Not all organisations are equal in the eyes of HR and L&D professionals. But which employers would they drop it all to work for? And what’s so good about them?
For recruiters, understanding what gives one business greater allure than its neighbour is the holy grail. So when People Management set out to find which organisations were most desirable to HR and L&D professionals, we didn’t just ask for the ‘who’ – we wanted the ‘why’ too.
Our list of 20 ‘most wanted’ employers, presented on these pages, was compiled after a vote of 420 readers who chose from a carefully curated long-list of 60 organisations. There are a number of surprises among the familiar names, but equally enlightening are the reasons readers gave for their choices.
How we did it
We chose 60 organisations we believed had strong appeal to HR and L&D professionals, based on the opinions of selected HR recruitment specialists, awards won for HR proficiency and general market profile. These were then put to an online vote of People Management readers.
Your top 20...
20 Arts Council England - Read our Q&A with Arts Council England's HR director
19 L’Oréal
18 BP
17 Diageo
16 Local government
15 Sainsbury’s
14 Unilever
13 Civil Service
12 NHS
11 Cadbury
10 Facebook
9 BBC
8 BMW
7 Save the Children - Read our Q&A with Save the Children's director of people and organisational development
6 Jaguar Land Rover
5 British Airways
4 Marks and Spencer
3 Apple
2 John Lewis
1 Google - Read why Google is HR's most wanted employer
And here's why you wanted to work for them....
