AKRAYA Named #20 Fastest Growing Private Staffing Firm in US by Staffing Industry Analysts

July 12, 2010 - PRLog -- This is Akraya's second year in a row on SIA's prestigious list featuring the fastest growing private staffing firms in the US. Staffing Industry Analysts, Inc. is the premier research and analysis firm covering the contingent workforce. Known for its independent and objective insights, the company's proprietary research, data, support tools, publications, and executive conferences provide a competitive edge to decision-makers who supply and buy temporary staffing. In 2010, the Fastest Growing Private Staffing Firms list featured companies with a compound average annual growth of 15% between the years 2005-2009. 44 companies made the list and Akraya, Inc. ranked #20 among them.

“We are honored and thrilled to receive this  recognition for a second year in a row” said Akraya CEO, Amar Panchal. “Despite the economic downturn, Akraya has continued its rapid growth in 2009. Being included on this list again in such challenging times is a testament that our strategic efforts to continue enhance our services and build strong relationships with our clients are paying off.”

Akraya’s fast rise continues in 2010 as well. The Sunnyvale, CA-based, women-owned and minority-owned enterprise has recently been named the 35th Fastest Growing Woman-led Business in the US by Women President’s Organization in the Wall Street Journal. Akraya also won the 2010 Supplier of the Year Award from the Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council, and was named to the 40 Top 2010 Small Workplaces by Great Place to Work Institute in Inc Magazine.

Akraya continues to distinguish its services with custom-built, state-of-the-art  technology, a unique multiple-steps recruiting methodology and customized service delivery model that enables complete flexibility to fit the client’s culture, industry and challenge. The company has recently launched its creative and marketing services as well as payroll services to its core IT and Engineering professional staffing services.

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Akraya, Inc. is a multiple award-winning, fast growing provider of IT, Engineering, Creative & Marketing talent with a Fortune 500 client list that includes eBay, PayPal, Cisco, Facebook, Yahoo, VeriSign, Comcast, Infinera, Abbott Labs, Wells Fargo, Hitachi, Juniper Networks etc. The company has won 14 national and local awards in recent years including the 2010 Supplier of the Year Award from the Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council,2009 Women-owned Business of the Year by Women's Initiative and 2010 Fastest Growing Women-led Business by Women President's Organization published in the Wall Street Journal. Akraya was also named as one of the 40 top 2010 Small Workplaces by Great Place to Work Institute in Inc Magazine. Akraya was founded in 2002, and is a women and minority-owned business and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA with an office in Pune, India. Akraya is also a Green- certified business.