Oklahoma: A Story Through Her People

Express put more than 80,000 people to
work at companies across North America and
South Africa.”
For more than thirty years, this dynamic
Oklahoma company has been helping people
find work all across North America and
South Africa in different trades, industries
and professions. From the start, the company’s
vision has been to help as many people
as possible find good jobs by helping as
many clients as possible find good people.
This is accomplished through a network of
more than 700 franchises.
As the number one staffing franchise,
Funk not only takes great joy in helping
people find employment, but he cannot think
of a more rewarding career than helping
Express franchisees achieve the dream of
owning their own business.
Express began franchising in 1985
because of the lack of available capital at
banks. In the first year of franchising, Express
experienced phenomenal growth. Within
five years, Express Employment Professionals
continued with its exceptional growth and
was ranked among the top staffing firms in
the United States.
“We were determined to grow by finding
great franchisees who believed in the Express
vision,” Funk said. “I have always liked
business ownership and I discovered that
when you have skin in the game, you play
harder, you work smarter and you produce
at a higher level.”
Franchisees are known for their client
satisfaction ratings, achieving Inavero’s Best
of Staffing Client ® Award for five years
running and subsequently being Named Best
of Staffing ® Diamond Award Winner.
Express was recognized as one of the
fastest growing privately held companies
in the country and named to the Inc. 500
four years in a row. The staffing giant was
named the number one staffing franchise in
America for three consecutive years and
named one of the top 100 fastest growing
franchise systems in America, out of 3,500
franchisors, for two consecutive years by
Entrepreneur Magazine. In 2014, Staffing
Industry Analysts named Express as one of
the fastest growing major staffing companies
and ranked the company number one in
industrial staffing.
“The growth we’ve seen in our company
is a testament to the culture of Express,”
Funk said. “We have an incredible support
team that is dedicated to helping people
succeed at the franchise level, and our
franchisees are personally invested in seeing
their communities grow and thrive.”
Investing in the community is very important
to Express Employment Professionals.
They continuously provide support to local
and international charities and organizations.
And many of the Express owners and their
staff members partner with local charities to
contribute to causes that are important to
their employees and customers.
International headquarters employees
at Express Employment Professionals
celebrates the company’s associates working
worldwide for a total of three million hours
worked in one week.
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