Our annual Cinco de Mayo cook off had a salsa theme this year and the competition was fierce! Competing this year:

Scot Baker – “Salsa De Los Dioses” salsa

Jacob Rhoades – “salsa that is better than Scot’s”  

Nikki Fleming – “salsa that is better than Jacob’s”

Chuck Williams – “Tastes better than it looks” salsa

Kat Grassel– “Bring it on Texas” salsa

After an intense judging process, the winner is… Scot Baker with “Salsa De Los Dioses!” Which is loosely translated to “Salsa of the Gods.” Scot has entered several Parker "food-off" competition and had yet to see victory. Most recently he experienced a narrow defeat in the "Christmas Cookie Smackdown."

Scot, your salsa was enjoyed by all and we congratulate you on your first win! Looking forward to what's next...

Parker Promotions!

Holly Famularo has been promoted to On-Site Program Specialist. Holly's tenure with Parker on-site at Nintendo of America has been rife with successes, including the placement of over 200 contractors in 2009 alone! This new position is the next step in her career evolution with Parker and we're excited to see where she takes this program next!

In an effort to continue to evolve Parker’s brand strength in the marketplace; we are pleased to announce that Lindsay Bates has been promoted to Business Development Manager. She’ll be responsible for many of Parker’s strategic accounts as well as working with new clients to align Parker’s solutions to their needs. Congrats, Lindsay!

Cassie Thiessen taking on Chicago for HIT

Parker expands its footprint in the Midwest with Cassie Thiessen's move to Chicago this May. Parker is very proud to provide this opportunity to Cassie and excited about the potential for growth in this area.

Cassie is very excited as well and had this to say regarding her upcoming move: "I am delighted by the opportunity to relocate to the Midwest and manage Parker HealthcareIT’s client and candidate base from Chicago. The Midwest region is home to world-renowned healthcare organizations and am thrilled to be a part of this region and industry. Go Bears!"

Roseanne Landon promoted to Sr. Recruiter

Congratulations are due to Rosanne Landon on her recent promotion to a Senior Recruiter in the Healthcare IT recruiting team! Rosanne was one of our top recruiters in 2009, billing over $1,000,000 in hires in Healthcare Informatics. As one of our senior recruiters, she’s been instrumental in working her contacts and referral network with an enthusiasm level we’ve seldom seen elsewhere. Congrats, Rosanne!

New Additions to Parker

Parker Technical would like to welcome Kat Grassell to the Parker recruiting family. Kat is a Seattle transplant from Austin, TX, where she worked with a number of national recruiting agencies in the Austin market. In just two months of work, she’s already hired six new employees!

Also new to Parker, we’d like to welcome Jennifer List, as a technical recruiter. Jennifer comes to us from a technical recruiting background and in the short time she’s been here, has already impressed us with her willingness to jump on board and hit the ground running.

Recruiting Contest!

To start off April with a bang, Parker Technical held a week long recruiting contest to generate submittals, interviews, and hires over a one week period. The team responded with an amazing 75 candidates submitted to our clients, with nearly 30 interviews generated as a result!

Congratulations go to our business development manager, Christine Novak, for booking the most interviews, and Kat Grassell, for getting the most hires! $100 Amazon gift certificates as well as Mariner tickets were among the prizes awarded to our performers.

Alex Kralicek part of Swedish Medical Center's 100 year anniversary celebration

Alex Kralicek has had the unique experience of working with one of Parker's oldest clients in two respects: First providing them with administrative and clerical staffing to support their EPIC Go Live project, and then on a very personal basis when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor and went to Swedish for treatment.

Her experience was so positive and her recovery so remarkable that she was asked to participate in Swedish Medical Center's 100 year anniversary celebration. Swedish produced 100 individual videos to celebrate 100 years of Swedish and Alex's video premiered today!

Check her out here. The video will be featured on the Swedish Medical Center website in addition to SeatteTimes.com and KomoNews.com as well as a commercial on KOMO4 through June!

Cassie Thiessen recognized at HIMSS (for her shoes!)

Mr. HISTalk and Inga are anonymous bloggers in the HealthcareIT world. Inga often mentions great shoes that she sees at industry events. HISTalk has a party during the HIMSS national conference and during this event, Cassie was given the “Inga Loves My Shoes” award. It was presented to her by Gwen Darling of HealthcareITCentral.com. Way to go, Cassie!

You can follow Mr. HISTalk and Inga at histalk2.com.

Parker Awards

Lauren Luttrell was the recipient of our P. Body Award for 2009.  This award is given to the Operations employee who has provided outstanding service throughout the year.  Always customer focused and providing clients with a first-class experience, Lauren looks beyond the task to anticipate the needs of the customer through creative strategies and solutions. These are key criteria to receiving the P. Body Award.

Betsy Basch and Holly Famularo were awarded our President’s award for outstanding performance by a recruiter or business development person.  Betsy is a recruiter for Parker Technical Solutions and Holly is our onsite recruiter at Nintendo.  They both exceeded their yearly goal by a considerable margin and continue to display an exemplary work ethic and dedication to their team and to the company.


Additions to the Parker Team

Jacob Rhoades joined our team in October of last year as Parker’s Director of Talent Acquisition.  Jacob brings his expertise in recruiting from 10 years with a national staffing firm working both in the Seattle and New York markets.   His unique understanding of the challenging talent pool and his creative recruiting systems have enhanced our ability to meet and exceed our clients expectations.

Teri Pendland came to Parker at the end of 2009 as Parker’s Vice President of Sales Operations.  Teri’s enthusiasm and business acumen have been a tremendous addition to our team. Her experience in large account implementation and managed service programs fits well with the service levels we are committed to delivering to our largest clients. 

Lunch 2.0

Parker Technical sponsored the Lunch 2.0 monthly event Thursday February 25^th.  Joel Raper, VP of Technical Solutions for Azaleos spoke to us about the company’s experiences and philosophy from start-up mode to the present.   The audience was impressed with what Joel had to say about their approach to their clients and what they looked for in potential new employees.