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Best Places to Work is a contest, designed to recognize companies where employees are valued and engaged. Whether you're a first-time nominee or an annual competitor, you'll want to check out this guide! Keep reading for:

? Key benefits of competing in Best Places to Work ? A step-by-step guide to participating ? Information on customizing your survey ? Details on maximizing your results with

in-depth reporting ? Helpful answers to frequently asked questions

and more!

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Contents

04 Benefits of Participating 05 About the Survey 06 Sample Survey Items 07 Find Your Contest 09 Set Up Your Survey 10 Customize Your Survey 11 Upload Email Addresses 12 Email Upload Step-by-Step Guide 13 Reporting Options 14 FAQs

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Why Participate in

? Keep your culture healthy with a quick and easy employee assessment!

? Understand where your organization stands with a high-level overview of engagement.

? Gain insight into your organization's strengths and weaknesses.

? Access an intuitive data platform with customizable presentations and advanced reporting.

? Grow your brand integrity with a little PR coverage as one of the Best Places to Work in your local business publication.

? Attract top talent in your area when you receive recognition as a Best Places to Work.

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Developed in 2004, the Best Places to Work survey contains 30 scored items across six categories. Scored on a six-point Likert-scale from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree, the 30 scored items are designed to measure employee engagement and other workplace factors including:

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Individual Needs

Manager Personal

Team

Best Places to Work gives organizations the chance to compete to be recognized as a place where people love to work. Held annually, Best Places to Work honors superior organizations where voices are heard, cultures are thriving, and employees are engaged.

We encourage you toexplore our Insight Reports to fully utilize your results. Organizations will have the opportunity to purchase a customized survey as well asadvanced reporting on their employees' feedback.

The Best Places to Work program allows you to quickly and easily assess your employees' perceptions of your workplace. The assessment will give you insight into your organization's strengths and weaknesses from the eyes of your employees.

Participate in the contest and takeaway invaluable information about your employees, while showcasing your workplace as a Best Place to Work.

12,000+

COMPETING COMPANIES

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30

SCORED QUESTIONS

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Survey questions are categorized into 6 key dimensions.

Communication and Resources

I have the information I need to do my job well

Individual Needs

My job gives me flexibility to meet the needs of both my

work and personal life

Manager Effectiveness

My immediate manager helps me to be successful

in my job

Personal Engagement

I find my job interesting and challenging

Team Dynamics

The people I work with most closely are committed to producing top quality work

Trust in Leadership

There is open and honest communication between employees and managers

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1. Find Your Contest

Go to your contest's nomination website to nominate your organization. Enter your information and submit your nomination to become one of your area's Best Places to Work! The following pages include a complete list of contests, including participating cities, industries, and their publication partners.

City

Albany Albuquerque Atlanta Austin Baltimore Birmingham Boston Buffalo Charlotte Cincinnati Columbus Dallas Dayton Denver Greensboro Hawaii Houston Huntsville Jacksonville

Contest

Best Places to Work in the Capital Region Best Places to Work in New Mexico Best Places to Work in Atlanta Best Places to Work in Central Texas Best Places to Work in Baltimore Best Places to Work in Birmingham Best Places to Work in Boston Best Places to Work in Western New York Best Places to Work in Charlotte Best Places to Work in Cincinnati Best Places to Work in Central Ohio Best Places to Work in Dallas Best Places to Work in Dayton Best Places to Work in Denver Best Places to Work in Triad Best Places to Work in Hawaii Best Places to Work in Houston Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County Best Places to Work in Jacksonville

Publication Partner

Albany Business Review Albuquerque Business First Atlanta Business Chronicle Austin Business Journal Baltimore Business Journal Birmingham Business Journal Boston Business Journal Buffalo Business First Charlotte Business Journal Cincinnati Business Courier Columbus Business First Dallas Business Journal Dayton Business Journal Denver Business Journal Triad Business Journal Pacific Business News Houston Business Journal Chamber Huntsville/Madison County Jacksonville Business Journal

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1. Find Your Contest, Continued

City

Kansas City Lincoln Louisville Madison Memphis Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Puget Sound Raleigh Reno

Sacramento San Antonio San Francisco

South Florida St. Louis Tampa Bay Washington, D.C. Wichita

Contest

Best Places to Work in Kansas City Best Places to Work in Lincoln Best Places to Work in Louisville Best Places to Work in Madison Best Places to Work in Memphis Best Places to Work in Milwaukee Best Places to Work in Minnesota Best Places to Work in Nashville Best Places to Work in Omaha Best Places to Work in Orlando Best Places to Work in Philadelphia Best Places to Work in the Valley Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania Washington's Best Workplaces Best Places to Work in the Triangle Best Places to Work in Reno/Tahoe

Best Places to Work in Sacramento Best Places to Work in San Antonio Best Places to Work in the Bay Area

Best Places to Work in South Florida Best Places to Work in St. Louis Best Places to Work in Tampa Bay Best Places to Work in Washington, D.C. Best Places to Work in Wichita

Publication Partner

Kansas City Business Journal Lincoln Journal Star Louisville Business First Madison Magazine Memphis Business Journal Milwaukee Business Journal Minneapolis Business Journal Nashville Business Journal Omaha World Herald Orlando Business Journal Philadelphia Business Journal Phoenix Business Journal Pittsburgh Business Journal Puget Sound Business Journal Triangle Business Journal Northern Nevada Human Resources Association Sacramento Business Journal San Antonio Business Journal San Francisco Business Times & Silicon Valley Business Journal South Florida Business Journal St. Louis Business Journal Tampa Business Journal Washington Business Journal Wichita Business Journal

Industry

Direct Selling Inc. Magazine Staffing

Contest

Best Places to Work in Direct Selling Inc. Best Workplaces Best Staffing Firms to Work For Contest

Publication Partner

Direct Selling News Inc. Magazine Staffing Industry Analysts

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