Experience

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  Truex Métier

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • President

    • Dec 2009 - Present
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Métier: n. a calling; the work for which a person excels; one’s specialty, area of expertise, or strength; a forte; your purpose. Truex Métier is the reincarnation of Truex Associates, one of the most successful and well known staffing companies in the Bay Area during the 80s and 90s. Founded in 1983 by Mary Ann Truex and John Cullens, Truex Associates grew to 500 contract and permanent employees throughout California. Truex Associates along with its sister company, Truex Temps, were sold to a publically traded staffing company in 1998. After the sale, John and Mary Ann became involved in various venture capital and nonprofit endeavors including 6 years of research into Positive Psychology and its effect on corporate productivity. This was the most exciting of all of their ventures. Can positivity actually have an impact on the productivity and profitability of an organization? There are several successful companies that are helping their clients improve positivity in their existing employees, but why not recruit and hire positive employees instead of “fixing” them later? Few companies have the recruiting experience and the expertise in Positive Psychology required to source and evaluate positive candidates. And we all know that positive, highly productive candidates don’t fall into our laps or spend their lives searching job postings; they must be sought after. Truex Métier is the integration of two decades of staffing experience and the power of Positive Psychology working together to assist our clients in the science of hiring positive, productive employees. As important, is our ability to test and teach existing employees the power of positivity in their work and personal lives. That is our true métier.What is your true métier?

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  Applied Happiness Foundation

  • Southern California

  • President, Co-Founder

    • 2005 - Present
    • Southern California

    In 2005 Mary Ann began research in the new field of Positive Psychology. This research led to the creation of The Applied Happiness Foundation whose mission is to develop and teach the tools necessary to achieve a permanently happier state of being.

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  Truex Associates

  • Managing Partner

    • 1983 - 1998

    Mary Ann founded Truex Associates, one of the most successful and well known staffing companies with offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Jose and Newport Beach, California. Truex Associates along with its sister company, Truex Temps, were sold to a publically traded staffing company in 1998.