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2024 Best Places to Work Announced Workforce Development, Inc. held their annual Best Places to Work award ceremony
Fifteen companies representing the counties of Winona, Freeborn, Mower, Rice, Steele, Goodhue, Olmsted, Houston, Dodge, Fillmore and Wabasha Counties were recognized as the 2024 “Best Places to Work” in Southeast Minnesota. These organizations were celebrated on Thursday, April 25th, 2024, as part of the 2024 Workforce Development Forum. The “Best Places to Work” awards program was a commissioned study by Workforce Development, Inc. The purpose of the program was to recognize some of the best employers in our local area and provide vital information to companies about the practices they use to attract and retain employees. Each company participating was required to complete a 40-question survey that allowed their employment practices to be analyzed by the consulting firm of Personnel Dynamics Consulting of Florida. Every company participating in the survey will receive a detailed 25-page report detailing the information on their company and the results of the survey. The data was measured on such parameters as: turnover, rate of growth, promotion rates, employee evaluations and feedback, percentage of employee injured, diversity of management, benefits offered, training expenditures, paid days off and increase in pay. The Workforce Development, Inc. and sponsors joined forces to bring “Best Places to Work” program to Southeast Minnesota.
2024 Best Places to Work in Southeast Minnesota
SMALL EMPLOYER (UNDER 50 EMPLOYEES) • Arcadian Bank • IBI Data • Peterson, Kolker, Haedt & Benda, Ltd. • Southeast Service Cooperative • Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency
MID-SIZE EMPLOYER (50-150 EMPLOYEES) • Albert Lea Seed House • Cooperative Response Center, Inc. • Custom Alarm • K&G Manufacturing • Peoples Energy Cooperative LARGE EMPLOYER (OVER 150 EMPLOYEES) • Benike Construction • Gemini, Inc. • Knutson Construction • Olmsted County • Riverland Community College
*BOLDED CHAMBER MEMBERS
The Best Places to Work awards were presented at the 2024 Workforce Development Forum. This event also included keynote speaker, Gerry Hoeffner, and a local employer panel (pictured above) discussing their best practices.
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