BEST PLACES TO WORK Winners to be Honored October 8
August 19, 2009CHARLESTON, SC – August 19, 2009 – The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is pleased to once again partner with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) – SC State Council and the publishers of SC BIZ Magazine for the Best Places to Work in South Carolina. This event is presented by Nexsen Pruet LLC. Best Places to Work is dedicated to identifying and recognizing the state’s most innovative and top-notch employers. Companies selected as Best Places to Work will be honored on October 8, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel in Columbia, at which time the 2009 rankings will be announced.
To register or sponsor the event, visit www.scchamber.net, or contact Andi Gougarty at 803-255-2615.
The 2009 winners include:
- AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
- Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A.
- C. F. Evans & Company, Inc.
- Clover Community Bank
- Edward Jones
- Elliott Davis, LLC
- Environmental Express
- First Community Bank
- First Reliance Bank
- Johnson & Johnson
- KeenanSuggs Insurance
- Life Cycle Engineering
- Longleaf Holdings USA, LLC
- McAngus Goudelock & Courie
- Palmetto Health
- Seibels, Bruce & Company
- Select Health of South Carolina, Inc.
- South Carolina Education Lottery
- Stanley, Inc.
- SynTerra
“These companies work hard to be ‘best places to work’ despite the economic struggles of the past year, and we are pleased to salute them for their hard work and the great jobs they bring to South Carolina,” said Otis B. Rawl Jr., president and chief executive officer of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
The innovative Best Places to Work program has experienced incredible growth and has quickly emerged as the standard for workplace achievement and creativity in South Carolina.
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s first state chamber Accredited with Distinction by the U.S. Chamber, is the state’s largest statewide broad-based business and industry trade association representing more than 6,500 member companies and more than 600,000 member employees, with 90 percent of membership comprised of small businesses. As the unified voice for business and industry, the Chamber is a catalyst for increasing per capita income and enhancing the state’s global competitiveness in order to improve the quality of life for all South Carolinians. www.scchamber.net.