By admin | August 31, 2010
As the summer of 2010 comes to an end, we are proud of the work our team has accomplished in placing entry level engineers and scientist graduates (May & June) from America’s leading Universities and Colleges. Our recruiting team was responsible for the placement of 19 entry level scientists onsite with Fortune 500 Life Science/Pharma companies and 11 engineers ranging from the Medical Device through Aerospace industries.
We feel that this gives the temporary and contract to hire industry a great reputation for those who are entering the workforce and have been able to to take advantage of our services. Our volume of business for our standard professional services increased 28% during the June, July and August time periods as well.
June of 2010 was a record month for The Fountain Group. We successfully found jobs for and placed 78 high quality contract employees with our clients. This was a good indicator of the market place for contract staffing as the positions were quite diverse, ranging from Engineers, Financial Professionals, Healthcare Professionals and Information Technology experts. We are on track to break this record in July already having placed 99 contract employees as of the mid point in July.
Our challenge has been keeping pace with our client’s demand. Our recruiting team is putting in extra hours and really adopting a Saturday work schedule to stay on top of work.
TFG’s is excited about the opportunity to work with job seekers and clients from a perspective very close but slightly different than our current model. Our client base consists primarily of Vendor Neutral Managed Services Providers on behalf of Fortune 500 companies. The Fountain Group has traditionally focused on working for a specific type of client rather than focus on locating client’s who have single sided needs from their Contract/Temporary staffing providers. This mentality has helped create our reputation as a competitor to firms that are much larger yet less streamlined and efficient.
Fast forward to 2009:
We have taken this to the next level by rolling out our Star Plus Employee Retention and Payroll Services. Our services offer many of the same features as a PEO but also bring to the table our ability to selectively source candidates as well.
For our clients, the benefits include:
Temporary Labor Cost Savings
Risk Management
HR Advisory services on demand
Minimized Workers Compensation and Liability exposure
As the workforce market changes due to new legislation, supply/demand factors and technological breakthroughs, The Fountain Group works diligently to stay one step ahead of the trends.
For more information, please contact
Ben Rustrian
(813)326-7080
More information can be found online at http://www.thefountaingroup.com
After nine years in Cypress Point, The Fountain Group has finalized the build out of our new space and will be moving to a new location on May 1st, 2010. Our new address will be 7861 Woodland Center Drive, Tampa, FL 33614. The new office will provide an upgraded more modernized work area for our team.
This is excellent timing as we are upgrading our IT infrastructure through a partnership with Big Sur Technologies.
As college graduation approaches, we look forward to our continued partnership with the University of Tampa and University of South Florida. We have found both of these Universities to be an excellent source of talent for our organization.
Updates to follow in 2010: The Fountain Group has been nominated by Bank of America for Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the year. We will keep you posted on the selection process.
By admin | January 30, 2010
BASF a world leading chemical company with more than 97,000 employees has added TFG on as a preferred vendor. BASF has already benefitted from the quality of resources TFG provides. It’s only been a few weeks and we have seen several interviews and hires from our new partners. Hats off to Britt Kilgrow for landing this account. We expect that this partnership will only get stronger with time and bear a lot of fruit for both sides.
By admin | January 16, 2010
TFG is moving right along. Kudos to Robert Hallen (Account Manager for The State of Florida). His hard work with the State is starting to pay off. We recently got a new placement (who Robert sourced personally) and TFG is gaining a good rep with our friends in Tallahassee. Keep up the good work Robert. Justin Vozzolo needs to be recognized as well. Justin is quickly gaining a good reputation with management. He is the recruiter who never complains, and volunteers to work OT (including weekends). Justin’s efforts are paying off. He has had several interview requests and new hires over the past few weeks. Justin has been voted Recruiter of the week by management for 2 weeks in a row. Way to go Justin. Finally I believe Regan McKinney has broken company records for placements. Regan has already gotten 6 new hires this year. She is on a pace for new hires that hasn’t been seen here before at TFG. Keep it up Regan. We are expecting big things from you in 2010.
By admin | January 6, 2010
TFG is poised to explode. I am proud to say we have already kicked off the new year setting company records with the daily amount of interview requests. Special thanks to the entire team from top to bottom. But a very special thanks to our QA Manager Chris Summers. He is the Gatekeeper who ensures that our candidates are great fits for the positions we are submitting them for. Keep up the good work team.
By eric | December 10, 2009
2009 is closing out with a bang for The Fountain Group! Our sales team finalzed a contract to become the payroll provider for Diageo as well as a Tier 1 Supplier for staffing services.
We are proud to have promoted Chris Coppernoll into a management role. He is leading our new effort to run a 2nd shift recruiting team so that our level of service to our West Coast clients is the best that it can be.
The Holiday party was a hit. Please check out the link for pictures:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?token=827276695805%3A228383849
TFG would also like to recognize Josh Murray for his volunteer and fund raising efforts. He has volunteered with Metropolitan Ministries lending his time and also raised money for Cancer Research by running in a Marathon.
By eric | October 28, 2009
Although the economy has been sluggish for most staffing firms dating back to the end of 2008, TFG has experienced an explosive month of October by adding over 75 new contract employees with our clients in the month of October. More importantly, TFG has added two Forune 500 firms and one Fortune 20 firm to our list of VMS/MSP clients. This addition is divided evenly between Engineering, Administrative and Technology skill sets.
Robert Hallen has been moved internally to support our contract with the State of Florida. He has kicked off this event by make an initial introductory trip to the state Capitol and visited with the over seventeen state agency CIO’s in a four day period.
By eric | October 6, 2009
In order to expand our scope of services and client’s served, TFG’s management decided to pursue becoming a Professional & IT Staff Augmentation vendor to our nation’s State & Local governments.
In 2009, TFG has added the State of Florida and State of South Carolina to our list of valuable clients. This will include a wide variety of agencies such as the Department of Transportation, Department of Education etc..
TFG has set a goal to become a Tier 1 vendor to over fifteen states by the close of 2010.
For more information on how we might be of service to you, please contact:
Eric Thompson
eric@thefountaingroup.com
(813)748-7783
For information on becoming a sub-vendor on one of our programs, please contact:
Josh Murray
josh@thefountaingroup.com
(813)482-7196
