Kforce Professional Staffing (Nasdaq:KFRC) (http://www.kforce.com) has received the Dale Carnegie Leadership Award in a ceremony at Kforce headquarters.

“We are extremely pleased to receive this award as recognition of Kforce’s commitment to the personal and professional development of our team members. This, in turn, allows us to provide the best possible service to clients and job seekers alike,” says David Dunkel, Kforce chairman and CEO.

The Leadership Award was created by Dale Carnegie to recognize companies that exemplify commitment to staff development, possess strong management leadership and practice high levels of community involvement. Awards are presented to companies around the world.

“We selected Kforce to receive the Leadership Award because they are dedicated to the idea that their employees and consultants are as important to the Firm’s overall success as any technology, patent or business strategy,” says Peter V. Handal, chairman, CEO and president of Dale Carnegie & Associates. “This is a company that is committed and dedicated to improving their performance by developing their people.”

The first Dale Carnegie Leadership Award was presented in 1985 to The Ford Motor Company. Other past winners include Coca-Cola, Adidas, Stop & Shop, Wal-Mart, Campbell Soup and The Four Seasons Hotel.

About Dale Carnegie Training

Dale Carnegie partners with middle market and large corporations as well as organizations to produce measurable business results by improving the performance of employees with emphasis on leadership, sales, team building and interpersonal relations, customer service, public speaking and presentations and other essential management skills. The courses are available in 29 languages throughout the world; they cover the entire United States and reach over 70 countries. Dale Carnegie includes as its clients 400 of the Fortune 500 companies. Approximately 7 million people have experienced Dale Carnegie Training.

About Kforce

Kforce (Nasdaq:KFRC) is a professional staffing firm providing flexible and permanent staffing solutions for commercial and governmental organizations in the skill areas of technology, finance and accounting, and health and life sciences. Backed by more than 2,000 staffing specialists, Kforce operates with 67 offices in 41 markets in North America and one in Manila, Philippines. For more information, please visit our Web site at http://www.kforce.com.

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For Kforce, Tampa
RFB Communications Group
Suzie Boland, 813-259-0345
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