TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - November 01, 2016) - Eagle Professional Resources (Eagle) is pleased to announce that the professional staffing company's co-founder and CEO, Janis Grantham, was named in Staffing Industry Analysts' Global Power 100, Women in Staffing List. The complete list was released yesterday.

Now in its second year, the list includes CEOs and Senior Managers, as well as women in a variety of roles who have a made a quantifiable impact to ensure success in the team, branch, brand, events or products. According to the Global Power 100 website, among those included are policymakers, businesspersons, technologists, crusaders, and leaders who share the common goal of a love for promoting and shaping talent.

"It's an honour to once again be put into a group with so many inspirational women," commented Grantham. "There are millions of remarkable female leaders all around the world, doing extraordinary work in every industry. Thank you to SIA for recognizing the contributions that women bring to our industry through the Global Power 100."

Earlier this year, Grantham was named CEO of Eagle, a professional staffing company which she co-founded and led for the previous 20 years as President and COO. In that time, Eagle grew from an organization with $10 million in revenue and 10 staff to a national success, boasting over $100 million in revenue and nearly 100 employees. In addition to her place on the Global Power 100, in the past year alone, Grantham was included on PROFIT and Chatelaine's W100 list of Canada's Top Female Entrepreneurs and named on SIA's Staffing 100 List, which recognizes North America's most influential people in staffing.

About Eagle

Founded in 1996, Eagle is one Canada's largest and most successful professional staffing companies. A Canadian-owned company with ten (10) offices from coast-to-coast, Eagle specializes in sourcing technology, finance and accounting, and management consulting professionals for contract and full-time positions. Eagle was recently named as one of the Best Workplaces in Canada for the second year, was one of Canada's Top 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures in 2012, is a platinum member of the Canada's Best Managed Companies (every year since 1999) and was Ottawa's Mid-Market Company of the Year (2011). The company has been ISO 9001 certified since June 2006, is a very active advocate within the Canadian staffing industry association (ACSESS & NACCB) and supports many charities. To learn more about Eagle and its network of offices, please visit www.eagleonline.com or call toll-free 1-866-78-NESST(63778). Check out Eagle's blog at http://www.eagleonline.com/blog and follow us on twitter @eaglestaffing.