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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
(813)748-7783
For information on becoming a sub-vendor on one of our programs, please contact:
Josh Murray
(813)482-7196
The Fountain Group is pleased to announce our recent award to provide Payrolling Services to Alcatel-Lucent’s Canadian Operations. Our firm believes that this is one more good example of our growing relationship as a service provider to both Alcatel Lucent as well as IQ Navigator. The decision was based on our current status as a staffing vendor, financial security and operational strengths. TFG will leverage our longstanding relationship with ADP and Bank of America to help make this a seamless transaction.
Alcatel-Lucent found its calling: supplying high-tech equipment for telecommunications networks. Supplying service providers, the company’s core carrier unit offers network switching and transmission systems for wireline and wireless networks, terrestrial and submarine optical systems, microwave radio products, and fixed access equipment. Its enterprise division provides corporate and government clients with unified communications systems, data networking gear, and contact center systems. Alcatel-Lucent’s application division develops IP television, payment, messaging, and mobile TV software. The company’s services range from application and systems integration to managed services and maintenance
For more information on our payrolling services, please contact: Eric Thompson; (813)748-7783 or email: eric@thefountaingroup.com
In our constant quest to find ways to improve our services to our clients through innovation and personnel, TFG has made two major operational changes in the first quarter of 2009.
We are pleased to announce the opening of our office in Mumbai with the addition of Prayag Vara. Prayag will manage our offshore recruitment for our commercial clients. By diversifying our recruiting staff it will help us increase our talent pool.
Our recruiting team has implemented Bullhorn in order to streamline recruiting efforts and help us maintain better more personalized relationships with our candidates.
Bullhorn is the leader in On Demand, integrated front office solutions for staffing and recruiting. With placements in Bullhorn closing every sixty seconds, it’s the one front office where recruiting, sales and management live and work together to achieve the fastest placement rates in the industry, at anytime and from anyplace.
Whether your firm provides services for temporary staffing, contract staffing, direct hire, executive search or a blend, find out why Bullhorn clients consistently achieve the highest placement rates in the industry.
Effective on 5-1-2009, The Fountain Group has finalized our enrollment and registration for the Navy’s Seaport services system. We believe that this will complement our existing business with various DoD Prime Contractors. For more information, please contact Hunter Cone @ (813)356-0033 or send an email to: huntercone@thefountaingroup.com
SeaPort-e is the Navy’s electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management. The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, the United States Marine Corp, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) compete their service requirements amongst 1800+ SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders. The SeaPort-e portal provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting offers from amongst the diverse population of large and small businesses and their approved team members. All task orders are competitively solicited, awarded and managed using the SeaPort-e platform. Since nearly 85% of its contract–holders are small businesses, the SeaPort-e approach to acquiring services provides opportunity that fuels the Nation’s engine of job growth.
Simply stated, SeaPort-e provides an efficient and effective means of contracting for professional support services and enhancing small business participation. I encourage you to navigate through this website to learn more about SeaPort-e and our industry partners. The Navy conducts rolling admissions to allow new industry partners the opportunity to participate. Updates to the Rolling Admissions schedule are posted on this website.
As members of the Navy team, we are professional sailors and civilians - a diverse and agile force exemplifying the highest standards of service to our Nation, at home and abroad, at sea and ashore. With SeaPort-e, you too can join our team of dedicated professionals committed to our Nation’s Navy
The Fountain Group (TFG) is pleased to announce Phill Mooney’s transition into a Business Development role. Phill has had a successful track record of recruiting and candidate management. He joined TFG in May of 2008. Phill will be responsible for managing relationships with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and Alcatel-Lucent. Phill came to Tampa 3 years ago from Michigan to be the Operations Manager for a national insurance company. After a successful tenure at the insurance company he came to TFG as a National Recruiter. TFG and Phill are not only excited about this new role, they are also excited about what the future will bring for TFG and its growing relationships with CSC and Alcatel-Lucent.
