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Nelson Family of Companies Named One of America's Fastest Growing Staffing Companies.


California-Based Nelson Was Also Named the Largest Private Staffing Firm in Annual Ranking by Staffing Industry Analysts, Inc.

SONOMA, Calif. -- The Nelson Family of Companies, the largest independently held human capital solutions company in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern , announced that it was named one of the fastest growing staffing companies in the country by Staffing Industry Analysts, Inc. (SIA Sia (sī`ə) or Siaha (sī`əhə), in the Bible, family returned from the Exile.

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). Nelson was also the largest staffing firm on the list and the only California-based company to be recognized.

SIA's fastest-growing staffing firms were selected from a list of more than 80 privately-held companies based in the U.S. with at least $1 million in revenues in 2002. Companies selected had to average at least 25% annual growth between 2002 and 2006. The strong performances by two of Nelson's divisions, WorkforceLogic and Nelson Technology, attributed to the company's significant growth with $377 million in revenues in 2006.

"We are pleased to be included in SIA's list of fastest growing staffing companies," said Gary D. Nelson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and Chairman of the Nelson Family of Companies. "We attribute our success to our talented management staff and to the fact that we have listened to the needs of our clients and have provided them with the best possible service."

About Staffing Industry Analysts, Inc.

Staffing Industry Analysts, Inc. is the premier research and analysis firm covering the contingent workforce A contingent workforce is a provisional group of workers who work for an organization on a non-permanent basis, also known as freelancers, independent professionals, temporary contract workers, independent contractors or consultants. . Known for its independent and objective insights, the company's proprietary research, data, support tools, publications, and executive conferences provide a competitive edge to decision-makers who supply and buy temporary staffing. In addition to temporary staffing, Staffing Industry Analysts also covers these related staffing service sectors: third-party placement, outplacement out·place·ment  
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The process of facilitating a terminated employee's search for a new job by provision of professional services, such as counseling, paid for by the former employer.
, and staff leasing (PEOs). Founded in 1989, the company is headquartered in Los Altos, California Los Altos (IPA: [lɔs ɑltos]) is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. .

About the Nelson Family of Companies

The Nelson Family of Companies was founded in 1970 by Chairman and CEO Gary D. Nelson, and is headquartered in Sonoma, CA. According to according to
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 Staffing Industry Analysts, the company has grown into the 64th largest staffing company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and is the largest independent human capital solutions company in Northern California. This solid growth recently culminated in record revenues of $377 million in 2006. The Nelson Family of Companies has been ranked as one of the "Best Places to Work" in the Greater Bay Area for the second year in a row according to an employee survey done by the publishers of the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  Business Times and Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. For more information, visit www.nelsonhr.com.

The businesses within the Nelson Family of Companies include:

* Nelson and Associates: Provides full-time and executive search placement, as well as consultant and temporary professionals in the financial area.

* Nelson Technology: Provides full-time and contract recruiting in all technology areas including programming, project management, product management, testing, quality assurance, and technology architecture.

* Nelson Staffing: Provides consultant, executive, full-time and temporary talent in a broad range of career areas including winery operations, game software testing Software testing is the process used to measure the quality of developed computer software. Usually, quality is constrained to such topics as correctness, completeness, security, but can also include more technical requirements as described under the ISO standard ISO 9126, such , legal, office administration, hospitality, customer service, marketing, non-profit, human resources, business development, and sales.

* NelsonJobs: Northern California's premier job board.

* WorkforceLogic: Is an innovative workforce management company that provides software and services focused on risk mitigation, talent acquisition management, and contingent workforce planning.

* HRhome: Is an online resource for HR professionals created by HR professionals.
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