Staffing Industry Analysts announced the winners of the “2017 Best Staffing Firms to Work For” competition on Wednesday during the Staffing Industry Executive Forum North America in San Diego, Calif. The competition was sponsored by Monster.

The Best Staffing Firms to Work For North America winners are categorized by number of internal employees into five size groups, with grand prize winners in each group. In addition, there are two UK categories, with a grand prize winner in each.

This year’s grand prize winners are:

• Lighthouse Management Group — 10 to 20 internal employees
• The Goal — 21 to 50 internal employees
• ALKU — 51 to 200 internal employees
• Aya Healthcare — 201 to 500 internal employees
• CHG Healthcare — 501-plus internal employees

“Congratulations to all the Best Staffing firms to Work For; their accomplishments in creating an engaged workforce are helping drive success for their businesses and the industry,” said Barry Asin, president of Staffing Industry Analysts.

“Our research suggests a high correlation between the satisfaction of internal employees and the satisfaction of a firm’s temporary workers you place with your clients,” Asin said. “And there’s no better way to drive client satisfaction than with high-performing temporary workers.”

Here is a list of all the winners of the Best Staffing Firm to Work For:

10 to 20 internal employees:

• Lighthouse Management Group – Grand Prize Winner
• Agile
• Airetel Staffing
• Capstone Technology Resources
• ESP IT
• Locums Unlimited
• Paramount Software Solutions
• Parker Staffing Services
• Portfolio Creative
• Sigmaways
• Vertek Solutions

21 to 50 internal employees:

• The Goal  – Grand Prize Winner
• AccruePartners
• Akraya
• Corps Team
• Healthcare IT Leaders
• High Country Search Group
• The Hired Guns
• ICON Staffing Network
• IT Works Recruitment
• John Galt Staffing
• Kavaliro
• Koya Leadership Partners
• Labor Staffing
• Pacific Companies
• Porter Group
• Ro Health
• Synergis
• Valley Healthcare Staffing

51 to 200 internal employees:

• ALKU – Grand Prize Winner
• Atlas Medstaff
• The Davis Companies
• Fast Switch
• FlexCare Medical Staffing
• Fusion Medical Staffing
• Hayes Locums
• INT Technologies
• Jackson & Coker
• LaSalle Network
• Onestaff Medical
• Optomi
• Phaidon International
• Premier Staffing
• Pride Global
• Quest Group
• SSI
• Sparks Group
• TaleMed
• Travel Nurse across America
• VincentBenjamin

201 to 500 internal employees:

• Aya Healthcare – Grand Prize Winner
• Favorite Healthcare Staffing
• Medical Solutions
• Medicus Healthcare Solutions
• TekPartners/ MedPartners

501-plus internal employees:

• CHG Healthcare – Grand Prize Winner
• Beacon Hill Staffing Group
• Collabera
• Roth Staffing Companies
• Signature Consultants

For the UK, only grand prize winners were listed in each of the two categories: Understanding Recruitment with 10 to 50 internal employees and ConSol Partners with more than 50 employees.

In addition, there is a category for Best Staffing Firm to Temp For, and the top winners is Akraya.

The full list of winners in the Best Staffing Firms to Temp For category:

• Akraya – Grand Prize Winner
• Digital Prospectors
• Fusion Medical Staffing
• LABUR
• Roth Staffing Companies
• Signature Consultants
• Swoon Group

Methodology

The “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” program had five grand prize winners in North America based on company size — from 10 to 20 internal employees to a category for 501-plus internal employees.

While there were five categories for North American firms, there were two categories for UK firms: 10 to 50 internal employees and 51-plus internal employees.

For the “Best Staffing Firms to Temp For” contest (for external workers), there was one category. There was a top winner, but all firms with a Net Promoter Score of 50 or more were finalist winners.

This year, 222 staffing firms registered for the program, which, as in previous years, was conducted for Staffing Industry Analysts by Quantum Workplace, an Omaha, Neb.-based company.

Internal employees at each firm taking part were asked to complete a 40-question online survey that measures six key engagement categories focusing on items including communication and resources, individual needs, manager effectiveness, personal engagement, team dynamics and trust in leadership.

In order to gather statistically sound results, participating companies must have reached a minimum level of employee participation, based on total number of employees. Responses from each question of each completed survey were compiled and evaluated. Companies in each size category were ranked according to their overall composite score. Winners were chosen based entirely on the survey results.

The Best Staffing Firms to Temp For were ranked based on their Net Promoter Score, which was calculated based on temps’ responses to questions like how likely it is they would recommend this staffing firm to a friend.

— Executive Forum