Press Release - Women Comprise 20% of Starving Students Movers Field Management

Women Comprise 20% of Starving Students Movers Field Management

Los Angeles & Tacoma, July 14, 2006: Women continue to make great strides in blue-collar industries. Starving Students, the nation’s leading local mover, boasts 20% of its field management is comprised of women. At Starving Students, the women field managers and directors are growing in numbers and, more often than not, outperform their male peers. Two women managers Kim Nicholl and Sara Wicks credit their success in this male-dominated blue-collar industry, to three qualities: determination, drive to outperform, and detail-orientation.

Kim Nicholl, one of five regional directors for Starving Students, sets high expectations for herself, and this, she says, is how she consistently stays ahead of her all-male peers. She is often the number one regional director at Starving Students, maintaining high customer satisfaction ratings, high move completions, and low workers compensation claims. Kim Nicholl is the competition to beat.

Starving Students’ Tacoma, Washington office is making great progress. It has been open less than a year, and under branch manager Sara Wick’s management, it has risen into the top 5 branches in the country. That’s because Sara makes sure her moving crews understand the rationale behind certain rules and procedures. By communicating in depth, Sara ensures her team stays focused, follows protocol, and delights customers.

The women at Starving Students are changing attitudes of everyone they meet. The results speak for themselves. The sole woman regional director out of five regional directors has spent most of her five years at Starving Students as the number one regional director. Also there are 8 women branch managers out of 38 branch managers, and four of the top eight branch managers are women. These women on the move continue to exceed expectations and goals, leading to the conclusion that perhaps the best man for the job is a woman!

For more information, please contact Megan Long at (800) 441-6683 or mlong@ssmovers.com.