Arrow Electronics tops Hired’s list for Denver

Fire up the social media accounts, tech company HR managers, jobhunting site Hired has compiled a list of the top rated companies to work for in a dozen cities around the globe, including Denver. For 10 highly regarded local businesses it’s time to toot some horns.

Centennialbased Arrow Electronics landed in the top Denver spot on Hired’s 2018 Global Brand Health Report, up from No. 3 last year. It did not crack Hired’s list of top 25 tech workplaces across the U.S., U.K. and Canada, but demonstrated its established bona fides among tech workers locally

“Our business is built on the strength of our people, and we continuously strive to be an employer of choice,” John Hourigan, a spokesman for the electronic components manufacturing firm, wrote in an email Monday. “It’s an honor to see those efforts recognized.” Here is the full Denver list:

• Arrow Electronics

• HomeAdvisor

• CenturyLink

• SendGrid

• DigitalGlobe

• Ibotta

• JumpCloud • Tendril

• NetApp

• DaVita Healthcare Partners Hired compiled its global list by providing 2,200 software engineers, product managers, data scientists and designers in 12 top tech markets with a list of established companies and asking them to rank how interested they would be in working for each of them on a fivepoint scale. Local rankings were built around the responses of local workers only. Companies with a strong number of workers saying they would “love to work” for or “might like to work” for them received a weightier score.

The survey also asked respondents to talk about factors that attract them to companies and factors that might give them pause when applying.

“Beyond a company’s corporate brand, an employer brand stems from how job seekers and potential employees perceive your company,” the report reads. “Factors such as company benefits, flexible hours and company culture all weave into a job seeker’s decisionmaking process.”

Among the ways Hired recommends companies can improve their image is by providing avenues for job seekers to change tracks and get new experience.

Arrow, a Fortune 500 business with 18,8000 global employees (2,100 in the Denver area), is in fine shape there.

“At Arrow, we are involved in virtually every aspect of technology, so our employees can work on everything, from electronic components to the cloud — essentially technology used in homes, business and daily life,” Hourigan said. “As a company with a network of more than 345 locations serving over 80 countries, there are also opportunities to work internationally.”

For fellow listmaker Ibotta, the recruiting focus swings heavily on culture, not “gimmicks” like ontap kombucha, founder and CEO Bryan Leach said. The Denverborn business, which provides cash back rewards to shoppers who log purchases in its free mobile app, employs 550 people around the world, close to 500 in Denver alone.

“Ultimately, we care about what the people who work here think about our mission to improve the lives of millions of consumers by saving them time and money, precious resources they can turn into food, health care, education and shelter,” Leach said. “I think especially younger people want to feel the moral relevance of their work, so mission is very, very important.”

It doesn’t hurt that Leach is advertising seven straight years of growth exceeding 40 percent at Ibotta. “Winning is something people want to be part of,” he says.

Sixtyone percent of Denverarea respondents to Hired’s survey said poor reputation was a top reason they would avoid a company, while 52 percent said company culture weighs on their job decisions.