ST. LOUIS (June 20, 2011) –IDG’s Computerworld announces Maritz as a 2011 Best Places to Work in IT honoree, one of 100 top organizations that challenge their IT staffs while providing great benefits and compensation. Honorees will be included in coverage in Computerworld along with results from the 18th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey.
“Maritz is a people company; it prides itself knowing that the passion and creativity of its people drive the diverse solutions that Maritz offers its clients,” said Gil Hoffman, chief information officer, Maritz. “And, its IT people are no different. Maritz understands the fundamental role they serve, crafting innovative technical solutions that allow Maritz to operate as effective as possible, and provide the best experience for its clients and their people.”
IT workers at Maritz have access to a multitude of benefits that foster an enthused, collaborative and innovative culture. In 2010, the Maritz Global Technology Services team hosted the Maritz Virtual Technology Conference with sessions led by IT directors from Maritz, along with guest speakers from technological industries. The conference allowed employees to continue their development and education of the technology field and experience first-hand a new Maritz client solution – a totally virtual engagement platform.
In addition, Maritz launched the MPrize challenge. The 2010 MPrize challenge was a recognition and innovation program that asked employees to address specific business needs by developing a mobile application that could be applied to client solutions. Winners of the challenge earned award points and will get to see their app developed for clients in the next year.
“To be among the Best Places to Work in IT, it’s not enough to seek out and hire the most talented IT professionals, offer them competitive pay and provide great benefits,” said Scott Finnie, editor in chief of Computerworld. “Smart IT people realize that they need to get up to speed on their employer’s revenue opportunities. The organizations that made this year’s Best Places to Work list are creating a work environment that both trains and encourages IT personnel to pursue business-driven opportunities.”
About the Best Places to Work in IT
Since 1994, Computerworld’s annual “Best Places to Work in IT” feature has ranked the top 100 work environments for technology professionals, based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, diversity, career development, training and retention.
About Maritz
Maritz is a sales and marketing services company, which helps companies achieve their full potential through understanding, enabling, and motivating employees, channel partners and customers. Maritz provides market and customer research, communications, incentive initiatives, rewards and recognition, effective meeting, event and incentive management services and customer loyalty programs. For more information, visit www.maritz.com or call 1-877-4MARITZ. Follow us on Twitter @ Maritz_LLC.
About Computerworld
Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information for IT influences worldwide, providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results. Computerworld’s award-winning Web site (http://www.computerworld.com), bi-weekly publications, focused conference series and custom research forms the hub of the world’s largest (40+ edition) global IT media network. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 awards, including Magazine of the Year by American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) awards in 2010, the 2009 Best Blog from the Neal awards, and 2006 Best Overall Web Publication from ASBPE. Computerworld leads the industry with an online audience of over 3.5 million unique, monthly visitors (comScore Media Matrix, August 2010). Computerworld is published by IDG Enterprise, a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world’s leading media, events and research company. Company information is available at www.idgenterprise.com.