

Contract/Temporary Award Worksheet = DEADLINE extended to FEB 14th
Contract Temp Rules.pdf
Contract Temp Worksheet.xls

Electronic ballots will be due no later than 5pm Friday, February 10th. Mailed or Faxed Worksheets will not be accepted. Ballots are now available online.

Awards Luncheon will be held Thursday, March 22nd at Royal Oaks Country Club featuring Barbara Bruno as our emcee.

HAAPC's Annual Holiday Party

Laura Bowen, CTS — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:42:12 GMT

Thank you from HAAPC's Board of Directors for supporting our charities this year! Our Holiday Party and Silent Auction was a great success and raised almost $1000 for each of our charities.

Check the photos from the event - http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/welcome.sfly?fid=283148ec9c06e37f&sid=0AYs2jRs5YtmTxg

Thank you notes received from The Center:

"As always, thank you for your generosity. It is going to be a real pleasure handing out gifts to all of our clients. Your donation means everything. -Eva Aguirre, Executive Director:"

"Dear Joni, Judy and Laura, Thank you so very much! Many of our clients will have another wonderful Christmas because of your generous donations! -Catherine Chandler, Community Relations, Manager"

2010 HAAPC Production Award Winners

Laura Bowen, CTS — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:45:39 GMT

On April 20, 2011 HAAPC honored Top Winners in our Annual Awards Banquet sponsored by CareerBuilder. A special thank you to Marc Pactor from CareerBuilder who also emceed the program.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Contract Temporary - Administrative Support
1st Place = The Eastridge Group
2nd Place = Staffing Connection, Inc.

Contract Temporary - Technical/ Professional
1st Place = Nearterm
2nd Place = Hailey Canon, Addison Search
3rd Place = Brandy Hanna, Addison Search
Outstanding Achievement = Ultrastaff
Outstanding Achievement = Janet Clark CPC, Hire Technology
Outstanding Achievement = Jami Davenport, Addison Search

Blended Services - Individual - Administrative Support
1st Place = Jennifer Briscoe, The Hiring Source
2nd Place = Meredith Clem, Burnett Staffing Specialists
3rd Place = Cynthia Zeglin, Staffing Connection, Inc.
4th Place = Marlies Ledbetter, Burnett Staffing Specialists

Blended Services - Individual - Technical/ Professional
1st Place = Kevin Gwinn, Burnett Staffing Specialists
2nd Place = Erin Moore, Burnett Staffing Specialists
3rd Place = Sarah Smith, Burnett Staffing Specialists
4th Place = Shelley Blount, Burnett Staffing Specialists
5th Place = Janet Clark CPC, Hire Technology
6th Place = Judy Diamond, Burnett Staffing Specialists
7th Place = Teresa Fisher, Burnett Staffing Specialists
8th Place = Joel Parker, Burnett Staffing Specialists
9th Place = Rhonda McPhail, Burnett Staffing Specialists

Blended Services - Team - Administrative Support
1st Place = ExecuTeam Staffing

Blended Services - Team - Technical/ Professional
1st Place = Physician Resources
2nd Place = Whitaker IT
3rd Place = Whitaker Medical
Outstanding Achievement = Addison Search
Outstanding Achievement = Team 1 Medical
Outstanding Achievement = Steverson Accounting Professionals

Direct Hire - Administrative Support
1st Place = MK Stalder, Burnett Staffing Specialists

Direct Hire - Technical/ Proessional
1st Place = Gladney Darroh, Piper Morgan & Associates
2nd Place = Mark Dremely CPC, Richard Wayne & Roberts
3rd Place = Truett Allen, Richard Wayne & Roberts
4th Place = Janet O'Neal, Richard Wayne & Roberts
5th Place = Ken McQueen, Richard Wayne & Roberts
6th Place = Nicole Self, Richard Wayne & Roberts
7th Place = Carol Wenom, Whitaker Companies
8th Place = Sean Mclain, Employer Flexible
9th Place = Eric Holzer CPC Richard Wayne & Roberts
10th Place = Sajiah Chmaitelli, Addison Search

Congratulations!!!

Laura Bowen, CTS — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:52:11 GMT

In February, NAPS Trainers held a CIC Immersion Day for those individuals interested in earning their CTS or CPC Certification. HAAPC is pleased to announce a 100% success rate in the training course. The following individuals have earned their respected designation:

CPC - Certified Personnel Consultant

Sarah Golden, Qualitec

Maria Hale, Qualitec

Ginger Jiminez

Casie Luke, Qualitec

Cathi Mitchell, Deacon Recruiting

Cynthia Navarro, Deacon Recruiting

Katie Villarreal, Deacon Recruiting

CTS - Certified Temporary Staffing Specialist

Kelly DeRemer, Riverway Business Services

Kristen Gaustad, Whitaker

John Maisonville, Whitaker

Wendy Sommer, Whitaker

Special thank you to Sue Burnett and Burnett Staffing for hosting this special event!

New Website

Laura Bowen, CTS — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:02:57 GMT

Welcome to HAAPC's new website. With your 2011 membership to HAAPC you will receive a member login. Please be patient as we try to learn the new system that we feel will be the best communication tool for our members!