PeopleScout President Taryn Owen Wins Gold Stevie® Award in 2017 Stevie Awards for Women in Business

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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Taryn Owen, president of PeopleScout, has won the Gold Stevie® Award in the Female Executive of the Year – Business Services – 11 to 2,500 Employees category in the 14th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Owen also received a Silver Stevie® Award for Woman of the Year – Business Services.

“Creating a culture of inclusion that empowers all of our employees to succeed is critical to our success,” said Owen. “I’m honored to be recognized by the Stevie Awards and to be in such good company with my fellow nominees. I share this recognition with our entire PeopleScout team and with all of the incredible women I’ve had the privilege to work with during my career.”

Owen was recognized for her accomplishments as president of PeopleScout. During her tenure, PeopleScout has grown 350 percent through a combination of organic growth, acquisition and vertical integration. The company has connected more than 300,000 job seekers with full-time employment over the last year.

“This recognition is great validation of TrueBlue’s board of directors and executive team’s support of women in leadership and our One Global PeopleScout strategy,” said Owen “I thank our board, our executive team and the women and men of PeopleScout who embrace the belief that through inclusion, we grow together.”

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are the world’s top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run. All individuals and organizations worldwide are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The 2017 awards received entries from 25 nations and territories. The awards were presented to winners during a dinner event at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City and broadcast live via Livestream.

More than 1,500 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in more than 90 categories, including Entrepreneur of the Year, Executive of the Year, Company of the Year, Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women, and Women Run Workplace of the Year, among others.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of Stevie Award winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.

About PeopleScout

PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company (NYSE:TBI), is the world’s largest RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 98 percent client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company’s thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what’s next. Affinix™, PeopleScout’s proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience with one point ATS and VMS integration and single sign-on. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout enhances talent intelligence for clients across more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago and Sydney and global delivery centers in Charlotte, Toronto, Montreal, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information please visit www.peoplescout.com.

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 60 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

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Source: PeopleScout

Released November 21, 2017