Rankings for 2008 Best Companies to Work For in Colorado Announced

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Colorado State Council, six local SHRM chapters in Colorado, Jobing.com, Colorado Biz Magazine, and the Best Companies Group honored the top 40 Best Companies to Work For in Colorado for 2008 during an awards ceremony at the DCPA's Seawall Ballroom today. 9News Business Reporter Simone Wilkerson emceed the event.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) August 2, 2008 -- The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Colorado State Council, six local SHRM chapters in Colorado, Jobing.com, Colorado Biz Magazine, and the Best Companies Group honored the top 40 Best Companies to Work For in Colorado for 2008 during an awards ceremony at the DCPA's Seawall Ballroom today. 9News Business Reporter Simone Wilkerson emceed the event.

"The SHRM Colorado State Council was proud to support this statewide Colorado program that recognizes the Best Companies to Work For," said Carlene Goldthwaite, Director of the SHRM Colorado State Council. "The strong attendance at today's event underscores the value of this event. It is a standard of achievement and a distinction that makes companies more marketable to potential employees and customers."

The Best Companies to Work for in Colorado recognizes participants in two different categories in Colorado: small/medium-sized companies (25-249 employees) and large-sized employers (250 employees or more).

Through established research practices, a survey was sent to both employers and employees in a large and diverse pool of companies across Colorado. The Best Companies Group, in coordination with ModernThink, LLC scored the workplace practices surveys along with the employee survey using a formula similar to, but not identical to, Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work for in America." Winners are highlighted in the August 2008 Colorado Biz Magazine.

To be eligible for consideration, companies had to meet the following criteria:

Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business

Be a publicly or privately held business, or government entity

Have a facility in the state of Colorado

Have a minimum of 25 employees in the state of Colorado

For more information on Best Companies to Work For in Colorado, or to register your company for the 2009 event or for more information on the SHRM Colorado State Council, please visit www.coshrm.org.

Large Company Category (250 employees or more)

Rank    Company Name

1    Edward Jones

2    Pinnacol Assurance

3    AlloSource

4    Mercury Payment Systems

5    Alpine Bank

6    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

7    Merrick & Company

8    Cheyenne Mountain Resort

9    Quest Diagnostics Incorporated

10    Education Sales Management

11    CoBank

12    GE Johnson Construction Company

13    T-Mobile USA - Colorado Call Centers

14    Baxa Corporation

15    Hercules Industries, Inc.

Small - Medium Company Category (25 - 249 employees)

Rank    Company

1    Infinity Systems Engineering

2    Rally Software

3    PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc.

4    Moneytree, Inc.

5    The Staubach Company Front Range

6    Memolink, Inc.

7    Buffalo Supply, Inc.

8    Maptek

9    IP5280 Communications

10    ReadyTalk

11    Stern Elkind Curray & Alterman LLP

12    Magpie Telecom Insiders

13    Blu SKY Restoration Contractors, Inc.

14    SOS Staffing Services, Inc.

15    NetQuote

16    New Frontier Bank

17    Design Workshop

18    Crestone Capital Advisors LLC

19    E Source

20    ViaWest, Inc.

21    Administaff, Inc.

22    Rothstein Kass

23    Work Options Group

24    Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

25    Aztek Networks

For more information on Best Companies to Work For in Colorado, or to register your company for the 2009 event or for more information on the SHRM Colorado State Council, please visit www.coshrm.org.

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