Introduction

It's a Matter of Choice! Being a Best Employer in Central Eastern Europe is not a matter of chance. Best Employers know that they benefit from being among the region's best, and they make decisions every day to ensure they maintain their Best Employer status.Why? Being a Best Employer positively affects your leaders, your human resources team, your employees, your shareholders, your customers, and your recruits. Find out how your company rates now, how it fares against the best, and what specific steps you can take to improve your company's status as an employer by participating in this year's Best Employers Study. Best of all, there's no charge for participating!

Hewitt Associates announced the results of its annual Best Employers Study for Central and Eastern Europe, sponsored by The Wall Street Journal Europe. The study, which surveyed nearly 120,000 employees, 3,000 senior leaders and 600 companies in 12 countries, shows that Best Employers with highly engaged teams are more successful both in achieving and exceeding business goals, as well as attracting, retaining and motivating their key resource - talent.

For more details on the results and for the list of Best Employers please click here.

In today's competitive environment, the ability to attract and retain key people is critical to the success of your business. But the reality is that skilled employees can be difficult to attract and retain.

Understanding what drives your people -- what attracts them, what engages them in their work, what makes them want to stay -- will help you define actions that can lead to sustainable growth and long-term success.

The Best Employers Studies are conducted by Hewitt Associates in collaboration with our partners in each country. The study provides a definitive benchmark against which you can measure how effective your organisation is in providing a workplace that engages the intellectual and emotional commitment of your employees. While revealing how organisations are achieving a real competitive advantage through their people, the study also indicates where your organisation is at on its journey to being an ‘employer of choice.’

Creating Competitive Advantage

Best Employers—organizations with engaged, motivated employees who are connected to the business—significantly outperform their competitors on every measure.

Our Best Employers research has shown that the benefit in building great workplaces is far greater than the win/win relationship with employees. Best Employers are better positioned to take advantage of business opportunities and weather business cycles effectively. Engaged employees are just the start of a powerful value chain that results in significantly better organizational performance for the Best Employers.

Hewitt's Best Employer studies:

  • Determine what really makes Best Employers best

  • Determine how Best Employers capitalize on this strength to produce greater performance and business results

  • Identify emerging workplace trends