Edward Jones ranks first on "Best Companies to Work for in New York"

Daily Record (Rochester, NY), Apr 15, 2008

The financial services firm Edward Jones recently was named first among small- or medium-sized companies on the "Best Companies to Work for in New York" ranking, according to Kelly Olczak, a financial advisor for Edward Jones in Bushnell's Basin.

The New York State Society for Human Resource Management State Council teamed with the Best Companies Group of Harrisburg, Pa. to rank the state's best employers. Thirty were named "Best Companies to Work for in New York," and were divided into 15 large companies and 15 small- or medium-sized companies based on the number of people they employ in New York.

The ranking was based on an employer inventory of practices and an anonymous survey of associates, asked to agree or disagree with several statements about the firm, teamwork and their individual experience at the firm. Edward Jones has 124 branches in New York.