For Immediate Release
Placement Pros Launches New Website
New logo, new look and new features create increased Web 2.0 functionality
Pleasanton, CA – December 27, 2006 – Placement Pros, a nationwide Staffing Service with over 7,400 consultants on jobs per day operating out of locations from Boston to San Francisco, announce the launch of a redesigned company website.
Earlier this year Placement Pros revised company branding with a new logo. Placement Pros continues to evolve with a new and improved website. The most notable improvements are an updated interface, expanded and improved job board functionality and increased emphasis on integrating Web 2.0 principles into the entire website.
Significant website features that should be noted:
- Job Board - Placement Pros' website now features a completely redundant job board application which allows Placement Pros to remain competitive in the current marketplace. The database of thousands of online applicants can be easily integrated into future corporate expanded software initiatives.
- Web 2.0 - Placement Pros' website integrates
the best of the Web 2.0 principles: Increased interactivity, continually updated
information and user-supplied content.
- Design - Clean, simple with easy navigation. Usage of CSS and xHTML enables website to be viewed as text-based and on portable devices.
- Functionality - Increased access and ease-of-use for the main website tool, the online job board. The job board now allows real-time interaction and communication between the applicant and the recruiter.
- Disability Accessibility - The website was designed to ensure accessibility to the website by all online users, regardless of physical limitations.
- Electronic Portability - Full functionality and viewability on all web-enabled devices.
- RSS Feed - Content updates are automatically retrieved from Placement Pros parent company, Vedior, each time the browser opens.
- Exportable Job Board - Code has been provided so that the Placement Pros' job board can be hosted on another website or blogsite.
- W3C Validation Buttons - The pages identified with these buttons have successfully been W3C validated, which means that Placement Pros has taken care to create interoperable web pages.
"We made enormous efforts to consider our end-users when developing this website," states the President of Placement Pros. "The upgrade to the web interface and functionality makes this website one that will integrate well into future corporate directed improvements while increasing usability for our current audience."
About Placement Pros
Placement Pros, founded in 1991 with 47 offices and over 80 operating divisions, retains a decade of demonstrated commitment to leadership and creativity in the security, administrative, insurance, banking, light industrial, as well as other industries. Our sensitivity to both the requirements of employers and applicants has established a level of credibility unrivaled in the staffing industry.
Placement Pros is a member of Vedior North America. For the most prestigious organizations across a wide range of industries, Vedior North America offers a one-stop global staffing solution. Vedior NA is able to flexibly tap into all of the specialized skills required to quickly adapt to every business condition. Unlike "general purpose" staffing companies, Vedior NA’s staff possesses the market sector experience needed to ensure the optimal fit between its clients' needs and their experienced talent pool. Vedior NA is part of the Netherlands-based Vedior, NV, one of the world’s largest staffing companies with a diversified portfolio of brands targeting a broad range of industry sectors in 44 countries. Vedior’s shares are listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange and included in the AEX index of most actively traded securities under the symbol VDR.
For more information on Placement Pros, visit www.placementpros.com. For more information on Vedior NA, visit www.VediorNA.com. For more information on Vedior NV, visit www.Vedior.com.