The size of salaries and possibilities for professional development are the priority for Ukrainian job-seekers, followed by career growth and a chance to be officially employed, according to the latest Best Employer 2012 Ernst & Young survey.
Salary
matters for 89 percent of those surveyed, while professional
development was desired by 78 percent of respondents. Career growth
is important for 76 percent and 70 percent are concerned about
official employment.
Ukrainians
are getting more particular about jobs as the competition for top
talent is getting tougher, experts say.
“The
fight for the best professionals is taking on enormous significance.
That’s why the employer’s image could contribute to the company’s
advantage over its competitors,” says Olga Horbanovska, partner and
head of Human Capital Group at Ernst & Young.
Students
have similar expectations when choosing a job. Money and career
opportunities are of great importance for more than 70 percent of
those surveyed.
According
to Horbanovska this fact mirrors a global trend and “is connected
with the arrival of the more ambitious generation ‘Y’ which is
ruled by the approach ‘all and at once’.”
The
survey also revealed a list of 20 best employers based on the
expectations of job seekers. It includes international IT giants
Google and Microsoft; fast moving consumer goods businesses Coca
Cola, Kraft Foods, Procter and Gamble and Nestle; tobacco company
Phillip Morris, telecom firm Kyivstar, and local energy giant DTEK
owned by Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, whose metals
heavyweight Metinvest and financial holding SCM also made the list.
The
fact that respondents specified the companies where they would prefer
to work proves the great achievements of these companies, as creating
the image of a successful employer is a complicated and
time-consuming process, according to Horbanovska.
Kyiv
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