R. L. Polk & Co. wins the Arbor Award!
Posted 8 months ago by Jay MarshallSouthfield-based data management and marketing firm R.L. Polk & Co. is trying social networking sites and other online resources to create an “interactive portal” between the company and those who would like to work there.
Gen-Y Recruiting, Listening Up, Virtual HR Learning, and Innovation Teams Take Top Honors at 2009 Arbor Awards for Excellence
R. L. Polk & Co., University of Michigan, Comerica and NSF International to be honored Thursday, March 12 by The Arbor Consulting Group and Eastern Michigan University for best practices in human resources.
Northville, Michigan… Four Michigan employers are the recipients of the prestigious 2009 Arbor Awards for Excellence in recognition of their innovative human resource strategies that are helping to build Michigan’s new knowledge-based economy. The awards will be presented Thursday, March 12 at a special breakfast ceremony courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton in Dearborn, Michigan beginning at 7:30 AM.
The 2009 Arbor Awards for Excellence recipients are:
- R. L. Polk & Co., a global company that specializes in automotive information and marketing solutions. Based in Southfield with offices worldwide, R. L Polk & Co. is pioneering new methods of recruiting high tech talent using social media strategies such as chat rooms, Facebook, Twitter and a robust internship program, strategies that enable job candidates, in particular techies from Generations X and Y, to “experience Polk.” Polk has developed a pipeline of qualified candidates and talent pools. Their philosophy is to “Hire slow. Hire tough,” taking two to three months or longer to make the right hire. As a result of Polk’s Recruiting for Results strategy, employee recruitment, retention and satisfaction have increased dramatically. Named as a “Cool Place to Work” by Crain’s Detroit Business in 2007, 86.5% of employees surveyed recently would recommend Polk as a place of employment.
