West Michigan's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For™ Announced by the Michigan Business and Professional Association

WARREN, Mich., March 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Being named a "West Michigan's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For™" is a designation that hundreds of companies pursue. This year's winners proved to be companies that deliver exceptional human resources practices. They will be honored by the Michigan Business and Professional Association (MBPA) on Thursday, May 8 at The Pinnacle Center in the Grand Rapids area.

This year's winners practice innovative strategies and represent best practices in human resources in industries as diverse as the automotive, insurance, hospitality, communications and nonprofit. (See the attached list of honorees.)

An independent research firm evaluates each company's entry based on key measures in various categories. They include Compensation, Benefits and Employee Solutions; Employee Enrichment, Engagement and Retention; Employee Education and Development; Recruitment, Selection and Orientation; Employee Achievement and Recognition; Communication and Shared Vision; Diversity and Inclusion; Work-Life Balance; Community Initiatives; Strategic Company Performance and the Best of the Best Small Business.

The winning 101 companies also vie for 11 elite awards, one granted for each category. Also, an overall winner that excelled in all categories will be honored with a "Best of the Best Overall" award. The elite award winners will be announced during the luncheon.

The annual symposium and awards program will begin with registration, networking and an exhibit gallery at 7:30 a.m. Educational workshops will follow at 8:30 a.m. The luncheon and awards ceremony begin at 11:00 a.m.

"The selection, recognition and awarding of this year's Best and Brightest companies allows our organization to showcase their best practices. The honorees have clearly demonstrated why each of them would be an ideal place for employees to work. The companies that we are recognizing this year are an example of exceptional human resource practices and represent high standards in today's economic climate," said Jennifer Kluge, MBPA president.

Tickets for the symposium and awards lunch are $120 for MBPA members; $140 for non-members. A member table of 10 is $1,200; non-member tables are $1,400.  Sponsorships are also available.

Contact the Michigan Business and Professional Association at 586-393-8800 or visit www.101bestandbrightest.com to register or for more information. 

Sponsors of the "West Michigan's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For™" include

Grand Rapids Business Journal, WOOD Radio, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, The Employers' Association, DTE Energy, Staples, Davenport University, McGraw Wentworth, SpartanNash and Baudville.

The "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For™", a program of the Michigan Business and Professional Association is presented annually in several markets: Metro Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Houston, West Michigan and Nationally.  Nominations are now being accepted. Visit www.101bestandbrightest.com to obtain an application.

The Michigan Business and Professional Association boasts a statewide sphere of influence that no other organization of its kind can claim, leveraging a depth of programs and community initiatives that positively impact more than 150,000 businesses. Visit them online at www.michbusiness.org.

Michigan Business and Professional Association
27700 Hoover Rd.
Warren, MI 48093-6306
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The West Michigan 101 Best And Brightest Companies To Work For™ The 2014 Winners

A Program Of The Michigan Business And Professional Association

a.j. Veneklasen, Inc.
American Axle Manufacturing
Acoustics By Design, Inc.
Acrisure, LLC
Aerotek
Allied Business Services, Inc.
AmeriFirst Home Mortgage
Andy J. Egan Company
Aon
Applied Imaging
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Baker Holtz, CPAs and Advisors
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Baudville, Inc.
BDO USA, LLP
Beene Garter
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Borgess Health
Buist Electric
C/D/H
Carson City Hospital
Cintas
Clark Retirement Community
Coldwell Banker AJS Schmidt
Comcast
CompHealth
Consumers Credit Union
Crowe Horwath LLP
Crown Motors
CSM Group
Dan Vos Construction Company, Inc.
DFCU Financial
DK Security
Easter Seals Michigan
Elzinga & Volkers Construction Professionals
Express Employment Professionals
Flexco
Flexfab LLC
Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
Grand Rapids Label Company
Greenleaf Hospitality Group
Greenleaf Trust
Hastings City Bank
Hastings Mutual Insurance Company
HNI
Holland Hospital
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Hope College
Hub International Midwest Limited
HUMANeX Ventures
Hungerford Nichols CPAs + Advisors
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Kendall Electric, Inc.
Kent Companies
KSS Enterprises
Lake Michigan Credit Union
Lake Michigan Financial Corporation
Lakewood Construction
Law Weathers
Life EMS Ambulance
Macatawa Bank
Marquette General Hospital
Mercantile Bank of Michigan
Mercy Health Muskegon
Mercy Health Saint Mary
Metro Health Hospital
Michigan Office Solutions
Midstate Security Company
Mill Steel Company
MSU Federal Credit Union
Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan
OST (Open Systems Technologies)
Pennock Health Services
Plante & Moran, PLLC
Porter Hills Retirement Communities & Services
Professional Benefits Services, Inc.
Progressive AE
Ranir
Regal Financial Group, LLC
Rehmann
Rockford Construction Company
Schupan & Sons, Inc.
Seaman's Mechanical
SecurAlarm Systems, Inc.
Service Express, Inc.
Soils & Structures
Southwest Michigan First
SpartanNash Co.
Springthrough
Stahlin Enclosures
Sunset Retirement Communities and Services
The Service Professor
Triangle Associates
Trillium Staffing
Trivalent Group Inc.
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
Willis Law
Worksighted
Yeo & Yeo, CPAs and Business Consultants
Zeigler Auto Group

SOURCE Michigan Business and Professional Association