HARRISBURG, Pa., U.S. (April 20, 2010) – Arcus, an international talent management and consulting solutions company announced today that they are again participating in Take Your Daughters & Sons to Work Day this coming Thursday, April 22, for the third year in a row.  14 students are scheduled to participate in a jam packed day filled with professional development and teambuilding activities at the firm’s corporate headquarters.

The 2010 national theme sponsored by the Take Your Daughters & Sons to Work Day Foundation is called 1 Youth, 1 Dream, 2Morrow’s Leader. Each year, this Foundation, in conjunction with the Arcus Planning Committee, develops new interactive activities for the day to encourage our young people to take better control of their lives now and in the future.

This year’s program is focused on exposing girls and boys to the options they have to make the world a better place on a personal level in the family, in the community, in the country, and in the whole world through better choices of action.  The Arcus team will discuss what it looks like to be a leader and pose life changing questions like: Do you have to be famous?  What about our global responsibility?  How do we influence others?

Emphasis will be on the value of education, facilitating the discovery of the power and possibilities associated with a balanced work and family life, and providing an opportunity to share how students envision their future and how to make a difference in the world around them. Activities have been planned to assist the students prepare for their future careers, form dreams and steps to accomplish them, as well as to interact with parents, relatives, mentors and friends. Students will also learn more about job responsibilities and how developing their interests now can have an impact on careers paths and endeavors later.

“We are really excited for this year’s theme,” said Cindy Rutz, Vice President of HR and Corporate Culture at Arcus. “It’s an exciting day for us as a company when we can play a small role in developing our own youth for real life, for achieving dreams and for becoming a leader. I think the activities that have been planned will be very valuable to the group of students joining us and I believe they will walk away with some potentially new, but certainly beneficial information that can impact them long-term.”

HARRISBURG, PA, US. (April 15, 2010) – Arcus, an international talent management and consulting solutions company announced today that Randy Fox has been hired as Vice President of Delivery and Services.

As Vice President of Delivery and Services, Randy will lead the team responsible for supporting the implementation and exceptional delivery of the organization’s enterprise solutions services offering. He has 21 years of IT experience and has worked for both domestic and international privately-owned companies, including two start-up firms, and will utilize that knowledge and experience in his new position. His expertise lies in information technology systems, project management architectures, software development, quality assurance methodologies, change management practices, policies and best practice operational procedures, and CIO portfolio topics and in his role will serve as a subject matter expert in these specific areas to better drive Arcus delivery.

Before joining the Arcus team, Randy was busy building an impressive resume of experience and success stories. He has held positions at the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts as a Project Manager and was a Chief Technology Advisor for USAID funded Rule of Law Project in the Kingdom of Jordan and was responsible for IT visioning and strategy; capacity building of client leadership and staff related to automation and Information Technology; and mentoring of Information Technology Directorate leadership in all CIO duties as governed by the Information Technology Infrastructure Library. Throughout his impressive career, he has also worked for other large companies in technology and leadership positions, including Deloitte Consulting, Indentrus/Digital Signature Trust Co., Progressive Solutions, AMP Inc., and CACI Inc. This technology and consulting expertise is exactly what Arcus needed to take its own game to a whole new level.

“We’ve made several strategic hires recently to grow our staffing solutions and enterprise solutions services business areas,” said R. Douglas Firestone, President and CEO. “With that focus on growth and account penetration is the need to deliver exceptional results. And, I just knew that Randy was our guy to handle this charge. His experience and knowledge make him a subject matter expert and his consultative approach and focus on processes will produce a winning combination for our clients and for us as an organization.”

“I am so excited to be a part of such an energetic team,” said Randy Fox, the new Arcus Vice President of Delivery and Services. “This company is at the brink of something so tremendous. We exist to provide value to our clients and help them compete in a global market and I am really looking forward to completely exceeding their expectations.”

Randy received his bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from The Pennsylvania State University.