April 2007
 
 
 
ACCU President Named NJ’s Best 50 Women in Business

Doris M. Damm, the founder and president of ACCU Staffing Services, has been named one of New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business 2007 by NJ Biz. The award, presented by Wachovia and sponsored by Withum Smith & Brown and Morgan Lewis, honors New Jersey’s most dynamic women business leaders. Recipients of the award were honored on March 19, 2007 at a ceremony held in Somerset, New Jersey. Fifty recipients were selected by an independent three-judge panel out of a nomination pool nearing 3000 applicants. The selection criteria for the award is based upon each candidate’s professional accomplishments, commitment to business growth, community involvement and women’s advocacy.

 
 
 
Pre-Screening Evaluations Upgraded

ACCU Staffing Services has implemented a new web based computer evaluation system that offers advanced skills assessment in the pre-screening process. The new system is designed to accurately measure the exact level of a candidate’s experience and competency. Each assessment measures tasks at basic, intermediate and advanced levels and identifies the candidates grasp on a subject while predicting their job performance. This helps reduce the pool to only those who are qualified for specific job positions and compares them against other applicants to reveal the best candidates. The assessments model real-world skills and cover a wide range of job positions where basic business skills are key. The skills evaluations are offered in both standardized and simulated formats.

 
 
 

Payroll Department Activates Help Line

ACCU’s in-house payroll department is pleased to announce the activation of their new toll free help line: 1-866-PAYROL4 (729-7654). The help line will enhance communications between the company and their associates. It provides direct access to an ACCU Payroll Administrator when assistance is needed in resolving paycheck issues such as missing hours or a change of address. The help line is accessible during normal business hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

 
 
 

New Website Launches

Over the past year, accustaffing.com has undergone a redesign to improve its function and offer the added convenience of online services to ACCU’s clientele. In keeping up with current technologies the new site offers an interactive overview of the company’s services to educate both job seekers and customers who are in need of staff. The site hosts a variety of new features such as a searchable job bank, online applications and order forms, account management, live chat, links to various resources and the ACCU news page. Many other exciting features and improvements are currently in development.Coming soon…online bill pay.

 
 
 

CEO Speaks on Rutgers Economic Outlook Panel

ACCU President, Doris M. Damm spoke as a Panelist at the Rutgers-Camden Quarterly Business Outlook at the Clarion Hotel in Cherry Hill on April 17. The session, which examines economic indicators, had about 200 people in attendance. With unemployment down, current trends allow workers to be “choosey,” said Damm, which is making it difficult for companies to attract new employees. Skilled workers are sought after by recruiters as the state nears a level of full employment. Although this is causing some companies to offer higher salaries and better benefits, it is a positive sign of the region’s economic health which is predicted to grow at a healthy pace this year. Damm currently serves as Chairman of the Board for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
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ACCU’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Captured in College Textbook

ACCU’s homepage was recently selected to be published in the college textbook, Foundations of Business, 1st Edition by Pride, Hughes and Kapoor as an illustration of the entrepreneurial spirit. It will accompany
a brief description of the company’s achievements as one of the top 500 woman-owned companies in the United States and one of the top
15 women-owned staffing services in the nation. The book will be published by Houghton Mifflin Company of Boston, Massachusetts and is expected to release mid 2008.