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CHICAGO (August 22, 2019) — PeopleScout announced today that it has been named a 2020 Military Friendly® Employer. This is the sixth consecutive year PeopleScout received the honor.

Organizations earning the Military Friendly® Employer designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 290 companies participated in the Military Friendly® Employers portion of the 2020 Military Friendly® Companies survey.

“We are incredibly grateful for the sacrifices made by all of our veterans,” said PeopleScout President Taryn Owen. “PeopleScout has a long-standing commitment to supporting veterans as they transition back into the civilian world. We are inspired to find and deliver the best talent and know that when we help a service member find a job, we are doing just that.”

PeopleScout is committed to hiring military talent, knowing first-hand that recruiting veterans and military spouses is not only the “right thing to do,” but the right thing for businesses. PeopleScout launched the Veteran Talent Exchange on Veterans Day 2013, which connects thousands of veterans every year to top employers nationwide.

PeopleScout’s parent company, TrueBlue, was a founding member of the national advisory circle on the Veteran Employment Advisory Council, which was created in 2011. The VEAC is committed to hiring veterans and military spouses, establishing best practices for veteran employment and working with other businesses to do the same. TrueBlue is also a proud supporter of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) initiative. As a Friend of HOH, TrueBlue connects service members, veterans and military spouses with career opportunities at TrueBlue and its clients.

Methodology, criteria, and weightings were determined by VIQTORY, a service disabled, veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) that connects the military community to civilian employment, educational and entrepreneurial opportunities, with input from the Military Friendly® Advisory Council of independent leaders in the higher education and military recruitment community. Final ratings were determined by combining an organization’s survey score with an assessment of the organization’s ability to meet thresholds for Applicant, New Hire Retention, Employee Turnover, and Promotion & Advancement of veterans and military employees.

PeopleScout will be showcased along with other 2020 Military Friendly® Employers in the December issue of G.I. Jobs® magazine, the January 2020 issue of Military Spouse Magazine, and on MilitaryFriendly.com.

About PeopleScout
PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 98 percent client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix™, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Charlotte, Toronto, Montreal, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information please visit www.peoplescout.com.

About Military Friendly ® Employers:
The Military Friendly ® Employers list is created each year based on extensive research using public data sources for thousands of federal contractors nationwide, input of military employees, and responses to the proprietary, data driven Military Friendly ® Employers survey from participating companies. The survey questions, methodology, criteria and weightings were developed with the assistance of an independent research firm and an advisory council of educators and employers. Data calculations and tabulations were independently evaluated for completeness and accuracy by Ernst & Young. The survey is administered for free and is open to companies that have hired veterans in the past 12 months. Criteria for consideration can be found at: http://www.militaryfriendly.com/.

About VIQTORY:
Founded in 2001, VIQTORY is a service disabled, veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) that connects the military community to civilian employment, educational and entrepreneurial opportunities through its G.I. Jobs ® and Military Friendly ® brands. VIQTORY and its brands are not a part of or endorsed by the U.S. Dept of Defense or any federal government entity. Learn more about VIQTORY at www.viqtory.com.  

Press Contact:

PeopleScout:
Caroline Sabetti
Global VP of Marketing and Communications
312-560-9173

Chicago – August 20, 2019 – PeopleScout President Taryn Owen was named a winner at the Women World Awards® in the Female Executive of the Year – Business Services category. The annual Women World Awards program encompasses the world’s best in leadership, innovation, organizational performance, new products and services, and milestones from every major industry in the world.

“It’s an honor to be recognized alongside so many impressive women,” said Owen. “I’m grateful for this award and inspired to continue to further our culture of inclusion and empowerment for our entire team at PeopleScout.”

Owen was recognized for her accomplishments as president of PeopleScout, a TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) company and the world’s largest RPO provider. PeopleScout connects more than 300,000 job seekers with full-time employment annually. During her tenure, PeopleScout has grown through a combination of organic growth, acquisition and vertical integration.

Owen successfully led the company through three acquisitions and the integration of Managed Service Provider (MSP) services from a sister company. Owen also led the company through the launch of Affinix^TM, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent technology tool that provides a consumer-like candidate experience and enables a competitive advantage for clients.

Judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2019 award winners. Other winners represented companies including Hotwire, Wolters Kluwer and AARP.

About PeopleScout
PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 98% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.

About the Women World Awards                     
Women World Awards are an annual industry and peers recognition program honoring women in business and the professions and organizations of all types and sizes in North America, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin-America. The Annual Women World Awards is part of the SVUS Awards® recognition program from Silicon Valley in the United States of America which also includes other programs such as CEO World Awards, Consumer World Awards, Customer Sales and Service World Awards, Golden Bridge Awards, Globee Awards, Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards, Network Products Guide’s IT World Awards, Pillar World Awards, and PR World Awards. For complete list of winners visit https://womenworldawards.com/winners/2019-winners/.

Press Contact:
Caroline Sabetti
Global VP of Marketing and Communications
312-560-9173

SYDNEY — June 25, 2019 — PeopleScout has been recognised as the Recruitment Team of the Year at the HRO Today APAC Forum.

PeopleScout, the world’s largest RPO provider, have been awarded the prestigious HRO Today Recruitment Team of the Year award for their outstanding partnership with Omnicom Media Group (OMG). Working in partnership with OMG, PeopleScout created a centralised talent acquisition model that aligned to the different brands in the group; Omnicom, PHD, OMD, Annalect, Hearts and Science and Resolution Media.

“Congratulations to the PeopleScout OMG team on being named Recruitment Team of the Year! Your success and the strong relationship you have built with OMG is a direct result of your ability to deliver in terms of productivity, customer satisfaction and reduction in cost. This award recognises PeopleScout for a culture of service excellence and recruitment innovation in the Asia-Pacific region.” Zachary Misko, President, HRO Today Member Services and Executive Director, HRO Today Association stated.

PeopleScout’s approach in the APAC region positions the organisation as a trusted partner, collaborating with clients in both a talent advisory and delivery capacity. For this award, PeopleScout demonstrated their innovative talent solutions across the full spectrum of talent management with expertise in all disciplines, skill levels and geographies, whilst delivering high end-user satisfaction ratings. 

“Since partnering with PeopleScout, we’ve seen consistent improvement in the marketing of our brand to potential employees, increased productivity through process improvement and the introduction of new tools and technology, as well as a reduction in vacant roles. We’re looking to build on our successful partnership with PeopleScout by introducing new technology solutions aimed at objectively identifying the best available talent to join our business and maintain our position as a market leader,” said OMD People & Development Director, Martin Cowie.

Integrating an experienced recruitment team with media and digital marketing expertise allowed for a smooth transition for the RPO function and the client and established a conversion benchmark above 82% of roles briefed versus placements.

“In the fast-moving media market, our model was designed to ensure that we are utilising the best of technologies that sit across each element of the lifecycle: everything from workforce planning, AI passive sourcing and various assessment tools to onboarding and employment,” said PeopleScout APAC Managing Director, Guy Bryant-Fenn. “Those tools enable us to drive automation and efficiencies for the OMG Group and allow us to elevate their talent acquisition teams to act in an advisory capacity and be recognised as Recruitment Team of the Year for 2019.”

Learn more by viewing the HRO Today Forum website.

About PeopleScout

PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 98% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.au.

Press Contact:
Sophie Hunter
PeopleScout Marketing Manager APAC
shunter@peoplescout.com.au

PreopleScout – Improving employer branding, driving global growth 

This month, PeopleScout hosted its 2019 NEXT Talent Summit in Washington D.C. The event included sessions filled with talent leaders speaking on various trends in talent acquisition – technology, data, employer branding, diversity and leadership. 

Gary Bragar, HR outsourcing research director at NelsonHall, an independent industry analyst firm, recently issued a positive blog post on PeopleScout’s annual event, particularly in regard to PeopleScout’s global growth and employer branding methodology. 

PeopleScout President Taryn Owen’s opening remarks focused on such global growth, as she highlighted the one-year anniversary of the company’s acquisition of TMP Holdings LTD (TMP), which strengthened its global RPO and talent advisory capabilities.

Bragar’s post comments on the impact TMP has had on PeopleScout: “The acquisition expanded PeopleScout’s global RPO capabilities and EMEA base, and its London office became PeopleScout’s EMEA headquarters. TMP also assisted in PeopleScout’s talent advisory offering by adding services, such as employer branding, recruitment marketing, assessment services and talent acquisition strategy.” 

PeopleScout’s Andrew Wilkinson, executive leader, group managing director – Europe and Asia Pacific, and a presenter at this year’s Talent Summit, explained one aspect that drives PeopleScout’s growth is its focus on employer brand value. 

Bragar says PeopleScout is excelling at creating a compelling brand experience across the employer lifecycle, particularly with its RPO clients. For example, in the post, he notes PeopleScout’s work with a UK grocery chain, in which they created a campaign featuring videos of a diverse group of people sharing stories about managers who inspired them. The video was viewed 484,000 times with positive feedback, and ultimately exceeded the client’s goal of hiring 3,000 people for a new type of role.

“PeopleScout has also been growing organically, adding over 45 RPO contracts in 2018, and now has over 215 RPO clients with over 300,000 annual hires,” says Bragar. “…PeopleScout continues to be the largest RPO provider in terms of revenues in North America and they have continued to grow globally, across EMEA, APAC and LATAM.”

Bragar closes his post with this statement: “Having attended these events four years in a row, I’ve observed that PeopleScout has a very strong and collaborative relationship with its clients, reinforced by achieving high customer satisfaction marks for quality of partnership in our most recent RPO NEAT vender evaluation.”

Read more of the analysis from NelsonHall’s Gary Bragar on PeopleScout’s Talent Summit and overall growth here: PreopleScout – Improving employer branding, driving global growth 

Chicago, IL – May 22, 2019 – PeopleScout was recently named to the Military Times Best for Vets Employers 2019 rankings that recognizes PeopleScout’s support of America’s veterans. Transitioning service members recognize these rankings as a trusted veteran job resource and rely on Best for Vets Employers to aid in the transition to civilian life.

“The companies on the Military Times Best for Vets list earned their rankings through determined efforts to recruit and support service members, veterans and military families,” said George Altman, the Military Times editor in charge of the rankings. “These efforts deserve recognition from the country and should get the attention of veterans looking for a new career.”

Military Times invites organizations from across the country to fill out its survey, tests to ensure the accuracy of responses, carefully evaluates survey data and includes only the best companies in its published rankings. The standards are objective, rigorous and editorially independent. As a result, transitioning service members recognize them as the most trusted veteran job rankings.

PeopleScout’s parent company, TrueBlue, was a founding member of the national advisory circle on the Veteran Employment Advisory Council, which was created in 2011. The VEAC is committed to hiring veterans and military spouses, establishing best practices for veteran employment and working with other businesses to do the same. TrueBlue is also a proud supporter of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) initiative. As a Friend of HOH, TrueBlue connects service members, veterans and military spouses with career opportunities at TrueBlue and its clients.

Military Times includes Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times. The company is part of Sightline Media Group, a Regent company. The rankings are published in print and online at MilitaryTimes.com, as well as ArmyTimes.com, NavyTimes.com, AirForceTimes.com and MarineCorpsTimes.com.

About PeopleScout

PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 98% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.

About Military Times

The Military Times digital platforms and newsweeklies are the trusted source for independent news and information for service members and their families. The military community relies on Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, Navy Times and Rebootcamp for reporting on everything important to their lives, including: pay, benefits, finance, education, health care, recreational resources, retirement, promotions, product reviews, and entertainment. Military Times is published by Sightline Media Group. To learn more, visit www.militarytimes.com.

About Sightline Media

Sightline Media is a global, multi-platform media company serving the U.S. military, federal government and the international defense community. Sightline’s media brands are the go-to source for news and information about the U.S. military and its culture, and the technology, business and politics of defense and federal markets.

Chicago – April 12, 2019 – SharedXpertise, publisher of HRO Today Magazine, and PeopleScout, the world’s largest RPO provider and the No. 1 Managed Service Provider on HRO Today’s MSP Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings since 2016, have partnered to release the Global Unemployment Report for the fourth quarter of 2018.

Throughout 2018, there was generally positive economic growth worldwide. The global unemployment rate fell to 5.2 percent, its lowest level in nearly 40 years. Of the 49 countries included in the study, 25 countries reported unemployment rates at or below 5.0 percent, which many economists consider to be at or near full employment. “Global unemployment is at its lowest rate since the 1970s,” said Larry Basinait, vice president of market research for SharedXpertise. “This can be attributed to changes in the workforce, including flexible working practices and the advent of the gig economy, as well as economic forces like low interest rates.”

Due to the size and significance of the U.S. economy, the report also breaks down unemployment rates by state. Overall, 25 states reported statistically significant decreases in unemployment rate in 2018. Economic growth in the United States, however, did slow down in the fourth quarter, compared to earlier in 2018.  According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, real GDP in the U.S. increased by 2.6 percent, which is a deceleration from the robust 3.4 percent in the third quarter.

“Employers may be wise to embrace a degree of caution heading into 2019,” continues Mr. Basinait. “Elevated trade tensions, financial market pressures in emerging markets and softening manufacturing activity can all have adverse impacts on employment rates.”

The exclusive report is available for download by clicking here. For more information about PeopleScout, click here. For more information about SharedXpertise, click here.

About PeopleScout

PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 98% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one-point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Charlotte, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.

About HRO Today and HRO Today Global

HRO Today and HRO Today Global are the properties of SharedXpertise Media and offer the broadest and deepest reach available anywhere into the HR industry. Our magazines, web portals, research, e-newsletters, events and social networks reach over 180,000 senior-level HR decision-makers with rich, objective, game-changing content. Our No. 1 strength is our reach. HR leaders rely heavily on the HRO Today’s Baker’s Dozen rankings across six different categories when selecting an HR service provider.

Press Contact:
Caroline Sabetti
Global VP of Marketing and Communications
312-560-9173

HRO Today named five PeopleScout leaders as 2019 Global HR Superstars. PeopleScout President Taryn Owen; Group Managing Director, EMEA and APAC Andrew Wilkinson, Managing Director, APAC Guy Bryant-Fenn; Managing Director, UK Jon Porter and MSP Leader Jen Torres were all recognized.

According to HRO Today, this year’s superstars “have a proven track record of challenging the status quo, adopting experimental methods, and redefining the new normal for HR. But whilst technology is a major part of this puzzle, the leaders featured in these pages have never lost sight of their top priority: their people.”

Taryn Owen
President, PeopleScout

Taryn Owen is the President of PeopleScout, an award-winning RPO, MSP and Total Workforce Solutions provider. Owen is responsible for PeopleScout’s global service delivery and business development strategy. She led the company’s acquisition of Aon Hewitt’s RPO division and Australian RPO provider HRX and the integration of Staff Management | SMX’s MSP division. In addition, she led the launch of Affinix, a mobile-first, cloud-based platform that creates a consumer-like candidate experience and streamlines the sourcing process for clients. Owen also led the acquisition of UK-based RPO and recruitment marketing provider TMP Holdings LTD in June 2018, significantly increasing PeopleScout’s UK client base and workforce.

Andrew Wilkinson
Group Managing Director, EMEA and APAC

Andrew Wilkinson, Executive Leader, Group Managing Director – Europe and Asia Pacific at PeopleScout, has spent his entire career in the world of resourcing and recruitment marketing and is an experienced strategic leader working with both clients and the business to drive solutions to key challenges. Andrew joined PeopleScout through the acquisition of TMP Holdings LTD, an independent UK RPO, resourcing and employer branding company. As CEO he led the management buyout of the business from Monster in 2006 until the successful sale to PeopleScout in 2018. At Monster he held various roles including CEO Europe of Monster in the early 2000s and he is now excited to lead on the development of PeopleScout across Europe. Andrew studied Accountancy at City of London Polytechnic originally planning a career in finance before jumping tracks into recruitment.

Guy Bryant-Fenn
Managing Director, APAC

Guy Bryant-Fenn has traveled an interesting and diverse road – both geographically and professionally – to his current role. Since November 2018, Guy has been Managing Director – ANZ for total workforce solutions business, PeopleScout, based in Sydney. Today, he leads an organization that works closely with clients across the Asia-Pacific region to help them align their business objectives and workforce strategies by developing talent management programs including RPO and MSP.

Jon Porter 
Managing Director, UK

Jon has a passion for RPO. His 20 years of experience in leading talent acquisition programs means that he has worked alongside many different organizations and has received many interesting briefs. Jon’s objective is to ensure maximum ROI for his clients and by using his industry knowledge he can provide high-level strategic advice throughout the end-to-end resourcing process, from initial employer brand and value proposition to candidate management, offer and retention. As MD of PeopleScout UK, based in our Bristol office, Jon leads a strong team of experienced talent practitioners – people who know RPO inside and out.

Jennifer Torres
Senior Vice President of Client Delivery

Jennifer Torres has more than 12 years of experience as a partner to Fortune 100 companies seeking managed workforce solutions. Her creativity and innovation helped some of the country’s largest financial and technology institutions launch and develop workforce operations into industry-leading programs. Prior to joining PeopleScout, Torres had executive oversight for Pontoon’s largest financial global MSP operations. During her almost decade of service with Pontoon, she held various leadership roles in client delivery and program operations. Torres is personally passionate about involvement in volunteerism, diversity networks, and with disability affinity groups that have a greater positive impact on the communities they operate in. She attended the University of North Carolina in Charlotte and is an avid international traveler.

TrueBlue CEO Patrick Beharelle was also named a Global HR Superstar on this year’s list. You can read more and see all of the Global HR Superstars on HRO Today’s website.