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95% of Leaders at Internal Benefits External Benefits Increased financial performance
Public companies recognized as top
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Talent
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5. HOW IT WORKS
Arizona companies STEP 2: Survey Registration Is there a fee to participate? How are companies
that employ at least Once you pre-register and confirm Companies are not required to pay evaluated and selected?
25 workers, full-time or participation, you’ll receive an email
confirmation from our research partner,
a participation fee to go through the
assessment process or to be listed
• 75% of the evaluation is based
part-time are eligible. Best Companies Group (BCG) providing in the special feature section in The
upon the overall satisfaction
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temporary or contract workers. survey tools. CareerBuilder magazine and
• 25% of the evaluation is based upon
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6. Announcing and Recognizing
THE WINNERS
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notified in writing late Winners will be announced in a special Winners will also receive state and
February 2013 if they newspaper feature section publishing
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national exposure on Arizona’s exclusive
website, BestCompaniesAZ.com
have made the list. at azcentral.com/jobs and inside and the national site,
CareerBuilder magazine along with trending BestCompaniesGroup.com.
stories on Arizona’s job market and
workplaces. Companies will be categorized
and featured in the following groups.
By employee size
• Small (25-99)
• Medium (100-999)
• Large (1000+)
By industry
• City or Region across Arizona
• Top Workplaces for Women
• Top Workplaces for Hispanics

7. PROGRAM TIMELINE
October–November 2012 January 2013 June 2013 Get Started Today
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February–March 2013 inside The Arizona Republic, online at
November 20, 2012 Winners Notified/Survey azcentral.com/jobs, CareerBuilder All companies must apply by
Pre-Registration Deadline Results Available magazine, and November 20th, 2012 to participate.
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December 2012 March–May 2013
Submit Completed Employer Information Meetings on
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or contact a team member at
(480) 545-5151 with any questions
you may have about the program.

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help your company raise to the top. Call
Kelli Fawcett at 602-444-6889 or email
at kfawcett@republicmedia.com