Spencer Stuart Selected as First Executive Search Firm Honored With Ziggs’ Website Quality Award

This Month’s Corporate ZBest Award Recognizes Excellence in Online Profiles for a Global Team of Executive Search Consultants

Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 28, 2006 – Ziggs, Inc., the fast-growing business people search and online image management platform, today announced that Spencer Stuart has been selected as corporate winner of the Ziggs ZBest Profile Award for April, 2006. Setting a standard of excellence for the industry, Spencer Stuart is the first global executive search firm to be awarded a ZBest Profile Award for its website’s consultant profile style.

Introduced in January 2005 to help set the Internet’s website standard for a quality, professional, online profile, the ZBest Profile Award is awarded monthly to both one organization and the one individual that has developed and presented the most professional online profile listed in the Ziggs Index. Enjoying rapid global growth, Ziggs now provides people search and profile services for customers in over fifty countries. As a result, Spencer Stuart was selected for this honor from a pool of worldwide companies listed in the Ziggs Index of Professionals.

Ziggs believes that Spencer Stuart’s online consultant profiles are an excellent example of a profile style that successfully enables the firm to represent their consultants in a highly professional method online. The Spencer Stuart profiles are anchored with a professional photograph that helps the viewer build trust in the consultant and is also valuable for use with virtual introductions. In support of the photo, every profile provides useful information on the consultant’s work experience, education and practice specialties, allowing the visitor to feel fully informed.

The Spencer Stuart profiles are positioned within a frame of useful resources on the website. The profile frame includes the office address and contact information for consultants, as well as a “request information” link for inquiries. The top menu of the profile offers Spencer Stuart services, practices, research and insight, and links to tools for your career success. A search box and an option to select a specific country for your search are also provided to allow for the visitor to access any aspect of the Spencer Stuart online universe from every consultant profile. The use of color, design and tone in every profile further supports the Spencer Stuart brand and values philosphy: “We adhere to a code of professional ethics with an emphasis on honesty and integrity — handling our relationships with clients, candidates and colleagues with great care.”

“Spencer Stuart’s online profiles enable the consultancy to build brand awareness and engage website visitors in a very professional yet personal manner,” said Tim DeMello, founder and chief executive officer, Ziggs. “Each consultant profile is a valuable business tool that showcases the company’s most important asset – their global team of professional consultants.” To see an example of a Spencer Stuart profile style, people search at Ziggs for “Stephanie Davis.”

Winners are chosen by Ziggs at the close of a monthly review process that includes an assessment of the professionalism, content value, brand value and creativity of all online profiles in the Ziggs Index. The professionalism measure weighs the overall quality of the entire profile, including the photograph. The content value measure rewards profiles that present the most valuable information to a prospect or client reviewing the profile. The brand value measure assesses the profile’s level of success in communicating the company brand and corporate identity within the profile. The creativity measure seeks to reward profiles that are creative in their efforts to communicate all of the above three elements. In combination, these measurements set the standard for the definition of a quality online profile.

Companies and individuals who wish to submit their online profile for consideration for future Ziggs ZBest Profile Awards can e-mail their profile submission to ZBest@Ziggs.com. Entries received by the last date of a given month will be reviewed for consideration for the upcoming month’s award. Winning entries are announced in a press release, presented online at www.Ziggs.com, and receive a ZBest Award for display at their place of business. Help Ziggs help the industry raise the standard for professional online profiles, and submit your quality profile for consideration today.

About Ziggs, Inc.

Millions of professionals are searched for online every day. Dedicated to assisting these professionals in meeting their business objectives by optimizing the experience of presenting to and connecting with professionals online, Ziggs is the first destination site for businesspeople search and professional profile management. Providing the fastest-growing index of current professional profiles on the Web, Ziggs delivers targeted professional search and easy-to-use profile management tools for companies and individuals that assist in generating new business opportunities by finding and connecting with professionals. Founded in October 2003, Ziggs is headquartered in Boston, MA. For more information, visit www.Ziggs.com.

Media Contact:

Julia Bradley

Ziggs, Inc.

617.424.8600 x223

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