The Select Family of Staffing Companies, Akraya Inc., RCM Technologies Inc. (NASD: RCMT) and Aerotek announced the receipt of awards.

Fred Pachon, VP of risk management and insurance for The Select Family of Staffing Companies was named risk manager of the year, an award presented by Business Insurance magazine and the Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc.

Sonu Ratra, co-founder and president of Sunnyvale CA-based staffing firm Akraya Inc., was named to the 40 Under 40 List by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

RCM Technologies, a Pennsauken NJ-based staffing firm, announced it received the general manager award as part of Microsoft Corp.'s Heartland Area partner awards program.

Aerotek, part of the Allegis Group, was selected as a 2009 top supporter historically black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions by the deans of the ABET-accredited engineering programs and the corporate-academic alliance Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering.