Career Path Services places 7th on the Non-Profit/Government List of Best Companies to work for in Washington!How the Best Was Won |
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Is it the salaries? The benefits? Or simply that you feel like more than just another cog in the machine?
Whatever it is, it's hard to pin down, and many factors can make a company a great place to work. At Astronics AES, a Redmond manufacturer of aerospace electronics, it's good medical benefits and a relaxed work environment. Employees at Tacoma-based design firm BCRA raved about a well-rounded company with a great corporate culture. And at Allyis, a Kirkland technology-staffing company, one employee cited the "dynamite benefits package" and an entire department dedicated to employees' well-being.
It's when most of the employees can cite similar positive experiences that a company gets elevated to the status of a Best Company to Work For. These are the companies that rise to the top of the pile, for taking extra steps to ensure that their employees feel valued and are making a positive contribution to the workplace and the company.
To compile this year's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Washington CEO Magazine anonymously surveyed approximately 20,000 employees at 308 companies on such criteria as effective communication, training, responsibility and decision-making, performance standards, rewards and recognition, benefits, leadership, work environment, hiring and retention, and corporate culture. The data were compiled by market research firm Ipsos, and a distinguished panel of nine judges reviewed the data and comments from the employees.
The judges were the final arbiters of the top scorers, assigning additional points at their discretion as a reflection of how well they believed the companies were doing by their employees. The judges were looking for a number of factors, although one thing propelled some of the high scorers into the top ranks -- when a company's employees and management provided a similar assessment of the workplace independent of each other. That kind of accord is what being a Best Company to Work For is all about.
How the Best was Won - Washington CEO Magazine Article
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Career Path Services is a private non-profit incorporated in the State of Washington. Our mission is to help a broad range of people and organizations meet their employment goals. Since we are funded by federal, state and other grants, we are able to provide our services at no cost, although eligibility requirements may apply.
Why should you choose Career Path Services? Because we get the job done! We've been in business since 1971 and have helped thousands find the career or employee they were searching for.
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Career Path Services Board Member, Marléna Sessions, named new CEO of the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County.
Workforce Development Council names new CEO
SEATTLE—Marléna Sessions will take the helm of the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County in a time of great change and opportunity for the organization.
The board of the WDC, a nonprofit workforce “think tank” and grant-making organization charged with overseeing a large system of employment and training in Seattle and King County, named Ms. Sessions this week to replace outgoing Chief Executive Officer Kris Stadelman.
Ms. Sessions has served as Chief Operations Officer since the WDC was created in 2000, and with the council’s previous incarnation, the Private Industry Council, beginning in 1996.
“I am delighted to be leading this organization, especially in this momentous time for our economy and our field of workforce development,” said Ms. Sessions. “We have an opportunity to make a bigger impact than ever in our community.”
She will oversee an annual budget that was almost $14 million in 2008, the majority of which federal funding from the Department of Labor. In 2009, the WDC’s budget will greatly increase to include federal American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funding intended to get Americans back to work and to provide youth with summer job opportunities.
As CEO of the WDC, Ms. Sessions will answer to a board made up of private sector, labor, education and community-based leaders. The WDC’s mission is to ensure a strong economy as well as a path to self-sufficiency for every resident.
Ms. Sessions has considerable expertise in the areas of organizational development and designing and implementing top-quality employment and training programs. Before joining the WDC in 1996, she coordinated and managed the highly successful education, employment and training programs of Career Path Services in Spokane. Her professional service includes being a mentor on the Department of Labor’s People Inspiring Transformation team.
Ms. Sessions is a member of the Leadership Council of The Workforce Alliance and serves on the board of Career Path Services. She holds a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University and a bachelor of arts in political science from Whitworth College. She lives in Issaquah with her husband Paul Ringo and her children Isabel and Isak.
Outgoing CEO Kris Stadelman is leaving the WDC to head up the North Valley Job Training Consortium (NOVA), a workforce board serving seven cities in California’s Silicon Valley. Her leadership in Seattle-King County has built an award-winning organization and employment and training system. Her last day with the WDC will be April 10.
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The Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County (www.seakingwdc.org) is a private, nonprofit organization that oversees employment-related programs for youth, the adult workforce and employers in King County, with the goal of a strong economy and self-sufficiency for every resident.