{"id":530,"date":"2010-09-15T16:58:05","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T20:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=530"},"modified":"2010-09-15T16:58:05","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T20:58:05","slug":"only-creative-corporate-cultures-need-apply-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2010\/09\/15\/only-creative-corporate-cultures-need-apply-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Only Creative Corporate Cultures Need Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone who\u2019s ever placed a \u201chelp wanted\u201d ad knows how much is involved in finding, training and retaining quality employees \u2013 even in a tough economy. Making sure those employees enjoy coming to work every day, through good times and bad, takes real effort.<\/p>\n

This month, 75 companies that routinely go that extra mile landed on\u00a0Counselor’s<\/em> 2010\u00a0list of \u201cBest Places to Work.\u201d\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Every ad specialty company on the list provides typical health-care and financial benefits. But some turn into regular Picassos when it comes to devising creative incentive programs, like offering employees $1,000 for buying an eco-friendly car. Other companies on the list \u2013 perhaps thinking of the old adage about the stomach being the true path to the heart \u2013 court employees with tasty bennies like wine tastings and family barbecues.<\/p>\n

Dacasso (asi\/48125<\/em>), a Gainesville, FL-based supplier that landed in the number-one spot, gives off such a good vibe that even computer repairmen who visit the office leave thinking, \u201cThis is a great place to work!\u201d Dacasso sets itself apart with everything from all-company murder mysteries to a tax-advantaged profit-sharing plan that allows employees to become fully vested at three months.<\/p>\n

To read our press release about the \u201cBest Places to Work\u201d list, click here<\/a>. To read the cover story, which was written by Counselor <\/em>Editor Andy Cohen and Staff Writer Dave Vagnoni and includes a very cool interactive map, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here at ASI, we\u2019ve received the Philadelphia Business Journal<\/em>\u2019s \u201cBest Place to Work\u201d award two years in a row. And we\u2019ve been nominated by the Wall Street Journal<\/em> for a \u201cTop Small Workplaces\u201d award.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Employees tell us our annual employee recognition ceremony, on-site day care, ice cream socials and fiercely competitive Field Day helps set us apart. I\u2019m proud to say our turnover is historically low. If you\u2019d like to check out our career site, click here<\/a>. We\u2019re hiring!<\/p>\n

Let me know what creative benefits or programs your company offers by posting a comment or emailing me here<\/a>. I\u2019m also on Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone who\u2019s ever placed a \u201chelp wanted\u201d ad knows how much is involved in finding, training and retaining quality employees \u2013 even in a tough economy. Making sure those employees enjoy coming to work every day, through good times and bad, takes real effort. This month, 75 companies that routinely go that extra mile landed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-industry-initiatives","category-news-about-asi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}