Top Employers China strengthens talent management

The Top Employers Institute certified 41 Chinese employers with the prestigious Top Employer Certification at the Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai on January 15.

The Top Employers Institute's latest Top Employer research has revealed that most of the China's leading employers are prioritizing their HR focuses to talent management, leadership development and employee engagement in 2014.

The three HR priorities identified last year were employee engagement, employee retention and transforming HR into a strategic partner.The shift in HR priorities is rooted in HR's increasing strategic position and achievements in employee retention in recent years. This way HR can allocate more effort to employee development.

The research covers five certification dimensions: Primary benefits, secondary benefits, training and development, career development and culture management.

The five top performance indicators for China for the past 12 months are as follows:

1. Staff turnover has decreased from 20.1 percent to 17.4 percent.
2. Absenteeism has decreased from 1.8 percent to 1.6 percent.
3. Internal candidates seeking promotion fill more internal slots, slightly down from 72.6 percent to 72.0 percent.
4. The minimum days of training for all employees averages at 4 days.
5. The percentage of women employed in top positions has increased from 29.7 percent to 31.0 percent.

Moreover, following the European and African regions, the Top Employers Asia Pacific 2014 certification is available in the Asia Pacific region this year. Participating companies in the Top Employers research must meet requirements in at least five countries in the region in order to achieve the regional Asia Pacific certification. Three employers - SABIC, Technip and Valeo - were successfully awarded Top Employers Asia Pacific certification.

General training, talent management and leadership development are listed as the most adopted development programs both in China and Asia Pacific research. Flexible working conditions are an important contributor to employee satisfaction.

The research focuses on HR policies that highlight what employers do to assist with career development, whether salaries are competitive, how strategies and policies are communicated, eligibility for a company car and annual leave.

The Top Employers Institute researches policies regarding flexible working arrangements, and how organizations invest in employee knowledge and experience. It is through these policies that drive the differences in employment conditions and shape employee experiences.

Top Employers are widely regarded as organizations that focus on performance, and that demand high engagement from their employees in return for such investment. Personal leave and other benefits come with suitably appropriate performance terms and conditions.

Quotes from the Top Employers Institute

David Plink, CEO of the Top Employers Institute

Over the years, we have assessed and certified companies the world over using our proprietary methodology. We strongly value our objectivity, independence and selectivity. As a result, current and prospective employees can trust upon the certified organizations to have excellent conditions in place for their people to develop. Always.

Nicole Jin, Country Manager, Top Employers Institute China

In the last 10 months, the Top Employers Institute pre-screened, researched, validated and audited companies in China to certify 41 Top Employers. Compared with last year, we have seen even new and improved HR policies. We are very pleased to see that an increasing number of established companies in China put "Top Employer" as one of their strategic goals. The Top Employers Institute is glad to provide companies with the direction, benchmark and inspiration to be Top Employers in China.

雅培中国	Abbott China
阿迪达斯集团中国	adidas Group China
友邦中国	AIA China
阿克苏诺贝尔中国	AkzoNobel China
安利（中国）日用品有限公司	Amway (China) Co., Limited
阿斯利康中国	AstraZeneca China
埃维诺中国	Avanade Greater China
巴斯夫	BASF
蓝蛙餐饮管理（上海）有限公司	Blue Frog Food and Beverage Management (Shanghai) Ltd.
勃林格殷格翰	Boehringer Ingelheim
博世中国	Bosch China
中国电信股份有限公司上海分公司	China Telecom Corporation Limited Shanghai Branch
德勤华永会计师事务所（特殊普通合伙）	Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP
陶氏化学（中国）投资有限公司	Dow Chemical (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
新元素餐饮管理（上海）有限公司	Element Fresh Food & Beverage Management Co., Ltd
赢创德固赛（中国）投资有限公司	Evonik Degussa (China) Co., Ltd.
一汽-大众汽车有限公司	FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Company, Ltd.
固特异中国	Goodyear China
洲际酒店集团	IHG
江森自控（中国）投资有限公司	Johnson Controls (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
万豪国际集团	Marriott International, Inc.
麦当劳（中国）有限公司	McDonald’s (China) Co., Ltd.
大都会人寿中国	MetLife China
诺华集团（中国）	Novartis Group (China)
百事食品（中国）有限公司	PepsiCo Foods (China) Co., Ltd.
辉瑞中国	Pfizer China
罗氏诊断产品（上海）有限公司	Roche Diagnostics (Shanghai) Limited
沙特基础工业公司	SABIC
上汽集团乘用车公司	SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle Corporation
圣戈班中国	Saint-Gobain China
赛仕软件中国有限公司	SAS Institute China Co., Ltd.
上海通用汽车有限公司	Shanghai General Motors Corporation Limited
上海大众汽车有限公司	Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd.
西诺德牙科设备商贸（上海）有限公司	Sirona Dental Systems Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
德希尼布中国	Technip China
芬欧汇川（中国）有限公司	UPM (China) Co., Ltd.
法雷奥中国	Valeo China
大众汽车金融（中国）有限公司	Volkswagen Finance (China) Co., Ltd.
惠氏营养品（中国）有限公司	Wyeth Nutritional (China) Co., Ltd.
蔡司中国	ZEISS China
捷迈（上海）医疗国际贸易有限公司	Zimmer (Shanghai) Medical International Trading Co., Ltd

The List of Certified Top Employers in China (in alphabetical order)

About the Top Employers Institute

The Top Employers Institute globally certifies excellence in the conditions that employers create for their people. Optimal employee conditions ensure that people develop themselves personally and professionally. This in turn enables companies to grow and to develop, always.

Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company has recognized Top Employers around the world since 1991.