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1. Your firm is more focused on growing its head count than its people.
Your current company is growing larger every day—but your opportunities don’t seem to be growing along with it. Kimley-Horn grows as our people grow. We are dedicated to staff development at every level, because it’s part of our core value of high expectations. We expect a lot from our people, and we help them grow. That commitment helps us fulfill our core purpose: To provide an environment for our people to flourish.
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2. You want the expert resources you need when you need them—without the bureaucracy.
Currently with a large firm? At Kimley-Horn, your colleagues are your allies. Our nationally recognized experts are generous with their knowledge and eager to assist. And because we operate as one profit center, there are no bureaucratic or internal impediments to collaboration.
Are you limited by the resources of your small firm? With multiple disciplines under our umbrella, you can almost always find an answer for your client without having to venture outside. We make collaboration easy, so it’s easy for you to exceed your clients’ needs as their trusted advisor.
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3. You believe decisions should be based on sound business and strategic analysis.
Ambitious business plans drive the daily activities of our staff. These plans are developed by our practice builders and other leaders, with broad-based input from the rest of the firm. So you’ll know where you are going at Kimley-Horn, because you helped set the direction. And you’ll draw confidence from knowing that everyone’s best thinking has gone into each plan.
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4. You long to be surrounded by people as committed to client and firm success as you are.
Our staff are among the most diligent and dedicated you could find anywhere. We’re committed to creative solutions, to quality plans and documents, and to making each other and our clients look terrific. In an environment like this, it’s just fun to work.
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5. You’re consumed by busywork and unable to focus on serving your clients.
We believe that a practice builder is an expert in developing client relationships and serving clients. Kimley-Horn makes it easy for practice builders to maximize their time with clients and the project team; your best contribution to the firm’s success, after all, is to do what you do best.
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6. Performance-based compensation is not in the vocabulary of your current firm.
At Kimley-Horn, setting goals and exceeding them is a way of life, and we reward the people who do. Staff performance is the basis of our firm’s success. . . and we believe it should also be the basis of our staff’s rewards.
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7. The retirement contributions of your firm will not provide a comfortable future.
As you keep a close eye on your retirement funds, do you like what you see? In 2016, we contributed 18% of salary and bonus to our employees’ retirement accounts. These contributions have been a priority for decades. Trust us, you’ll enjoy watching those numbers add up.
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8. Your firm is publicly traded, or owners are not actively involved in the business.
Do you really know what’s next for your firm? Merger to impress Wall Street? Cost cuts to finance an owner’s personal investments? Our staff is safe from the whims of outsiders. Kimley-Horn has been proudly private for 50 years, and we’re confident we’ll stay that way, thanks to our commitment to financial health and well-planned ownership transitions. That means we call the shots, and our profits can be directed where they should be—to reward the people who contributed to them.
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9. The rewards of your firm go to a small number of owners, and you’re not one of them.
Some firms call themselves employee-owned, but their ownership is so closely held, it’s hard to ever get near it. About 15% of Kimley-Horn employees are owners. And we protect our future passionately, with an ownership transition plan that spreads ownership broadly (so the retirement of one or two people doesn’t turn everything upside down). New owners are selected twice a year from among outstanding members of the firm. You could be one of them.
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10. You’re tired of complacency, and you’re ready for adventure.
Kimley-Horn has never settled down—or settled for status quo. We’re always looking for opportunities in new locations, new markets, new practices. That’s why we value the insights we gain from new practice builders and involve them in our long-term planning. We believe our best days are ahead of us, especially when we’re strengthened by fresh ideas from sharp minds looking to conquer new challenges.