Vanderbilt among finalists for 'best employers' list

Vanderbilt is a finalist for Fortune magazine's annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list, which will be published by the magazine early next year.

About 1,000 employers from all over the United States submitted applications to the judges who select the list, and 300 of those, including Vanderbilt, were named finalists, moved forward in the process, and were asked to submit a full application.

The lengthy application process involved the submission of answers to more than 100 questions, boxes of supporting data, and a random survey of several hundred employees conducted by the judging organization, the California-based Great Place to Work Institute.

Work on the application was spearheaded by the Quality of Work Life taskforce, which is chaired by Jay Groves of the Kim Dayani Center and Marilyn Holmes of Health Plus.