JobStreet.com, the no. 1 job site
in the Philippines, has just released the results of its Top Companies 2017
survey. This year, there are new entrants in the top 10, changing the face of
the annual list.
Utilities firms, for the first
time, have broken into the list, with electric distribution company Meralco as the overall top preferred
company of jobseekers and telecommunications company PLDT Inc. at number
nine.
Food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) takes second
place while tech giant Google
Philippines leapfrogs to third place from last year’s eighth. As for the
rest of the previously unmovable top 3, wellness multinational Nestlé
Philippines takes the fourth place while the foremost business process
outsourcing in the country, Accenture, is in fifth.
The only Henry Sy-led company on
the list this year and the lone financial institution in the top ten, BDO
Unibank, is sixth this 2017. Consumer goods giant Procter and Gamble rises is
this year’s seventh and ABS-CBN Corporation, one of the Philippines’ leading
media and entertainment company, is eighth this year.
Rounding up the top companies most
of the Filipino workforce prefer to work is consumer goods multinational
Unilever, which was last seen in the 2015 list now takes the tenth place this
year.
Recognition
expands to other strong employer brands
The Top Companies Report, now on
its fourth edition, is expanding to give out special awards to category and
regional winners. These companies, are bring recognized for their strong performance
in their respective categories and areas.
Regional awardees this year include
Bank of the Philippine Islands for Central Luzon, for Shell companies in the
Philippines for CALABARZON, and Aboitiz for Central Visayas. For the corporate
category, awardees include Shell companies in the Philippines, Coca-Cola FEMSA
Philippines and SM Investments Corporation. In the BPO category, winners are
JPMorgan Chase Bank, IBM Business Services, and Convergys Philippines.
Job
security matters more this time
Part of Jobstreet.com’s survey on
which companies they aspire to be a part of is the question why they want to
work in these firms. Last year’s survey showed that a competitive basic salary
is the primary reason when choosing a firm to work for whereas the candidates
asked this year indicated that job security is the foremost reason for their
consideration.
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