Eight tech-related firms in region crack ‘Training Top 125’ list
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Life sciences services firm Quintiles vaulted 33 spots in the 2010 “training Top 125” list from Training magazine.
Quintiles ranks 47th, compared to 80th last year.
Cisco, which operates a 4,000 employee campus in RTP, ranks seventh on the list. It wasn’t ranked in 2009.
EMC, which has two major operations in the Triangle, placed 16th, down from fourth a year ago.
(For the complete list and report, click here.
Other companies on the list from the region with 2009 rank in parenthesis include:
• BB&T, 30 (20)
• Cox, 36 (92)
• Bank of America, 75 (-)
• Ceybeyond, 90 (-)
• Bowe Belle + Howell, 91 (55)
PricewaterhouseCoopers ranked first, just as in 2009.
“It is very rewarding for Quintiles to again be named to the Training Top 125, and to move up considerably in the rankings,” said Quintiles Vice President, Global Learning and Development Tim Bray. “Because we are a service-oriented company, the skills and knowledge of our employees are at the very core of what we do. We rely on our network of 23,000 talented and engaged professionals to consistently deliver on our promises to customers. Therefore, Quintiles places a special emphasis on growth and development.”
Selection is based on a number of statistics including training hours per employee, goals, evaluation measurement and workplace surveys.
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