10 Reason Why You Should Apply For Best Companies Competition

Published Wednesday May 13, 2015

Still on the fence about applying for Business NH Magazine's Best Companies To Work For competition in 2015? We've got reasons to persuade you to pull the trigger. (Click here if you're already persuaded!)

Participating in this competition is a pretty significant commitment. Congratulations for being the type of manager for whom this matters. Your workforce is already better off for having you as a boss.

1. Time tested, employee approved
We've held this competition for 18 years. If you win, you join a plethora of leading NH companies. Joining that prestigious group will prove a huge advantage when competing for talent. Millennials especially want creative, fun places to work where they can showcase their commitment.

2. Survey scores you can trust
Business NH Magazine is partnering with a winning company, The Employee Engagement Group, to provide streamlined questionnaires for you and your employees.

3. Local recognition matters
The number one reason why companies participate in our Best Companies Program is the recognition they receive when they make the list. Beyond reaching the 50,000 readers of Business NH Magazine, your story may be picked up by local press all over the state.

4. Completing the Culture Audit is good for you
No other Best Companies list does as extensive an audit on a company’s workplace policies and practices than this competition. Culture changes. You need to take frequent temperatures to sustain or adjust your practices.

5. You need to know whether the employees are onboard.

6. Business happens in real-time, your engagement should too. An annual survey provides a blueprint for how to best engage your employees every day.

7. Your people are your most expensive asset. What you think is making them unhappy could be wrong.

8. Progress needs to be measured. Maybe last year's plan is working. Maybe not.

9. Comparisons are good. It may be helpful to see how you rank against other companies that compete.

10. It’s what great companies do.

Click here to apply today! (Winners get featured in the September issue of Business NH Magazine and honored at a breakfast event, co-hosted with the NH Businesses for Social Responsibility, at the Grappone Center in Concord on November 11.)