Compensation, Benefits and Employee Solutions
The competitiveness  of compensation and benefits relative to comparable organizations as well as the ability to provide unique, creative and customize solutions to employees.

Employee Enrichment, Engagement and Retention
Extent to which employees are meaningfully and personally connected to their work and their company that drives retention.  As well as the extent to which a company understands and adapts to the individual needs of their employees by looking at the employee as a whole, not just the work environment

Employee Education and Development
Extent to which an organization encourages, supports and creates a learning environment with the focus on career development.

Recruitment, Selection and Orientation
The extent to which employees are recruited using multiple methods and systematic process to select the best fit for culture and performance while ensuring a quality on-boarding orientation experience.

Employee Achievement and Recognition
Extent to which an organization recognizes and rewards individual employee achievements and outstanding performance by individuals, teams and as an organization.

Communication and Shared Vision
The effective exchange of information from senior leaders to employees and the extent to which employees are given a platform to communicate opinions, ideas, issues and concerns.

Diversity and Inclusion
Extent to which the organization recognizes and rewards achievements and outstanding performance, and works to retain their best and brightest employees.

Recruitment and Selection
Extent to which an organization is open and inclusive to people of differing human qualities, promotes a tolerant work environment, and considers multiculturalism to be a competitive advantage. 

Work-Life Balance
Extent to which the organization and it’s management recognize the need for personal balance as an employee by implementing programs to accommodate such needs.  

Community Initiatives
Extent to which the organization is committed to improving the local community while providing the encouragement and time for employees to participate in a meaningful way.

Strategic Company Performance
The extent to which the human resources team collaborates to drive company performance with c-suite executives in a proactive and meaningful way.

Small Business
Recognizes exemplary performance and innovation in companies of less than 100 employees that demonstrate the true spirit of enterprise in their business practices.

Best of the Best 
The overall winner is a company that excels in every category and scores significantly high in all areas of human resource practices.  This company ensures that everything that is done through their mission, vision, values, culture and leadership speaks to high regard for making the company an employer of choice.   The overall winner is awarded the “Best of the Best” honor.