11 December, 2020 – The top employers and HR industry leaders of Myanmar have been selected among all applicants in the 2020 Myanmar Employer Awards. In their fourth consecutive year, the Myanmar Employer Awards 2020 continue on a mission to recognize and celebrate outstanding efforts and achievements in employer excellence and HR best practices. After a 6 month long campaign which included two rounds of judging, the Official Winners were revealed on 11 December at the Virtual Awards Presentation Ceremony, which was live streamed on all official Myanmar Employer Awards social media platforms.
The fourth edition of the MEA attracted over ninety applications from both local and international companies operating in Myanmar. Twenty-one companies won a coveted Winner title in the Gold, Silver or Bronze tiers across seven HR Category Awards and two Special Recognition Awards. Furthermore, the Winners for the 100% online, community-based People’s Choice Award, as well as the most prestigious Best of the Best Award.
“The aim of the awards is to raise standards and provide a platform to recognize exceptional achievements. My hat off to all companies and specifically HR departments who chose to enter the program this year and decided to challenge themselves, I know the work involved. We’re honored to have received a high amount of applications even this year during a pandemic.” added Matt De Luca, Managing Director of JobNet.com.mm, the Awards founding organization and sponsor.
The following is the list of Official 2020 Myanmar Employer Awards Winners:
International Winner Companies
BEST USE OF INTERNAL MARKETING FOR COMPANY PRIDE
Gold Winner - Coca Cola Pinya Beverages Myanmar
Silver Winner - Ooredoo Myanmar
Bronze Winner - Carlsberg
BEST CAREER ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
Gold Winner - Coca Cola Pinya Beverages Myanmar
Silver Winner - British American Tobacco
Bronze Winner - Carlsberg Myanmar
BEST USE OF REWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Gold Winner - Myanmar DHL
Silver Winner - British American Tobacco
Bronze Winner - Maersk Myanmar
BEST LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Gold Winner - British American Tobacco
Silver Winner - Coca Cola Pinya Beverages Myanmar
Bronze Winner - International SOS (Myanmar International Services)
EXCELLENCE IN WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT
Gold Winner - Nestle Myanmar
Silver Winner - Ooredoo Myanmar
Bronze Winner - Mascon International Business Services
MOST INNOVATIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN HR
Gold Winner - Carlsberg Myanmar
Silver Winner - Coca Cola Pinya Beverages Myanmar
Bronze Winner - Heineken Myanmar
MOST EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT STRATEGY FOR TALENT ATTRACTION
Gold Winner - Ooredoo Myanmar
Silver Winner - Mascon International Business Services
Bronze Winner - Nestle Myanmar
BEST CSR FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Gold Winner - Coca Cola Pinya Beverages Myanmar
Silver Winner - British American Tobacco
Bronze Winner - Carlsberg Myanmar
SME OF THE YEAR
Gold Winner - Medicare Health & Beauty
Silver Winner - RJE Myanmar
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER: Coca Cola Pinya Beverages Myanmar
OVERALL BEST OF THE BEST WINNER: Coca Cola Pinya Beverages Myanmar
Local Winner Companies
BEST USE OF INTERNAL MARKETING FOR COMPANY PRIDE
Gold Winner - Synapse Original
Silver Winner - Global Technology Group
Bronze Winner - KBZ MS General Insurance
BEST CAREER ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
Gold Winner - Grand Royal Group
BEST USE OF REWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Gold Winner - Grand Royal Group
BEST LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Gold Winner - Global Technology Group
Silver Winner - Grand Royal Group
Bronze Winner - Ayer Shwe Wah Group of Companies
EXCELLENCE IN WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT
Gold Winner - KBZ MS General Insurance
MOST INNOVATIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN HR
Gold Winner - Global Technology Group
Silver Winner - Ayer Shwe Wah Group of Companies
Bronze Winner - Dream Job Myanmar
MOST EFFECTIVE RECRUITMENT STRATEGY FOR TALENT ATTRACTION
Gold Winner - Grand Royal Group
Silver Winner - Global Technology Group
Bronze Winner - BayDar Co.
BEST CSR FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Gold Winner - Myanmar Brewery
Silver Winner - Grand Royal Group
Bronze Winner - Global Technology Group
SME OF THE YEAR
Gold Winner - Synapse Original
Silver Winner - BayDar Co.
Bronze Winner - Talent Experts
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD WINNER: KBZ MS General Insurance
OVERALL BEST OF THE BEST WINNER: Grand Royal Group
A mixed panel of 24 local and international HR leaders as judges with extensive experience across varying industries and countries, converged for Final Judging Day on 10th November. After tabulation and verification by Deloitte Myanmar, the Official Winners of the 2020 Myanmar Employer Awards were determined for each category.
The Best of the Best Award was presented to one local and one international company with the highest overall score, calculated on the total number of awards won by each company. The People’s Choice Award was presented based on the highest vote count from the community through a 100% online, twenty day long anonymous survey.
Aiming to recognize the best employers in the country and to raise standards in HR best practices, the Myanmar Employer Awards has received extensive support from its sponsors: Main Sponsor – Yoma Bank, Official Verifying Partner - Deloitte, Platinum Sponsors – the British School Yangon and Dai-ichi Life Insurance Myanmar Ltd., and Gold Sponsors - Coca-Cola Pinya Beverages Myanmar Limited (CCPBM) and Global Technology Group.
The Awards Program also received support from its Chamber Partners - CCI France Myanmar, the British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar, the Australia-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce, the Italy-Myanmar Business Association, the American Chamber of Commerce, and the India-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce, and its Official Media Partners - The Myanmar Times and The Strait Times Myanmar Edition.
ABOUT THE MYANMAR EMPLOYER AWARDS
(web link: www.myanmaremployerawards.com) Now in their fourth year, the Myanmar Employer Awards promote advances and excellence across HR and human capital management. By celebrating companies in Myanmar who are committed to providing an enriching work environment for their employees, the MEA comes together once a year to establish benchmarks in the industry and mark the progress that continues to be made year after year. Each year, the Myanmar Employer Awards along with its esteemed panel of judges looks forward to receiving the applications and assessing the health and development of the HR industry in Myanmar.
ABOUT JOBNET.COM.MM
JobNet.com.mm is an online jobs platform and recruitment technology solution which matches employers with the most suitable candidates to fill their jobs. With over 700,000 professionals visiting the portal every month, it is the most visited online job site in Myanmar. Together with co-founder and Managing Director Matt De Luca, Myanmar-born CEO Justin Sway established JobNet.com.mm as a solution to effectively bring Myanmar’s employers and professionals together, and help companies and HR departments adopt powerful recruitment technologies.