Press Releases
For Immediate Release
January 29, 2007
Select International Makes a Notable Deposit at Pittsburgh Food Bank
- Internal Incentive Program Drives Employees to Donate Goods that Help Better the Community -
Pittsburgh, January 29, 2007 - Select International, a global
provider of human resource assessment solutions located in Pittsburgh’s North
Hills, collected more than 1,500 food items for the Greater
Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (GPCFB). While Select International has offered
its employees incentives and participated in fundraising events since its
founding in 1993, this is the first program to support the needs of the GPCFB.
“We feel it is important to support our community and help to reduce hunger in the greater Pittsburgh region,” says Kevin Klinvex, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, Select International. “Companies that have happy employees tend to rise to the occasion when they are given the opportunity to support local organizations, and our internal incentive program is proof.”
"Community food drives are vital to the Food Bank," said Joyce Rothermel, CEO of the Food Bank. "Not only do they raise welcome food, but they raise awareness as well. When people of good will, like the employees of Select International, see the need and decide to do something about it, pretty soon their neighbors, families, and professional colleagues join the fight against hunger. This is the way hunger will end in southwestern Pennsylvania."
In addition to helping the community, the fund drive rewards employees for their efforts. The company awarded prizes to the two employees who donated the most food items. The grand prize winner, Paul Glatzhofer, Project Consultant, won the Sandy Beaches Package (trip to Orlando, Florida). The runner-up, Lori Pierce, Office Administrator, received the Holiday Debt Relief Package.
“It felt good to give back to the community, especially around the holiday season,” said Glatzhofer. “The owners and management team at Select International have created a positive environment where the employees are rewarded for hard work as well as community involvement.”
Select International offers other incentive programs, including Cork Awards that recognize and reward employees for working ‘above and beyond’, and a Gain Sharing Program that will be unveiled later this year.
About Select International
Select International is a leading provider of assessment solutions for Global 2000
companies. Select International offers unparalleled accuracy and realism when making
selection and development decisions in the hiring process with its Virtual Job
Audition® (VJA®). The company’s founders, Kevin Klinvex, Chris Klinvex and Dr.
Matthew O’Connell, are renowned hiring consultants and authors of the
best-selling business book, Hiring Great People. Headquartered in Pittsburgh,
PA, Select maintains offices in Dallas, San Diego, Toronto, and London. The
company has assessed approximately three million people in more than 80
countries. For more information about Select International’s products or
services, call 1-800-786-8595 or visit
www.selectinternational.com.
About the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank The GPCFB is a nonprofit organization committed to eliminating hunger and developing collaborative strategies to encourage self-reliance in southwestern Pennsylvania. The organization works with a network of close to 350 member agencies which include food pantries, soup kitchens, daycare centers, personal-care homes and homeless shelters. For more information about the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, please visit, www.pittsburghfoodbank.org
Contact: Jeff Donaldson
412-642-7700
jeff.donaldson@elias-savion.com
