ANDREA GIGGETTS NAMED TO TOP MANAGEMENT POSITION AT ACCUSTAFF.JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 1996--Andrea Giggetts has been named Vice President of Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . Since 1989, she had been instrumental in leading the company's Human Resources department from a local administrative function to a national-level asset. This is her story: Ms. Giggetts began her career in Woodstock, MD as an instructor at the local Job Corps, where she was responsible for preparing adults for high school equivalency exams. She then moved into the Work Experience and Placement Department, where she continued her success by achieving an outstanding placement rate of program graduates. After nine years with the Job Corp, Ms. Giggetts headed for the nation's capital, where she worked for the Department of Labor as Assistant Secretariat Director, establishing Job Corps Alumni offices across the country. Upon reflection of the first decade of her career, Ms. Giggetts took inventory of her skills and experience and concluded, "human resources was the place" for her next move. In her quest to find her career niche, her research pointed overwhelmingly in one direction -- personnel staffing. Landing a position as an Account Coordinator with a local Baltimore staffing firm, Andrea quickly demonstrated her leadership qualities. As she ascended the ranks to Operations Supervisor and then Branch Manager, she maintained her focus on her original goal, "to head up a personnel department." Her experience with the Job Corps paid off hundredfold, as she became BSI BSI - British Standards Institute Temporaries' Human Resource Assistant, demonstrating her ability to relate to people at all levels and a unique knack for understanding the "ins and outs ins and outs pl.n. 1. The intricate details of a situation, decision, or process. 2. The windings of a road or path. " of governmental regulations. Her passion for the field paid off in the early 1990s with a promotion to Human Resources Manager, a role which she developed and continued to refine, focusing on innovative recruiting methods. In 1992, BSI Temporaries merged with three independent regional staffing companies to form AccuStaff Incorporated. Sensing the growing need for Human Resources expertise, Ms. Giggetts transferred to the Jacksonville-based corporate headquarters, where she was named Director of Human Resources charged with the task of developing a cutting-edge Human Resource department. Armed with the philosophy of her status as the company's "human" resource along with a part-time assistant, Ms. Giggetts developed AccuStaff's Human Resource department into a world class operation. She has achieved what she refers to as "a happy marriage between maintaining compliance and human relations," and has an unblemished case history to prove it. She is now regarded as an authority on EEO EEO Equal Employment Opportunity EEO Equal Employment Office EEO Eastern European Outreach (Murrieta, CA) EEO Extremely Elliptical Orbit EEO Exotic Electro-Optics, Inc. , ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. and civil rights laws, always finding a winnable solution to a seemingly insurmountable challenge. Ms. Giggetts also shares her expertise with organizations ranging from the Jacksonville Urban League (Board Member) to the Jamaican Embassy, where she was selected to develop a model outreach, placement and recruiting program. In addition, she continues to refine her public speaking skills as an active Toastmaster toast·mas·ter n. A man who proposes the toasts and introduces the speakers at a banquet. toastmaster Noun a person who introduces speakers and proposes toasts at public dinners Noun 1. . Honors include the Distinguished Service Award from Inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ , a Jacksonville minority development organization, and the Black Achievers Award by the YMCA YMCA in full Young Men's Christian Association Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members. in 1994. AccuStaff Incorporated (Nasdaq/NM:ASTF ASTF Arab Science and Technology Foundation (United Arab Emirates) ASTF Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility ASTF Aerospace Structures Test Facility ASTF Australian Standard Transfer Form ASTF A Suit That Fits ) is a leading provider of strategic staffing services and is one of the industry's top ten largest national companies. AccuStaff is a leading provider of strategic staffing services delivered through three divisions -- Commercial, Professional Services, and Telecommunications -- from 191 offices in 28 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . CONTACT: AccuStaff, Inc., Jacksonville Jana Ertrachter, 904/725-5574, ext. 265 |
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