Best Energy Employers 2008

Gain a competitive advantage in recruiting top energy talent and retaining your existing workforce. This is a great opportunity for your company to position itself as a best employer in the industry. If your company is chosen as a winner, you can use the Hart Best Energy Employers logo in your employment branding initiatives including on your Web site, recruiting materials, employee newsletters, etc.
Gather valuable insight into employee opinions about your company's culture, employment brand and how your company compares to peers and competitors. The survey offers the ability to add custom content to further study particular areas of interest to your organization.
Obtain a confidential employee survey report to help identify key areas of strength and areas that need improvement within your organization. Some of the questions are specific to the unique employment issues facing the energy industry.
Receive access to advanced online reporting after the survey, including comparative benchmarks to see how your company compares to peer companies.
Participate in an objective analysis to find the leading employers in the energy industry through the opinions of the people that matter most - your employees.
Position your company to receive recognition in the Energy Employment Special Report to be published in January 2009 and at the 1st annual Best Energy Employer Awards Dinner to be held in Houston. There is no risk, Hart will only announce and publish honorees.

Step 1: Nominate your company by clicking here and completing the form. Any company in the energy industry is eligible to participate. Nominations are due by September 30th.

Step 2: Work with Quantum Market Research to define your unique survey requirements.

Step 3: Launch your personalized employee engagement survey.

Step 4: Employees complete the survey. The survey will be available in English and Spanish. Additional foreign languages are available upon request. Employees will be asked to rate their company on: work environment; embracing innovations/new ideas; people practices; personal growth and development; work-life balance; people in the organization; and day to day operations.

Step 5: The final employee-survey deadline is October 13th. You will receive regular feedback on how many surveys your employees have completed and how many additional surveys need to be finished for your company to continue to be evaluated. Your company's size determines how many employees need to complete the survey to meet the eligibility requirements. These percentages have been established to ensure statistical relevance. There will be no exceptions to these participation rates:

	25 to 50 full-time employees:	85%
	51 to 150 full-time employees:	70%
	151 to 500 full-time employees:	50%
	501 to 1,000 full-time employees:	30%
	1,001 to 3,000 full-time employees:	15%
	3,001 to 5,000 full-time employees:	8%
	More than 5,000 full-time employees:	5%

Step 6: Hart Energy Publishing will announce the finalists in November 2008. Hart will interview finalists for print and online features.

Step 7: All finalists will receive invitations to Hart's Best Energy Employers 2008 Awards Dinner, where we will announce and recognize honorees, for their achievement.

For an online demonstration of the process, visit http://www.qmrinc.com/demo/bee

How to participate:

Nominate your company at www.qmrinc.com/nomination/bee/ before September 30, 2008.

Once you are nominated, our research partner, Quantum Market Research, will contact you to administer the survey and give you the option to further customize the survey to meet your organization's needs. Quantum will offer support throughout the survey process. Quantum is a leader in partnering with local and national publications to conduct employee surveys.

Who can participate?

All energy companies worldwide. Hart Energy Publishing reserves final discretion to determine eligibility as an energy company.

Cost:

There is a nominal administration fee to participate. All participating companies WILL RECEIVE access to advanced online reporting after the survey, including comparative benchmarks to see how your company compares to your peers. The cost associated with participating is based on company size.

	25-100 Employees:	$1,000
	101-250 Employees:	$2,000
	251-500 Employees:	$3,500
	501-2,500 Employees:	$5,000
	Over 2,500 Employees:	$7,000

About the survey:
The format is an online anonymous survey which contains 40 scaled questions about employee engagement. These questions allow companies to collect employee feedback on the items that statistically impact employee engagement and commitment. Companies can customize their survey at no additional charge by adding questions or demographics. (Only the standard 40 questions will be used to determine the honorees).

About HART Energy Publishing
Headquartered in Houston, Hart Energy Publishing's market-leading publications include Oil and Gas Investor, E&P, PipeLine and Gas Technology and FUEL. Hart also produces newsletters, including Oil and Gas Investor's A&D Watch and Oil and Gas Investor This Week, custom publishing products, conferences, electronic media, and unique multi- and single-client consulting services.

About Quantum Market Research
Quantum Market Research serves strategic human resource leaders by measuring and benchmarking employee engagement. Quantum has recently received national recognition for the genesis of its employer-of-choice competitions. Every year Quantum performs employee surveys for thousands of companies and millions of employees across all industries in over 40 US cities and industries.

Thank you for considering participating in Hart's Best Energy Employers Survey and giving Hart the opportunity to assist you as a leading energy employer.