The Ames Express office is a franchise of Express Employment Professionals and puts people to work. Express generated more than $2.5 billion in sales and employed nearly 400,000 people in 2013. It ranks as the largest franchised staffing company and second largest privately held staffing company in the United States. Express is committed to the vision of helping as many people as possible find good jobs by helping as many clients as possible find good people. Its long-term goal is to put a million people to work annually. Currently, it puts more than 5,000 new people to work each week. Offices offer a full range of employment solutions, including evaluation hire, temporary staffing, professional search and human resources. Express focuses on a wide range of positions, including professional, commercial and administrative. In 2014, Express was named the #1 industrial staffing provider and one of the fastest growing major staffing companies by Staffing Industry Analysts. Express was also awarded the 2014 Best of Staffing Client award and the Best of Staffing Diamond award by Inavero, in partnership with CareerBuilder. Fewer than 2% of staffing firms in the U.S. and Canada have been named to the Best of Staffing list for client satisfaction, and only 12% of the Best of Staffing winners earned the Diamond award for outstanding client satisfaction for five consecutive years.