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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY respecting people. impacting business. EMPLOYEE BIOS
NICK PURDY
The Commercial Recruiter, Nick Lives in Pascagoula with his wife, Alyssa, and daughter, Ann Marie. He has been with Express four years. He started his first leadership role as a captain of the Pascagoula Baseball team and then at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Nick continued in a leadership
position at Northwestern State University in Louisiana as team captain where
he lettered both years and started all 56 games his senior year. A competitor all of his life, he carries that competitiveness over to his work. Nick quickly rose through the ranks at Express and was named Recruiting Manager in less than a year from the start of his career at Express. “Express was there when I needed a job and it is now my passion to help others who are in the same situation,” Nick says. “My job is to find my customers top talent with speed and precision.” Around the office Nick is known as the Donkey of Commercial Recruiting.
JESSICA DAVIS
Jessica works as a commercial Staffing Consultant. She joined the Express team in 2017. What she likes most about working at Express is being able to help our clients find great candidates to fit their open positions and to help our associates find long term employment they enjoy. She also loves the positive work environment. In her spare time Jessica enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She currently lives in Biloxi with her daughter Hartleigh Raine.
SARAH SAUNDERS
On-Site Supervisor Sarah Saunders joined the Express family in 2010 with the Metairie, Louisiana Express Pros office as the New Account Manager. She currently recruits in the Manufacturing, Commercial, and Industrial divisions of our Biloxi location. She resides in Bay St. Louis with her boyfriend, Sam, son, Zander, and fur babies, Bouncer and Dewey. If you ask Sarah what she loves about Express, she’ll tell you, “I
am fortunate enough to come to a place every day and hang out with people who have become my family over the last eight years. I’ve been provided with an opportunity to have a successful career that creates growth in my community and the people that live in it every day.”
AUSTIN HAYGOOD
Austin lives in Pascagoula and graduated in Hospitality Management/Business from the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a member of Shell Landing, Hickory Hills, and Pascagoula Country Club. To say the least, he enjoys Golf and the Outdoors! Austin volunteers as much as he can for local charities. He is still looking for that special someone... “I really love working with a good group of people that I can consider friends. We all have a common purpose and that is to put as many good people to work with as many good companies as possible.”
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