SMU Cox School of Business Adds The Delta Companies’ Chief Talent Officer to HR Roundtable

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DALLAS, TEXAS – July 10, 2007 – Chief Talent Officer of The Delta Companies, Ryan Tipton, was unanimously voted to be added to the prestigious list of Human Resources executives on Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business Human Resources Roundtable.

Tipton is spearheading The Delta Companies’ focus on people, both externally in hiring the best recruiting professionals and internally in retaining its top talent.  By investing 3 percent of the company’s gross margin into talent development, employees are offered superior training from
world-renown sales and public speaking consultants, to leadership training, quarterly and annual awards, Rolexes for top producers, casual days and custom clothing incentives.  In turn, The Delta Companies have sustained an 81 percent average annual retention rate and employees have voted the company one of the Dallas Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work in Dallas-Fort Worth” two years running and one of Texas Monthly’s “Best Companies to Work for in Texas.”

Hosted and administered by the university’s business school, the Human Resources Roundtable is comprised of Dallas’ leading Human Resources senior executives.  The roundtable meets quarterly, providing a forum to exchange ideas and discuss issues currently facing the Dallas community and their discipline.  Members are selected on the basis of their stature in the Human Resources community as well as the reputation of the recognized organizations they serve.

About The Delta Companies
The Delta Companies offer permanent and temporary staffing solutions nationwide for physicians and allied healthcare professionals through five companies:  Delta Physician Placement, Delta Allied Placement, Delta Locum Tenens, Delta Flex Travelers and Liquid Medical Recruiting.

Contact        
Marc Bowles
Chief Marketing Officer, The Delta Companies
Four Hickory Centre
1755 Wittington Place, Suite 800
Dallas, TX  75234
(800) 521-5060 x4102
mbowles@tdcpeople.com
http://www.TDCpeople.com

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