Press Releases
ASI® Named a “Best
Places to Work” 2006
One of Seven Selected in the Large Business Category
TREVOSE, PA – October 23, 2006 - Advertising
Specialty Institute® (ASI), the largest media and
marketing organization serving the advertising specialty
industry, announced today that it was named one of the “Best
Places to Work” in the Greater Philadelphia area,
by the Philadelphia Business Journal – one
of seven selected in the large business category.
The “Best Places to Work” designation is presented each year to 50
select employers that are dedicated to improving existing benefits and implementing
new unique programs, emphasizing the importance of employee contributions and
development.
“This is the second year in a row we have been named a top employer,” said
Timothy M. Andrews, president of ASI. “We pride ourselves on having
a family-friendly environment, along with opportunities that foster personal
and professional growth, so that our employees can better maintain a balance
of work and life. If they are successful, ASI is successful.”
“One of our most distinctive programs is our parent return to work program,” said
Carol Albright, vice president for human resources at ASI. “We offer
eight paid weeks of daycare for new parents, either at our onsite facility or
at a daycare center of their choice. This benefit has made it easier for many
new parents to transition back into their work environments.”
ASI has also added a smoking cessation program and financial education seminars
to provide more opportunities for employees to develop personally. Sixty percent
of the employees who attended the first smoking cessation program session have
successfully stopped smoking, and over 200 employees have learned the basics
of buying a home, doing their taxes and planning for retirement at the financial
education seminars.
A sampling of employment benefits available to ASI workers include: onsite daycare
facility, onsite café and Starbucks coffee stand, recognition programs
for special achievements, onsite dry cleaner, discounted auto insurance, 401(k)
plan, profit-sharing program, tuition reimbursement, parent return to work program,
staff development programs, employee assistance program, paid time off, and medical,
dental, life and disability insurances.
To be considered one of the “Best Places to Work,” ASI completed
an application process; became nominated; and surpassed the requirement to become
a finalist by achieving an unusually-high 65% participation rate on a confidential
employee third-party survey about working at ASI.
To learn more about the benefits available for
ASI employees, or to view a list of current career
opportunities at ASI, visit www.asicareers.com,
or call 800-326-7378.
About ASI
Advertising Specialty Institute is the largest media
and marketing organization serving the advertising
specialty industry, with a membership of 22,000 distributor
firms (sellers) and supplier firms (manufacturers)
of advertising specialties. Supplier firms use ASI
print and electronic resources to market products to
more than 19,000 ASI distributor firms. Distributor
firms use ASI print and electronic resources, which
contain more than 750,000 ad specialties, to locate
supplier firms and to market services to buyers. ASI
provides catalogs, informational directories, newsletters,
magazines, websites and databases, and offers interactive
e-commerce, marketing and selling tools. Visit www.asicentral.com.
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