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Earlier this year, Quintiles was also named to the GPTW Institute's "BestWorkplace" rankings in India, Ireland and France. Quintiles' Innovexoperations were named to "Best Workplace" lists in the United Kingdom,Germany, Ireland and Italy for 2008. Additionally, Quintiles was named toComputerworld Magazine's list of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT" in theUnited States.
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Quintiles was cited as "The Best Company for Promoting Employees" in theGPTW survey for Brazil. The Great Place to Work Institute survey rankedQuintiles highly in the following categories in Brazil:
This is the first time Quintiles has made the Brazilian list since theInstitute's awards began there in 1997. Quintiles' operations in Brazil arelocated in Sao Paulo with a team of 165 people providing product developmentservices such as project management, clinical trial monitoring, regulatoryaffairs and clinical trial laboratory services.
Each year, the Great Places to Work(R) Institute helps produce annual"Lists of Best Workplaces" in 30 countries around the world, gathering datafrom more than 3,000 companies.
As quoted in Epoca magazine, Quintiles' Dr. Marisa Sanvito, ExecutiveOperations Director, says Quintiles looks for specific traits in thecandidates it selects to join its team in Brazil, and around the world.
"People who want to work for Quintiles must have a passion for what theydo," she says. "Our employees must be participative and flexible working inteams, focused on serving people and willing to make a difference. This is thetype of people we hire."
Sanvito says Quintiles is very proud to be recognized as an employer ofchoice. "Quintiles has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years,and we know it is the quality of our workforce that has made this successpossible," Sanvito explains.
"Because we value our employees so much, we work very hard to create apositive and rewarding environment that will help keep them engaged withopportunities for career development and progress."
About Quintiles
Quintiles Transnational Corp. is powering the next generation ofhealthcare by providing a broad range of professional services in drugdevelopment, financial partnering and commercialization for the biotechnologyand healthcare industries. With more than 21,000 employees and offices in morethan 50 countries, it is focused on providing customer-centric solutions thatare the gold standard of the industry. For more information, please visit thecompany's Web site at http://www.quintiles.com .-- Best companies for promoting employees -- 1st -- Companies with the largest percentage of women -- 3rd -- Companies who provide opportunities to young staff -- 8th -- Companies opening the largest number of positions -- 9th -- Companies with largest number of employees with higher levels of education -- 9th
SOURCE Quintiles Transnational Corp.
