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History
Did you know that Positive People Placement Inc. (PPP) has been an established company since 1988? During this time, the company grew from a small Permanent Recruitment Agency into a major Full-Service Employment Agency.
Annually, PPP staffs hundreds of employees in various positions throughout Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise, Harvie Heights, Exshaw, Kananaskis and beyond. Many significant events have occurred since 1988; here is a condensed history of PPP:
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN PPP'S HISTORY
- 1988 - PPP is established by Jim
Ridley. It operates in Medicine Hat, mostly as a permanent
recruitment agency.
- 1989 - 1990 - PPP wins the Best
Employment Classification Advertising Award.
- 1996 - Jim moves the company, along
with his family, to Canmore.
- 2002 - PPP reaches $1,000 000.00 in
sales!
- 2003 - Jim purchases High Country
Office Services (HCOS)
- March 2004 - PPP becomes fully
operational from its Main St. offices
- November 2004 - Nancy Blair becomes the new owner of PPP and HCOS while Jim retires from the business.
- March 2005 - PPP embraces the One - Tonne Challenge
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- April 2005 - PPP expands to better serve the Hospitality and Tourism
Industry by hiring Paul Zilligen to be the new Manager, Tourism &
Hospitality
- December 2005
- PPP proudly achieves a Certificate of Recognition from Alberta
Human Resources & Employment and the Alberta Construction Safety
Association for its dedication to safe work practices.
- April 2006 -
PPP moves
its office to a sunny new location 202-802 Main St.
- February 2007 -
Lesley Barkhouse is hired as the Operation Manager of PPP.
- April 2007 -
A satellite office is opened in Banff at the Bear St. Mall.
- May 2007 -
Paul Zilligen is promoted to General Manager and together with Shannon Birnie, Business Manager, they take over the management of PPP.
- August 2007 -
PPP is awarded with a Work Safe Alberta Best Safety Performer Award.
- December 2008 -
Aleks Zablotni-Schantz is hired as PPP’s new Business Manager.
- December 2009 -
PPP successfully completes another comprehensive annual ACSA safety audit and enters into our 5th year of being a COR certified company.
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New owner of
PPP
Nancy Blair
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