Kaplan Earns 2024 Great Place To Work Certification™
February 15 2024 - 7:55AM
Business Wire
Global educational services provider Kaplan has been Certified™
by Great Place To Work®, a prestigious designation that’s based
entirely on what current employees say about their experiences on
the job. This year, 74 percent of Kaplan employees said it’s a
great place to work, nearly 20 points higher than the average U.S.
company, according to Great Place to Work. And as part of the
certification process’ Trust Index™ survey, which was gathered on
employees’ comments, the most cited reasons for working at Kaplan
include “people,” “team,” “home” and “remote”; the latter two words
reference Kaplan being an entirely remote, work-at-home
workforce.
"Great Place To Work Certification is a highly coveted
achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to
the overall employee experience," says Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice
president of global recognition at Great Place To Work. She
emphasizes that Certification is the sole official recognition
earned by the real-time feedback of employees regarding their
company culture.
According to Great Place To Work research, job seekers are 4.5
times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified great
workplace. Additionally, employees at Certified workplaces are 93
percent more likely to look forward to coming to work and are twice
as likely to have a fair chance at promotion.
“Kaplan is proud to become Great Place To Work-Certified™
because employee experience is a top priority every day,” said
Yvonne Cowser Yancy, Chief People Officer, Kaplan. “We owe our
continued success to our team of dedicated employees. We celebrate
and thank them for all they do, which earned us this incredible
recognition.”
Yancy notes that as Kaplan is a remote-first workforce, all of
the company’s engagement efforts are aimed towards virtually
building and maintaining a sense of belonging. One way Kaplan does
this is through its internal, grassroots engagement team,
Kaplan4Kaplan, or K4K. Each November, K4K puts on the Season of
Giving campaign, providing ideas for ways employees can give back.
In 2023, the group recognized that there was a desire for Kaplan
employees to donate their time, as well as a need to connect with
others locally, so the team built a campaign that involved
compiling local volunteer activities in areas with the highest
employee populations, as well as virtual options. Internal chat
spaces were also created for the most highly populated areas.
Employees were encouraged to join these chat spaces and volunteer
together, locally. Prior to the campaign, there were approximately
3,000 volunteer hours used; but after the month-long campaign, over
6,300 hours were used, more than doubling the contribution to local
communities.
Additionally, among other benefits, Kaplan has a matching gift
program through its parent company, the Graham Holdings
Company.
“Kaplan’s ‘great place’ journey continues,” added Yancy. “We’re
excited with this latest honor, which only encourages us to forge
ahead with more ways to give our employees a fantastic experience
and strengthen our position as an employer of choice.”
In addition to this latest accolade, Kaplan has been certified
for three consecutive years as a Most Loved Workplace®, by the Best
Practice Institute, based on various elements around employee
satisfaction and sentiment including the level of respect,
collaboration, support, and sense of belonging they feel inside the
company.
About Kaplan
Kaplan, Inc. is a global educational services company that helps
individuals and institutions advance their goals in an
ever-changing world. Our broad portfolio of solutions help students
and professionals further their education and careers, universities
and educational institutions attract and support students, and
businesses maximize employee recruitment, retainment, and
development. Stanley Kaplan founded our company in 1938 with a
mission to expand educational opportunities for students of all
backgrounds. Today, our thousands of employees working in 26
countries continue Stanley’s mission as they serve about 1.2
million students and professionals, 13,000 corporate clients, and
4,000 schools, school districts, colleges, and universities
worldwide. Kaplan is a subsidiary of the Graham Holdings Company
(NYSE: GHC). Learn more at kaplan.com.
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