Alliance of Professionals & Consultants, Inc. ranks on the Purple Squirrel List

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) January 29, 2004 -- A listing of the 100 fastest-growing IT staffing companies, reflecting APC�s ranking of 17th place, was published in December 2003 issue of The Talent Economy. Rankings were determined by growth in net sales between 2000 and 2002, and are ranked solely on percentage growth.



To be eligible for the Purple Squirrel 100, applicants are required to be a staffing company actively placing IT professionals, headquartered in the U.S., and have 51% or greater of all net sales from IT staffing. The list is comprised of public and private companies.

APC is delighted to add the Purple Squirrel 100 to their list of awards and accomplishments this year. In 2003, APC has been mentioned on several of the Triangle Business Journal Lists, ranked 30th in the Fast 50 privately growing companies, and 5th in Technical Staffing Companies. Other highlights in 2003 include being nominated by our client for the U.S. Small Business Administration's Subcontractor of the Year Award and joining Deloitte & Touche�s prestigious Technology Fast 50 for the 6th year with a ranking of 23rd place.



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About Alliance of Professionals & Consultants

Alliance of Professionals & Consultants, Inc. is a responsive professional services staffing company providing contract and permanent placement of highly skilled technical and managerial professionals on a worldwide basis. APC provides staffing for Information Technology, Engineering, and Business Services. APC is a Native American privately owned corporation founded and incorporated in the state of North Carolina with offices in Raleigh, NC (Headquarters), Charlotte, NC, Houston, TX, Tampa, FL, Atlanta, GA, and Washington DC.





About Purple Squirrel

Published by New Work Media, Purple Squirrel is the strategy magazine for the IT staffing/services industry. Purple Squirrel is the only magazine in the U.S. that exclusively serves the business and information needs of this audience. New Work Media serves the information and communication needs of the IT employment industry. From national magazines to electronic media, to community- and content-driven Web sites, New Work Media is the only publishing company to exclusively serve the three major sectors of the $100 billion IT employment industry. New Work Media offers highly targeted communications vehicles to reach individual IT professionals, IT staffing and services firms, and Senior IT strategists at corporations who must constantly integrate IT knowledge into their organizations.