ST. PETERSBURG, FL--(Marketwire - Jan 30, 2013) - First Advantage, the leading global provider of comprehensive talent acquisition solutions, today announced that Dan Filby, executive vice president and managing director, was recently elected to serve as an executive board member of the National Employment Opportunity Network (NEON).
Founded in 1996, NEON is a not-for-profit 501C organization dedicated to supporting cost-effective government incentives to encourage employers to hire from groups that face difficulty finding and retaining jobs by championing legislation such as the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) and related state and local incentives. Collaborating with the U.S. Department of Labor and other agencies at the state and local level, NEON works to support existing legislation, enhancements to existing laws and new laws surrounding hiring tax incentives.
As NEON is the primary national voice for hiring tax credits, Filby's election to the executive board further positions First Advantage as a leading voice in the support of WOTC and other tax credit initiatives. The appointment also allows the company to remain up to date and at the forefront of all changes to current tax credit laws and legislation and help its clients to attain the maximum tax credits when hiring employees from eligible groups.
"As the country continues to struggle with high unemployment, one of our main goals is to promote the hiring of individuals with significant barriers to employment and bring more attention to the tax credits and incentives available to employers who do so," said Jack Freker, CEO of First Advantage. "The election of Dan Filby to NEON's executive board highlights our commitment to remain on the cutting edge of all WOTC developments and providing employers throughout the US innovative technology solutions that help them maximize their tax credit programs."
"I'm honored to be elected to the executive board for NEON, an organization nationally focused on the promotion of hiring tax incentives that works closely with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DOL). As a member of the board, I look forward to playing a larger role in NEON's operations and expanding the number of employers who take advantage of lucrative tax incentives," said Dan Filby. He went on to state, "I am also happy to be joining Phil Ownbey, our leader of the First Advantage WOTC business, as he was recently re-elected to the board."
About First Advantage
First Advantage combines domain expertise, technology solutions and data to create proprietary products and services that organizations worldwide use to make smarter business decisions. First Advantage is a leading provider of talent acquisition solutions, including employment background screening, occupational health services, recruiting solutions, skills and behavioral assessments and business tax consulting services. Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, First Advantage has offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. More information about First Advantage can be accessed at www.fadv.com.
About Symphony Technology Group
Symphony Technology Group (STG) is a strategic private equity firm with the mission of investing in and being a partner in building great software and services companies. In addition to capital, STG provides transformation expertise to enable its portfolio companies to deliver more value to clients to retain and attract the best talent and to achieve best-in-class business performance. All STG portfolio companies are expected to grow through innovation. STG's current portfolio consists of 14 global companies with combined revenue of more than $1 billion and thousands of employees spread across North America, Europe and Asia.
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