Voted One of the Top 50 Best Places to Work

Prairie Business Journal has named Corporate Technologies as on of the 50 Best Places to work

Work should be a place you want to go when you get up and we try and make Corporate Technologies that kind of place. It starts with the people.

Corporate Technologies feels like a family. The atmosphere is open and caring, you get back what you give in, if you work hard you are rewarded. Corporate Technologies supports its employees with on-going training and sponsors outings/events several times a year. Management really listens and cares about the issues and has an open door policy. It is an honor to work for a great employer like Corporate Technologies.

2000 44th Street SW, Ste 100 Fargo, ND 58103 • 701-893-4000 www.gocorptech.com

Corporate Technologies now serving at 20,000 feet

Welcome to the cloud

Corporate Technologies has been selected to be a Cloud Solutions Provider by Microsoft®. As one of the largest managed service providers and one of the largest Office 365TM partners, Corporate Technology is now able to take care of all your Office 365TM needs.

Corporate Technologies

Corporate Technologies is a leading provider of managed IT solutions for businesses and institutions. Our unique offerings include: managed IT services, cloud solutions, CTO Assist (IT staffing), storage & data backup, voice & data networking and warranty support services. We also offer Technology Advantage®, a program designed to provide a niche service for small and medium size businesses requiring Fortune 500 Level IT support and services at affordable prices.

Seljevold, worksite wellness administrator for BCBSND. “It includes a website with resources, a toolkit to get started, Gearing Up trainings — where companies who have implemented a program will come in and speak about their success — and Worksite Wellness Summits, which are an opportunity to bring in nationally known speakers.” In 2013, the program was brought under the BCBSND umbrella but the program’s administrators will work with any employer group.

To get started in the program, company representatives should attend a Gearing Up training, which BCBSND holds across the state throughout the year, Seljevold says. Those trainings teach organizations the seven benchmarks of a successful wellness program: gaining management support, forming a wellness team, gathering information, creating a culture of health, choosing areas to focus on, creating an operating plan, and evaluating. A program administrator will work with the organization as needed.

“Programs vary. Each group is unique, so one group might want to be more physically active while another might focus on mental health, stress management and time management,” Seljevold says. “Financial wellness is gaining popularity, including financial courses and bringing in financial planners.”

BCBSND has its own wellness program for its employees, and all of the parts of that program “are offered by design,” says Jacinta Riedinger, wellness services manager. The company has an onsite fitness center, onsite cafe and onsite farmers market. BCBSND also offers reimbursements to employees who participate in the Fargo Marathon and holds flu shot clinics. Challenges, such as a fruit and vegetable challenge, volunteerism and incentives are also popular.

“All of our program offerings include the Blue Elements — physical, social, emotional, financial, environmental and professional — and if any of those areas are out of sync, it can affect our wellness,” Riedinger says. “It’s helped create a culture where employees feel respected and that the company cares about them.”

Seljevold says a wellness program “brings a lot of value to an organization and sends a signal that we care about you and value you. It reduces absenteeism rates and increases productivity. It’s also a retention tool. Employees tend to be more engaged, while it also helps manage health care costs and employers’ spending on health care.” PB

Kayla Prasek Staff Writer, Prairie Business 701.780.1187 kprasek@prairiebusinessmagazine.com

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