A be aware from Foundry’s World Editorial Director:
Thanks to your hobby in Computerworld’s Highest Puts to Paintings in IT.
IDGWe are excited to announce that the Highest Puts to Paintings in IT program is increasing in 2022! As an international corporate we need to acknowledge the achievements of businesses all over the place the sector. To allow international participation on this fashionable program, we’re making some important adjustments this yr:
- The survey shall be open to all firms with 5 or extra IT workers, and 100 or extra overall workers international.
- There might not be an worker survey part this yr. Nominated firms will nonetheless entire an organization survey and be given the chance to let us know about their successes in a couple of spaces, together with retention and engagement; variety, fairness, and inclusion; advantages; occupation construction; and coaching.
- Regional panels of judges consisting of business leaders inside of and outdoor of Computerworld will overview entries and make sure the honorees.
- Honorees shall be identified inside of their nation and/or area. As up to now, total and class awards shall be named inside of 3 corporate measurement classes.
We’re making plans to open nominations on Would possibly 31, 2022. We’ll be selling this system on-line and by way of social media. The FAQ list underneath solutions many questions on taking part within the Highest Puts to Paintings in IT program. Further questions may also be emailed to bestplaces@computerworld.com.
We look ahead to finding out extra about what your company is doing to give you the very best imaginable paintings enjoy to your IT workers.
— Matt Egan, World Editorial Director, Foundry
Concerning the Highest Puts to Paintings in IT program
Computerworld conducts an annual survey to spot the most productive puts to paintings for IT execs. We invite readers, PR execs and different events to appoint firms they believe nice employers for IT staff. Chances are you’ll nominate your individual corporate. We then ask the ones nominated firms that meet our fundamental standards to take part in our survey.
This yr for the primary time, nominations shall be open for corporations outdoor of the US! We’re excited to extend this program, which has a 29-year historical past in the US, to firms international. Nominees shall be evaluated in opposition to different taking part firms of their area.
The employers within the Highest Puts record are evaluated by way of corporate measurement: Massive firms have 5,000 or extra workers; midsize have between 1,001 and four,999 workers; and small firms make use of 1,000 or fewer staff.
To be eligible, firms should have a minimal of five IT workers. Firms should have no less than 100 overall workers. We believe IT workers to be the ones IT staff who supply era make stronger and services and products to their very own corporate — or to a couple of firms via their paintings at an IT carrier supplier. Staff who would *now not* be incorporated are administrative make stronger workforce for the IT division, workforce who paintings in communications or PR for the era division, IT contractors, or the ones workforce whose number one function is in product construction for outdoor gross sales.
Generally, we like to have the mum or dad corporate, fairly than subsidiaries or associates, follow for the Highest Puts to Paintings in IT record. Then again, a subsidiary or associate is also eligible, offering that it stands proud as a separate entity from the mum or dad corporate, with separate industry purposes, IT management and so forth. A subsidiary will also be eligible to use one at a time if its mum or dad corporate is a keeping corporate. In the ones circumstances, the mum or dad corporate and subsidiary could possibly follow one at a time. We inspire firms to finish the nomination shape or touch us at bestplaces@computerworld.com, and our Highest Puts analysis staff will overview the submissions on a case-by-case foundation.
Questions in regards to the Highest Puts to Paintings in IT program may also be emailed to bestplaces@computerworld.com.
Ceaselessly requested questions
Survey necessities and eligibility
Does my corporate need to be nominated to finish the survey?
No. Firms might take part even supposing they weren’t nominated. In lieu of a nomination, please ship an electronic mail to bestplaces@computerworld.com with the identify and call knowledge (together with electronic mail cope with) of the person who will have to obtain the corporate survey and different knowledge; we’re going to care for the remaining.
Does the Highest Puts to Paintings in IT record come with public firms most effective?
No. The survey contains non-public in addition to public firms.
What standards should my corporate meet to take part?
To be thought to be for our Highest Puts to Paintings in IT record:
- Firms should have no less than 5 IT workers.
- Firms should have no less than 100 overall workers international.
- Generally, we like to have the mum or dad corporate, fairly than subsidiaries or associates, follow for the Highest Puts to Paintings in IT record. Then again, a subsidiary or associate is also eligible, offering that it stands proud as a separate entity from the mum or dad corporate, with separate industry purposes, IT management and so forth. A subsidiary will also be eligible to use one at a time if its mum or dad corporate is a keeping corporate. In the ones circumstances, the mum or dad corporate and subsidiary could possibly follow one at a time. We inspire firms to finish the nomination shape or touch us at bestplaces@computerworld.com, and our Highest Puts analysis staff will overview the submissions on a case-by-case foundation.
Who will have to entire the survey?
A person acquainted with employment statistics, advantages, insurance policies and techniques of your IT division and your corporate will have to entire the survey. This can be a human assets consultant, a CIO or company PR consultant — or a staff of all of the above.
Survey contents and procedures
What does the corporate survey ask?
Our on-line survey contains questions on firms’ advantages, coaching and construction, IT wage adjustments, % of IT workers promoted, IT turnover charges, and the share of ladies workers in control in IT departments. As well as, we will be able to gather details about variety, fairness and inclusion (DEI) techniques, far flung/hybrid running, and corporate expansion.
Which workers are thought to be “IT staff” on this survey?
Solutions to the survey will have to be in keeping with the ones IT staff who supply era make stronger and services and products to their very own corporate — or to a couple of firms via their paintings at an IT carrier supplier. Staff who would not be incorporated are administrative make stronger workforce for the IT division, workforce who paintings in communications or PR for the era division, IT contractors, or the ones workforce whose number one function is in product construction for outdoor gross sales.
What occurs if I depart a query clean at the survey?
You’ll be able to’t depart a query clean whether it is required. Most of the questions at the survey are required; the survey cannot be processed if they are not spoke back. Please solution to the most productive of your talent for questions with lists or choices incorporated. If any open-ended/textual content based totally questions don’t seem to be acceptable for your corporate, please point out “NA” for “now not acceptable.” If there’s a query you’ll’t solution totally given the structure of the survey, you could in brief give an explanation for your solutions in an addendum box that follows every survey segment.
Firms that withhold knowledge used to rank the finalists can have issues deducted from their score. Solutions which are left clean or have unexplained N/As shall be assumed to be 0 (0).
Firms should supply solutions to questions associated with knowledge we run in our function tale and graphics with a purpose to be thought to be. Please see underneath for the forms of required knowledge which are generally shared publicly.
Can I save my survey and are available again to it at a later date?
Sure. It is possible for you to to avoid wasting your in part finished survey and will save a in part finished survey as again and again as essential. Please save your distinctive ID and password to re-enter the survey. While you go back to the survey, it is possible for you to to check/regulate questions that you’ve got already spoke back. Then again, we will be able to proceed to offer a printer-friendly model of the survey, and we propose that you simply entire this survey, then input your solutions on-line.
How will have to I ship my corporate’s knowledge to Computerworld?
We settle for corporate knowledge from the web survey most effective. Please input all knowledge as appropriately as imaginable. Supply corporate identify, location, internet cope with and different knowledge, as you possibly can love it to look in print.
Can I am getting a duplicate of the survey to check sooner than I’m going to the web survey and put up my corporate’s knowledge?
Sure. A printer-friendly model of the 2022 Highest Puts corporate survey may also be seen right here, for reference. We inspire individuals to finish this model offline sooner than filling out the web survey.
Printer-friendly reproduction of the 2022 Highest Puts to Paintings in IT corporate survey. Highest Puts to Paintings in IT Crew
Will Computerworld supply us with a duplicate of our submitted survey?
Upon survey submission, Computerworld will electronic mail you a password-protected hyperlink to view your corporate’s survey responses.
Is there an worker portion to the survey?
This yr there’ll NOT be an worker survey portion to the survey. Computerworld determined to make this transformation to streamline the method for world participation and to allow firms with smaller IT departments to take part. In lieu of the worker survey portion of this system, Computerworld shall be inviting a panel of judges consisting of business mavens from each inside of and outdoor of Computerworld to judge entries and make sure this yr’s honorees. Extra details about the judging panels in every area shall be posted right here because it turns into to be had.
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When will the record of honorees be printed?
The Highest Puts to Paintings in IT honorees shall be introduced in past due fall on Computerworld.com.
When can I to find out if my corporate is at the record?
Computerworld will notify firms that shall be venerated as a 2022 Highest Position to Paintings in IT a number of weeks prematurely of e-newsletter. Computerworld’s advertising and marketing crew contacts honorees to provide help with press releases.
Is there a timeline to which I will be able to refer for survey motion pieces?
Underneath is the 2022 Highest Puts to Paintings in IT timeline.
What knowledge shall be shared publicly?
Computerworld tries to keep away from printing knowledge that an organization might believe aggressive. The next knowledge might seem publicly:
- Corporate identify
- Location
- Business
- Site
- General selection of workers
- General selection of IT workers
- Proportion of IT worker turnover
- Proportion of IT worker promotions
- Choice of coaching days presented in step with IT worker
- Knowledge from a 300-word essay outlining what is particular about your corporate and IT division
Please be aware that income, total IT price range and different delicate knowledge might not be reported. Such knowledge shall be used most effective in combination structure or for score functions.
What if I’ve a query that was once now not spoke back on this FAQ?
Please electronic mail your inquiries to the next cope with: bestplaces@computerworld.com.
Within the matter line, please come with your corporate identify and be as descriptive as imaginable within the matter line as to the character of your inquiry.
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