Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business
consulting services, today announced that it has been named a 2013
Top Workplace by The Oregonian.
“Huron is honored to be recognized as a Top
Workplace by The Oregonian. We are committed to making
investments in training, professional development, work/life balance,
and other benefits to support our people,” said James
H. Roth, chief executive officer and president, Huron
Consulting Group. “We have extremely talented people in our Portland
offices, and their dedication to client service makes Huron a top
consulting firm. However, it’s their commitment to the community and
each other that makes Huron a top workplace.”
Portland is Huron’s second largest office location with more than 300
employees and has grown significantly in the past few years. The Company
has two locations
in the area – Beaverton and Lake Oswego. Many people in the Portland
offices focus on designing, building, implementing and supporting
software that is making a difference at health systems, academic medical
centers and higher education institutions across the country. Huron is
actively hiring a number of roles within software engineering, software
deployment and support, and professional services for the Portland
offices. In addition, Portland area employees support several local
community service organizations including the Oregon Food Bank and
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington.
The Top Workplaces is determined based solely on employee feedback. The
employee survey is conducted by WorkplaceDynamics, LLP, a leading
research firm on organizational health and employee engagement.
WorkplaceDynamics conducts regional Top Workplaces programs with 37
major publishing partners and recognizes a list of 150 National Top
Workplaces. Over the past year, more than 5,000 organizations and 1 in
every 88 employees in the U.S. have turned to WorkplaceDynamics to
better understand what’s on the minds of their employees. The
Oregonian published the complete list of Top Workplaces on September
15th. For more information about the Top Workplaces lists and
WorkplaceDynamics, please visit www.topworkplaces.com
and www.workplacedynamics.com.
Huron’s unique vision,
mission and values capture the essence of the Company and how
employees interact with one another, their communities and the many
clients that Huron serves.
Huron provides employees with many benefits including; flexible Paid
Time Off (PTO), a wellness reimbursement account, travel benefits, pet
insurance and an adoption assistance program, as well as an Employee
Assistance Program (EAP). In addition to its competitive and transparent
compensation plans, Huron offers its employees income opportunities that
include cash incentives for meeting performance goals, a
dollar-for-dollar 401(k) Company matching contribution up to 6% of their
earnings, and a stock ownership participation program that allows them
to purchase Huron stock with a 25% Company match.
The Company’s ongoing commitment to the community brings employees
together by helping others through its Huron
Helping Hands initiatives. Huron
Helping Hands provides support through civic sponsorship, community
service projects, pro bono activities, and an employee matching gifts
program. Huron strives to foster an environment that capitalizes on the
ideas, experiences and perspectives of its diverse community of
professionals. The Company’s Diversity
& Inclusion Council leads efforts to promote an atmosphere of
inclusiveness. Currently, there are six employee resource groups (called
iMatter Teams) that represent working parents; lesbians, gays, bisexual
and transgender (LGBT); African Americans; veterans; working women; and
cultural awareness and education.
In addition to the recognition
in The Oregonian, Huron has been named one of Consulting
magazine’s Best Firms to Work For in 2006, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
For more information about working at Huron, visit www.huroncareers.com.
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About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve
performance, reduce costs, leverage technology, process and review large
amounts of complex data, address regulatory changes, recover from
distress and stimulate growth. Our professionals employ their expertise
in administration, management, finance, operations, strategy and
technology to provide our clients with specialized analyses and
customized advice and solutions that are tailored to address each
client's particular challenges and opportunities to deliver sustainable
and measurable results. The Company provides consulting services to a
wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations,
including healthcare organizations, leading academic institutions,
Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities and law firms. Huron has
worked with more than 95 of the top 100 research universities, more than
400 corporate general counsel, and more than 385 hospitals and academic
medical centers. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
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