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.

For the UK, the grand prize winners were Understanding Recruitment in the  10 to 50 internal employees category and ConSol Partners with more than 50 employees.

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.

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

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

Accoring to 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. And there’s no better way to drive client satisfaction than with high-performing temporary workers.”

“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,” Asin said.