Our accounts receivable team likes to celebrate holidays. We’re talking every holiday. They recently planned to have a get-together for National Junk Food Day.  They started talking the day before about bringing in junk food to celebrate, but they wanted to up the ante; the food had to be even junkier than usual.  Someone mentioned a deep fryer, and it took off from there.  Corporate collections specialist Cody West and A/R customer relations specialist Miguel Martinez found a recipe for batter online, and West picked up Twinkies, Swiss Rolls, peanut butter bars and Oreos.  Others brought vegetables, bananas, string cheese and even a slice of pizza.

“What started out as a joke turned into a fat-frenzied reality that will not soon be forgotten,” said West.

Cody West and Miguel Martinez fry up treats for the A/R team

More treats awaiting their deep-fried fate

Yes, that is deep-fried pizza

CHG’s corporate and division leaders gathered in Salt Lake City for their annual leadership summit. The event included a full schedule of meetings and activities at the corporate office. Additionally, leaders took part in a leadership workshop as well as a team-building event during which they assembled children’s bikes for charity. Teams had to complete a series of challenges to acquire parts for the bikes; once they had the individual parts, their next task was to put the pieces together. The completed bikes were donated to the Hser Ner Moo Community & Welcome Center, a United Way agency.

CHG’s marketing and IT departments showed there’s nothing like a little friendly competition to do some good in the community. The departments went head to head to see which could donate the most to the Utah Food Bank.

After all was said and done, the marketing department brought in 680 pounds but IT emerged victorious with 1,054 pounds, earning a free lunch on the marketing department.

To conclude the festivities, members from each department spent some time at the Utah Food Bank on June 17, to help build food kits for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), a federal/state and public/private effort that creates monthly food packages designed to provide protein, calcium, iron and vitamins A and C for those populations that need it. The effort required teamwork and precision—each food package had to have all the contents packed in exactly the right order and quantities (as a few participants learned during the quality check!).

Within 90 minutes, the collaborative effort yielded six pallets worth of food packages for the program!

CHG ranked 24th on Utah Business’ list of top 100 private companies in Utah. The companies were ranked according to the number of employees for each company.

“Slightly bruised but not broken, our annual list of Utah’s Top 100 Private Companies illustrates models of economic resilience. Committed to quality and consistency, these companies prove industry is rebounding in the Beehive State.” – Utah Business

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Becker’s Hospital Review and Becker’s ASC Review magazines listed CHG Healthcare Services in their list of 100 Best PLaces to Work in Healthcare. From their website:

What makes it a Best Place to Work: One of the nation’s largest and oldest healthcare staffing firms, CHG offers temporary and permanent placements of physicians, nurses and allied health professionals to hospitals and other healthcare organizations. Ranked as the 26th best company to work for by Fortune, CHG has 1,100 employees in seven states. The company recently launched “CHG Pulse,” an interactive Web site that uses photos, video and employee spotlights to highlight its relaxed and supportive corporate culture. The company’s benefits include two medical plans, coverage for dependents including domestic partners, a 401(k) plan with a company match, and up to $3,000 a year in tuition reimbursement, according to a press release.

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