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74 BizVoice/Indiana Chamber – May/June 2017
AssuredPartners is a risk management
and insurance company that employs
81 people in Indiana and almost 900
across the country. Formerly Neace
Lukens, this is the second time the
company has been named to the Best
Places to Work in Indiana list.
COO Todd Stocksdale says via email that
employees are asked to meet with prospective
hires during the interview process.
“We call it the ‘Thanksgiving test;’ if
you wouldn’t want to have Thanksgiving
dinner with them, it is probably not a good
fit,” he asserts.
Current employees tend to recruit new
ones as well.
“We have a ‘constantly recruit’ mantra
and pay substantial recruiting referral bonuses
to our employees. We have also embraced
social media outlets, such as LinkedIn, and
are beginning to realize greater awareness and
applicant traffic,” Stocksdale adds.
Community First Bank of Indiana employs
64 people and has been named to the
Best Places to Work in Indiana list
three times.
It’s right there in the name: community.
The company giving back – raising money for
non-profit organizations or working with
local high school students on
entrepreneurship – has people taking notice.
“When we get contacted a lot, even
when we don’t have openings, they say, ‘I
love seeing you in the community,’ ” offers
President and CEO Robert Blume. “That
attracts people to us. We just have a great
group of people who love to give back.”
Blume mentions another outlet for
recruiting is utilizing the Best Places to Work
in Indiana designation to its advantage.
“Our philosophy is to try and hire the
best people, pay them well and expect a lot
out of them. We give people responsibility
and expect them to perform at a high level.
In exchange for that, we treat everybody with
respect and everybody is valuable to the
organization,” he remarks.
Delivra is an email marketing software
company that employs 40 people; the
company has been named to the Best
Places to Work in Indiana list seven times.
John Klein, director of client services,
knows the value of being named one of the
Best Places to Work in Indiana. It is one of
the most effective hiring tools the company
has, with prospective employees pointing to
the designation in their interviews.
“That is a critical piece and those are the
Companies Exercise Care in Hiring Process
SPREAD the WORD
By Charlee Beasor
Best Places to Work in Indiana
Excellent hiring is no doubt one of the most
important factors in a company’s success. Poor
hiring can reduce productivity, lower employee
morale and eventually end up costing money when
the process starts over again to find a replacement.
Honed and refined recruiting strategies and
screening tools can, however, assist in uncovering
the best potential match and finding the right
employee for the job.
BizVoice ® asked representatives from eight of the 100 companies
named to the 2017 Best Places to Work in Indiana list to share some of
their strategies for finding the best and the brightest employees:
• AssuredPartners NL, multiple Indiana locations,
• Community First Bank in Kokomo,
• Delivra, Inc. in Indianapolis,
• J.C. Hart Company, Inc. in Carmel,
• mAccounting in Indianapolis,
• Monarch Beverage in Indianapolis,
• Salesforce in Indianapolis,
• T&W Corporation in Indianapolis,
Companies named to the Best Places to Work in Indiana list, such as AssuredPartners (left) and Delivra, emphasize bringing in the best and the brightest
through strategic recruiting and hiring practices.