Global Payments Search Firm Achieves Balance With New Brand, Website, Ownership, and Recognition

Feb. 11, 2011 - PRLog -- (Port St. Lucie, FL) – Payments industry recruiting veteran TopGrading Solutions is pleased to announce its new brand: LifeWork Search. This change comes as the electronic payments industry races into a period of seismic growth in mobile, prepaid, e-commerce, security and other financial services applications. This new identity is reflective of the evolution underway in its industry concentration, and is meant to be indicative of the core philosophy of the firm: A balance between life and work creates happier employees, who in turn build more competitive and profitable companies with less turnover and turbulence.

This move comes on the heels of the promotion of Larry Lebofsky from Vice President of the Payments Division to Equity Partner in July 2010. Effective immediately, Larry becomes Managing Director of the Florida headquarters and leads the overall vision and operations of the Payments and Retail Technology Practices.

Topgrading’s Supply Chain Management Division also becomes part of the LifeWork brand. Jason Breault is the owner of the Massachusetts headquarters that specializes in Supply Chain Management and Demand Planning for top-tier Consumer Goods companies.

“As we enter a well-deserved period of economic recovery, the landscape is vastly different than it was in 2008,” Lebofsky says. “For payments companies, the opportunities are nearly overwhelming. Gaining market share in India, China, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa has become highly competitive. Breakthroughs such as the iPhone and Android technology have ignited a no-holds-barred race into mobile commerce. Against this backdrop, there is a new generation of talent entering the job market, and companies are struggling with the resulting management challenges. With all manner of investors taking their money off the sidelines and placing bets on who’s going to come out on top, we are fortunate to have the experience, depth of network, relationships and global manpower to identify, counsel, and place talent with the future winners.”

“The name change symbolizes the core philosophy we bring into every client or recruiting conversation,” Jason Breault says. “Companies that burn out their employees face attrition, absenteeism, and retention problems that ultimately lead to trained talent jumping ship to rival companies. This wastes companies’ time and money and has the unintended consequence of strengthening their competition. The lack of science within the hiring process results in poor chemistry within teams and between departments, which leads to missed deliverables, lost sales and finger-pointing. We believe Life and Work must be brought into balance and when that happens, employees, and their employers, will excel. We have such deep relationships, we know the talent so well, that we can help our clients hand-pick team configurations that create benefits far beyond what is expected when a company creates a job description.”

“At the end of the day, bottom line, it’s about results,” says Larry Breault, who founded the company 30 years ago and has helped numerous small technology firms become today’s industry giants. “If we help candidates achieve better lives through better careers, our clients will prosper beyond what they can even imagine. This new name and the philosophy behind it simply articulates what we’ve been doing all along, in a context that truly resonates today.” Larry Breault continues as an advisor to LifeWork Search and is an active leader in numerous charitiable organizations.

This modern approach to the search and placement business, and the people who are making this happen, can be reviewed at the new website at www.lifeworksearch.com. The launch of the new brand and website occurs simultaneously with the new FaceBook group, LinkedIn group and Twitter feed, all of which may be accessed through the website.

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About LifeWork Search:

LifeWork Search, Inc. is an MRINetwork® affiliate with offices in Florida and Massachusetts. MRINetwork has more than 900 offices in over 35 countries. LifeWork Search builds teams that are a true match for the client and the candidate. They strive to find the harmony between person and position, company and human capital; that leads to the ultimate achievements in life: balance and success. Its industry specialties include Payment Systems, Retail Store Systems, and Supply Chain Planning. Visit LifeWork Search at www.lifeworksearch.com.