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JBK Associates Named NJBIZ Business of the Year Finalist
ENGLEWOOD, N.J., Oct. 17, 2011 -- JBK Associates, Inc. has been honored among New Jersey’s top businesses as a finalist in the Business of the Year 1 - 50 Employees category in the 2011 NJBIZ Business of the Year awards program. Produced by the business news publication NJBIZ, The Business of the Year awards program celebrates New Jersey’s most dynamic businesses and business leaders who share a commitment to professional excellence, business growth and the community.
This recognition follows many honors for JBK Associates and its contributions to New Jersey. NJBIZ named JBK Associates Founder, President and CEO Julie Kampf one of New Jersey’s 2009 Best 50 Women in Business, and in 2011 the firm has been honored among the Top 100 Diversity-Owned Businesses in New Jersey by Diversity Business.com, and Julie Kampf has been named Garden State Women of the Year in the Entrepreneur category by Garden State Woman magazine as well as a Woman of Achievement by the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey.
“We’re having our best year ever and are proud to be a Business of the Year finalist,” says Kampf. “Recognition in New Jersey means a lot because we’ve committed to community service as a pillar of our corporate social responsibility program.”
Business of the Year Award finalists and winners were chosen by an independent panel of judges including: Jerry Creighton, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Professor David Finegold, Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations; Debbie Hart, BioNJ; Tim Lizura, New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Joan Praiss, New Jersey Technology Council. Award finalists will be recognized and the winners in each category will be announced during a formal awards dinner on December 5, 2011 at the Palace at Somerset Park in Somerset, NJ. The NJBIZ Business of the Year award is presented by EisnerAmper, LLP and sponsored by Sun National Bank, K&L Gates and CIGNA.
About JBK Associates
JBK Associates, Inc. is an award-winning executive talent solutions firm that specializes in building senior-level leadership across functions with a focus on diversity and recruitment. Founded in 2003, the firm is certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and was one of the youngest members of the Association of Executive Search Consultants. Together with its two complementary lines of business, CareerCentral and SummitSearch US, JBK Associates offers a full-service talent management business team that helps organizations and individuals succeed with services such as recruiting and retention, diversity initiatives, succession planning, staff augmentation, onboarding and assimilation, and leadership coaching. For more information, please visit www.jbkassociates.net.
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