ATLANTA, June 22, 2015 – Rural Sourcing, the leading domestic IT outsourcing company, announced today that IDG’s Computerworld has selected Rural Sourcing as a 2015 Best Places to Work in IT, one of 100 top organizations that provides IT employees a challenging work environment as well as great benefits and compensation.
“Fostering a collaborative work place that promotes innovation, teamwork, professional growth and fun is very important to us,” said Monty Hamilton, CEO of Rural Sourcing. “We’re proud that Computerworld recognizes our commitment to creating a vibrant culture for our colleagues and ultimately the communities in which they live.”
The Best Places to Work in Information Technology (IT) list is an annual ranking of the top 100 work environments for technology professionals. The list is compiled based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, career development, training and retention. In addition, Computerworld conducts extensive surveys of IT workers, and their responses factor heavily in determining the rankings.
“The 100 organizations on Computerworld’s 2015 Best Places to Work in IT list realize that attracting and retaining a highly-skilled technology workforce leads to competitive advantage,” says Scot Finnie, editor in chief of Computerworld. “In a tight market for tech talent, these outstanding employers attract the best and brightest IT pros with generous salaries and top-drawer benefits, then deepen their teams’ engagement with challenging, business-critical projects built around cutting-edge technologies. As a result, these winning organizations are best positioned to take advantage of the digital transformation sweeping through every industry.”
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