New Straits Times-Apr 19
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) has been crowned Most Attractive Employer in Malaysia for 2018, according to Randstad Employer Brand Research.
Petronas climbed one spot up this year to claim the award for 2018’s Most Attractive Employer after coming in second for the previous two years.
The top three most attractive employers remain unchanged from last year – Petronas, Shell Malaysia and Nestlé (Malaysia) Bhd.
The awards are presented to the top three companies which received the highest attractiveness score in the survey that job seekers in Malaysia will want to work for.
The winners for this category are selected from the 75 largest employers in Malaysia based on local workforce size.
Randstad Malaysia country director Ryan Carroll said in the three years that the company had conducted the survey in Malaysia, more and more companies starting to evaluate and redesign their employer brand so as to enjoy the benefits it brings to their talent attraction and retention efforts.
“We would like to congratulate the winners for their consistent performance in ensuring and promoting a powerful employer brand that resonates strongly with employees in Malaysia.
“This is especially true for Malaysia where companies are constantly competing to hire, engage and retain the best people from a very limited talent pool,” he said.
Petronas group human resource management senior vice president Datuk Raiha Azni Abd Rahman said the group offers vast career growth opportunities through a structured career, leadership and capability development programs and great emphasis on diversity and inclusion as well as the creation of a conducive working environment for its employees to flourish.
“At Petronas, we believe that talent is the most fundamental asset to our success as a leading oil and gas multinational. As a result, we have always been able to attract, motivate and retain the best of talents not only in Malaysia but in the countries we operate in.
“We offer vast career growth opportunities through a structured career, leadership and capability development programs. We also place a great emphasis on diversity and inclusion as well as the creation of a conducive working environment for our people to flourish.
“Flexible working arrangements, newly designed workplace, unpaid study leave, extended maternity leave, returnee programs (upon resignation) and improved medical benefits are some of the changes we have recently implemented,” she said.
As an expert in employer branding, Randstad conducts extensive research into the factors that attract potential employees to an organization.
The research analyzed the attractiveness of 5,755 companies in 30 countries, surveying more than 175,000 respondents.
