2017 Inc. 5000 - Oakwood Search lands in #2 spot for Human Resources Companies

Denver, CO, Aug. 16, 2017 --

Oakwood Search announced today that it landed #74 overall on the 2017 Inc. 500 honoring the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States.  In its category of Human Resources, Oakwood Search placed #2.  Over the past 36 years, this award has honored top performing growth companies including Microsoft, Zappos, Under Armor, GoPro and dozens of others that have gone on to become household names.

Oakwood Search specializes in identifying, securing, deploying and managing top talent for 5 of the top 20 largest banks in the world.  Its Contingent Workforce Solutions have proven valuable to the complex environments of today’s modern businesses.  Asked about the success of the company, Managing Partner Brian McIntyre commented “This award is a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and collaboration of our clients, vendors and tremendously talented staff”.  “Oakwood Search has excelled in its category of Human Resouces companies, showing fantastic prowess in its ability to reach a wide and deep audience in almost all business disciplines quickly and most importantly, accurately “added Jake Norris, Managing Partner.  Norris and McIntyre first met in the early 2000s establishing and growing the Internal Recruiting Department for Fortune 500 Company, MDC Holdings.  For further information on Oakwood’s rankings, please visit https://www.inc.com/profile/oakwood-search

The annual Inc. 5000 event honoring all the companies on the list will be held from October 10 through 12, 2017 at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa in Palm Desert, CA. Speakers include some of the greatest entrepreneurs of this and past generations, such as former Ford president Alan Mullaly, FUBU CEO and founder and “Shark Tank” star Daymond John, Dollar Shave Club founder Michael Dubin, researcher and #1 New York Times bestseller Brené Brown, and Gravity Payments’ founder and CEO Dan Price.  A full list of the Inc. 500 Award Winners can be found in this month’s issue of Inc. magazine or online at https://www.inc.com/inc5000

About The Inc 500

The Inc. 500 is an annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States, introduced in 1982. The Inc. 5000 is an expansion of the Inc. 500, which ranks the country's top 5000 fastest-growing private companies and also features a special ranking of the top 10% of the list as the Inc. 500.