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SMALL 3. The Bernhardt Agency 4. Pacific Benefit Consultants 4. Boly/Welch 4. Emerick Construction 5. River City Carlson Wagonlit Travel 5. Conkling Fiskum & McCormick 5. Boom Vang Consulting 5. Pop Art

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Performance management Rewards & recognition Employee benefits Career development Leadership 1. Town & Country Dealerships 1. Cintas Corporation 1. Weber Shandwick 1. Ron Tonkin Dealerships 1. Town & Country Dealerships 2. Milgard Windows 2. Synopsys 2. Health Net of Oregon 2. Town & Country Dealerships 2. Oregon Research Institute 3. Synopsys 3. AT&T Wireless 3. Oregon Research Institute 3. Cintas Corporation 3. Ron Tonkin Dealerships 4. Cintas Corporation 4. Ron Tonkin Dealerships 4. SAIF Corporation 4. Oregon Research Institute 4. Cintas Corporation 5. AT&T Wireless 5. Portland Teachers Credit Union 5. DPR Construction 5. Synopsys 5. AmeriTitle

1. The Bernhardt Agency 1. EASE Software 1. The Bernhardt Agency 1. The Personnel Department 1. The Bernhardt Agency 2. All’s Well Health Care Services 2. Conkling Fiskum & McCormick 2. Cascade Employers Association 2. Professional Tool Mfg. 2. Pop Art 3. Pop Art 3. Boly/Welch 3. Markowitz-Herbold Glade Mehlhaf 3. McDonald Jacobs 3. Hutchinson Cox Coons DuPriest Orr Sherlock 4. Madden Industrial Craftsmen 4. Professional Tool Mfg. 4. Inspiration Software 4. Inspiration Software 4. The Personnel Department 5. The Personnel Department 5. Vernier Software & Technology 5. Boly/Welch 5. Indepak, Inc. 5. Madden Industrial Craftsmen

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Large company / rank Small company / rank AmeriTitle ...... 15 Oregon Shakespeare Festival ...... 36 ADAPT ...... 40 Jordan Schrader ...... 48 Asante Health System ...... 40 Pacific Seafood Group...... 43 All’s Well Health Care Services ...... 20 KPD Insurance...... 38 Ashland Community Hospital ...... 14 Parr Lumber Company ...... 48 Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects...... 41 Lease Crutcher Lewis ...... 47 AT&T Wireless ...... 9 PeaceHealth,Oregon Region ...... 35 Anthro Corporation...... 44 Madden Industrial Craftsmen ...... 8 Avista Utilities...... 19 Pentagon Federal Credit Union ...... 33 Bank of the Cascades ...... 36 Markowitz-Herbold Glade & Mehlhaf ...... 35 BarcoView ...... 2 Platt Electric Supply ...... 20 bbg Marketing ...... 46 McDonald Jacobs ...... 21 Cintas Corporation ...... 4 Portland Teachers Credit Union ...... 8 The Bernhardt Agency ...... 1 Medford Medical Clinic...... 29 Columbia River Bank ...... 38 R&H Construction ...... 17 Boly/Welch ...... 2 Miles Fiberglass and Composites ...... 30 Davis Wright Tremaine ...... 42 Randall Realty Corp./CTL Management . . . . 27 Boom Vang Consulting ...... 4 Northwest Staffing Resources ...... 37 DPR Construction ...... 7 Rogue Valley Manor ...... 30 Cascade Employers Association ...... 6 Pacific Benefit Consultants ...... 18 Encore Senior Living ...... 22 Ron Tonkin Family of Dealerships ...... 6 Climax Portable Machine Tools ...... 45 Pacific Continental Bank...... 14 First American Title Insurance ...... 39 SAIF Corporation...... 12 Columbia Printing and Graphics ...... 27 The Personnel Department ...... 7 Fleishman-Hillard...... 47 St.Charles Medical Center ...... 44 Conkling Fiskum & McCormick...... 15 Pop Art ...... 3 Gartner Group...... 28 Synopsys ...... 5 Credit Services of Oregon ...... 42 Professional Tool Manufacturing ...... 5 Harland Financial Solutions ...... 32 Tektronix ...... 50 EASE Software ...... 11 River City Carlson Wagonlit Travel ...... 10 Harsch Investment Properties ...... 37 Town & Country Dealerships ...... 1 Emerick Construction ...... 12 SELCO Credit Union ...... 31 Health Net Health Plan of Oregon ...... 13 Trail Blazers...... 24 Employment Trends ...... 28 The Stoller Group ...... 23 Household International ...... 31 TriQuint Semiconductor ...... 46 Evergreen Federal Bank ...... 34 Stormwater Management ...... 43 Kaiser Permanente ...... 21 Tuality Healthcare...... 16 Fletcher Farr Ayotte ...... 49 TEC Laboratories ...... 16 Kelly Services ...... 41 Umpqua Bank...... 23 Gardenburger ...... 39 TOC Management Services...... 32 Leupold & Stevens ...... 26 Walsh Construction Company ...... 11 Henningsen Cold Storage ...... 26 U Lane O Credit Union ...... 17 Lithia Motors...... 49 Weber Shandwick...... 10 HMH ...... 33 Unicru ...... 50 Merant...... 25 Wells Fargo Bank ...... 34 Hutchinson Cox Coons DuPriest Orr Sherlock . . 24 Vernier Software & Technology ...... 19 Mercy Healthcare ...... 45 West Coast Paper ...... 29 Indepak ...... 9 Via Training...... 13 Milgard Windows ...... 18 Inspiration Software ...... 22 Oregon Research Institute ...... 3 Isler & Co...... 25

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