South Africa’s Top Employers

Hi Everyone,

As always welcome to Monday’s Employment Times.

I’ve got my kit on, I’m ready to play and I’m heading straight for the batters crease.

The latest and most newsworthy topic I have stumbled upon to report back to you is a press release announcing Microsoft’s success in achieving the title South Africa’s Best Employers for 2008/ 09.

Run each year, CRF.com awarded Microsoft the winning title as being South Africa’s BEST Employers for 2008/09. The BEST Employers award is an initiative based on the HR Benchmark Research project which is run internationally and is used to assess and accredit Top Employers on a global scope – or so I have read.

While I’m more than certain that CRF.com have put the necessary effort into assessing each company according to specific requirements, this made me think…

What makes a company a great company to work for?

What criteria differentiate a mediocre company from that of a company that is able to influence a Job Seekers Job Seeking decisions?

What are Job Seekers looking for from their employers and to what extent will they go to find it?

Some seek security, others money and some even go as so far as identifying a role within the company that they will pursue in future (growth potential).

Perhaps it is a culmination of all of these forces that assist in making the right employment decision. People have different needs and desires. People require different elements to be fulfilled in order to attain job satisfaction.

What do you think it is about Microsoft that makes them the BEST Employers for 2008 /09 in South Africa?

In fact if we have any Microsoft employees reading this blog, it would be terrific to hear your views on what makes your company the best of the best.

But to everyone else, really, what are you looking for from your employer.

What are your needs and even more importantly what do you expect them to provide to you. Other than your monthly salary or wage is it; more pay, an annual bonus or to some simply being acknowledged for attained success.

Whatever it is, each Job Seeker has a very specific set of criteria to which they compare a new company to. Making an employment decision is just as “risky” for the Job Seeker as it is for the employer. This is why Job Seekers are required to continuously assess the likes and dislikes according to self assessment test results.

Self assessment tests assist in determining what working environment suites your working style, your likes, your dislikes, your employment needs and your future desires. While this sounds like an assessment from Dr Phil, I assure you more insight is achieved by doing these tests than by spending 4 hours mediating on it.

Discover who you are as an employee and find out what it is you need to be happy and successful in your career.

Perhaps as a result of this global sharing and identifying recurring traits of what makes a company more fulfilling to work for than others, this will help all organisations strive for better results in such assessments.

None the less and my favorite saying to start the week with is;

Time will tell.

Please Please – Let me knwo your thougths Id love to ehar from you.

Thanks for your Time

Peace Out

Jo Blog

Joblog@jobs.co.za

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