CALIBRE Honored Nationally as One of the ''50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America''.ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- CALIBRE, an employee-owned management and technology services company, has been named among the top 50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work for in America. The list was announced on June 20th before an audience of more than 12,000 at the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM SHRM Society for Human Resource Management SHRM Saw Horse Roof Mount (construction) ) 57th Annual Conference & Exposition in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . CALIBRE ranked sixth on the list for medium-sized companies. This list ranks the top 25 small and top 25 medium companies in America that have used smart people management strategies to develop successful organizations with highly productive and satisfied workforces. The organizations, ranging in size from 50 to 999 employees, were announced by SHRM and selected and ranked by the Great Place to Work(R) Institute (GPTW). The winning organizations will appear in the July issue of HR Magazine, the Society's flagship publication with a circulation of 200,000, available at www.shrm.org/hrmagazine and also listed on the GPTW web site at www.greatplacetowork.com. "It is an honor to have been selected for this award," commented William E. DePuy William Eugene DePuy was a U.S. Army general and the first commander of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. He is widely regarded as one of the principal architects of the restructuring of U.S. Army doctrine after the American withdrawal from Vietnam. , Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ) of CALIBRE. "It shines a very bright light on the dedicated efforts of everyone in our company to build and sustain a really great place to work. We are truly delighted." "For some time, large organizations have been recognized for their successful business strategies. However, small and medium companies make up the majority of the American economy and should also be recognized for their unique human capital strategies and organizational success," said SHRM President and CEO, Susan R. Meisinger, SPHR SPHR Senior Professional in Human Resources SPHR Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights SPHR Sphere . "The organizations on this year's list have demonstrated that smaller companies can compete with large organizations in terms of how to effectively incorporate strategies that make the most effective use of the workforce." Great Place to Work(R) Institute cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found , Robert Levering, said, "These companies stand out because their employees find them to be places where they can trust the management, have pride in their work and have fun at work. Other companies have much to learn about how to both be productive and do right by their people." About SHRM & The Great Place to Work(R) Institute SHRM is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 200,000 individual members, the Society's mission is both to serve human resource management professionals and to advance the profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM currently has more than 500 affiliated chapters and members in more than 100 countries. For more information, contact SHRM Media Affairs at 703.535.6012. The Great Place to Work(R) Institute is a research and management consultancy headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden with affiliate offices in 25 other countries throughout the world. The organization produces other "Best Companies to Work for" lists, including Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work for"(C), which recognizes employers with 1,000 or more employees. About CALIBRE Established in 1989, CALIBRE is an employee-owned management and technology services company. For seventeen years, CALIBRE has built and delivered practical, timely, best value solutions to solve management, technology, and program challenges. CALIBRE serves customers in the public and private sectors - defense, federal civil, state and local government, and commercial. CALIBRE's service offerings include strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , decision support, program & operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. , logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet , financial & cost management, installation & land management, environmental technology, safety & health compliance, and information technology. The company is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. For more information about CALIBRE, please visit www.calibresys.com. |
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