Careerminds returns to list of fast-growing companies
For the second consecutive year, Careerminds, a Wilmington-based online-oriented outplacement company, is featured on the Philly 100 Fastest Growing Companies list.
Rankings are based on revenue growth rates covering 2012 through 2014.
“We’re thrilled to be included again,” says Careerminds Founder and CEO Raymond Lee. “Locally and nationally, industry continues to respond to our innovative approach to technology and support that is leading employees to land new positions in a fraction of the time of traditional outplacement services.”
Over the last two years when national unemployment rates have fallen and largely stabilized, Careerminds has experienced growth rates of 86 percent.
“Even in a strong economy, companies are merging and consolidating, acquisitions are happening and the nature of certain industries is changing,” Lee says, “so that outplacement services are still in demand.”
Just this month, US Air merged with American Airlines, hospitals are consolidating and local universities have announced layoffs in response to diminishing enrollment figures.
But even more influential in Careerminds’ growth, Lee says, “is the market’s recognition that employees’ work styles are changing, more work is done online, virtually and from remote locations. And that’s our approach as well, to support transitioning employees in their search, where ever they may be,” Lee says. “Outplacement can’t be static. Today’s workers are no longer ‘one-size-fits-all’ so we’re not surprised that we’re succeeding by providing a completely configurable system that is customized for every person who participates,” Lee adds. “Our clients care about their transitioning employees and they deserve solutions that are easy to purchase, implement and track.”
Over the last year, clients working with Careerminds outplacement consistently see their former employees’ job searches lasting an average of three months while the US Department of Labor Statistics reports an average of nine to ten months to land a new position, the company noted.
Weiss featured in magazine story.
Creative Financial Group, an office of MetLife and a part of the MetLife Premier Client Group, announced that Ginger Weiss was recently featured in the debut publication of Financial Services: Women at the Top — A WIFS (Women in Insurance & Financial Services) Research Study.
Weiss, who launched her career in 1982, was one of 23 successful women in the financial services industry interviewed for the book. In it, Weiss, a Wilmington resident whose office is in Greenville, talks about what attracted her to the business, how she developed her practice, what she has learned along the way and how she has created a life that blends family, community service and a fulfilling career.
In one portion of the book Weiss discusses how she has balanced business and family commitments and has let her clients know that her family is a major priority.
“Since the business of these women is helping build the financial security of families, seeing the female professional as a loving mother is a great way to reinforce the client’s commitment to her or his children. That can’t be bad for business!” the authors note. The publication, authored by Arthea Reed and Diane Dixon, is intended to change how managers build a culture to encourage successful careers for women in the financial services industry. For more information, please visit: https://wifsnational.org/wifs-book.
Jewish Federation receives honors
The Jewish Federation of Delaware has received five awards recognizing creativity and marketing excellence in the 2015 MarCom Awards as well as four additional awards in the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Brandywine Chapter’s 2015 Excellence in Nonprofit Communication Awards.
The Federation received five MarCom Awards including four Gold Awards and an Honorable Mention Award for the following entries;
– Gold Awards for its 2014-2015 Report to the Community (Nonprofit Annual Report), Jewish VOICE (Nonprofit newsletter), Jewish VOICE Cover, and Shalom Delaware Guide (Special Publication)
– Honorable Mention for its Men’s Nite Out “Laughs & Drafts” (Invitation/Flyer)
The AFP Excellence in Nonprofit Communications Awards included four winning entries in their Membership, Newsletter, Special Event and Multimedia Campaign categories. The Federation accepted the awards at the AFP Philanthropy Day 2015 on Tuesday.
“Winning multiple entries recognizing communications excellence is a wonderful achievement and a testament to our dedicated professional and lay leadership,” stated Seth J. Katzen, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Delaware.
25-year Citizens veteran honored with brick
At a ceremony earlier this month, Citizens Financial Group CEO Bruce Van Saun unveiled 72 specially inscribed bricks honoring colleagues who have been with the bank for 25 years. The bricks, each bearing the name of an honoree – including Felton resident Robin Moore – will be added outside Citizens’ headquarters at One Citizens Plaza in Rhode Island. More than 2,000 colleagues have been honored with bricks since the bank started the tradition in 1999.
The brick dedication took place as part of Citizens’ Credo Week celebration, which recognizes colleagues’ hard work on behalf of the bank’s customers and local communities. Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline joined company executives in congratulating honorees and their families at the ceremony.
“As we work hard on delivering for our customers and becoming a top-performing regional bank, we tip our hats to these special Citizens colleagues who have demonstrated such loyalty and commitment to our customers over the course of 25 years,” Van Saun said. “These 72 colleagues all joined Citizens in 1990, and have made significant contributions to our company since then, helping us grow, succeed and make a real difference for our customers and for the broader communities we serve.”
Credo Week celebrates the bank’s colleagues, customers and communities with various activities, including food drives, volunteer opportunities.
Boyce production gets Emmy nomination
Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story, a film about the creation of the “XPRIZE” contest for spaceflight innovation, garnered four nominations for the 39th Annual Suncoast Emmy Awards in Florida.
The Peter Diamandis Story, executive produced by Chuck Boyce of Newark and produced by Dick + Nanton Productions, in four categories: Craft Achievement in Audio (Josh Bell), Post-Production Director (Nick Nanton), Editor (Nick Ruff), and Cinematography (Carlo Alberto Orecchia, Chris Lowe, Parker Yates, and Ramy Romany).
The documentary tells the story of how famed engineer, physician, and entrepreneur Peter Diamandis and his colleagues managed to overcome hurdle after hurdle to launch the “Ansari XPRIZE,” a $10 million public competition intended to encourage the development of new space vehicles and help usher in a new era of private space flight.
The film features such celebrities and luminaries as Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, and Will.i.am.“Peter’s XPRIZE Foundation promotes fascinating, breakthrough technological projects that could benefit mankind, “ says Boyce. “It’s an honor to have our film recognized by the Emmy committee, and I hope it brings more attention to this amazing organization.”
