Hong Kong – It’s no easy feat to cultivate a high-trust, high-performance organisation. According to Great Place to Work®, it takes the commitment of dedicated and motivated employees and leaders to achieve such a lofty goal. We’re proud to announce that Great Place to Work® has named Hays as one of the ‘Best Companies to Work For® in Hong Kong’.

41 organisations across the region participated in the survey, but only 13 of them were recognised as one of the Best Companies to Work For® in Hong Kong. The survey assessed employees’ perspectives on leadership, organisational culture, and trust.

Great Place to Work®’s Best Companies to Work For® in Hong Kong List create cultures that are friendly, inclusive, productive and ethical. An overwhelming majority of employees at the Region’s Best say they’re proud of their workplaces.

“At Hays Hong Kong, our best asset is our people, and that’s why we make the development and wellbeing of our employees our top priority,” says Dean Stallard, Managing Director of Hays Greater Bay Area.

“Not only do we have outstanding leadership and a structured development program, we reward our employees for their exceptional work and we ensure our company culture is one that is energetic and inclusive, all of which really motivates the team.”

“We are really passionate about our people and I am glad that it shows. We feel incredibly honoured to be the only recruitment firm in Hong Kong to receive this award and to be recognised as one of the Best Companies to Work For® in Hong Kong,” says Dean.

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For further information please contact Genevieve Ho, Marketing Manager of Hays Greater Bay Area, on +852 2230 7422 or genevieve.ho@hays.com.hk.

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Hays is located in Hong Kong at 6604-06, 66/F, ICC, 1 Austin Road West, West Kowloon, Hong Kong.

About Hays
Hays plc (the "Group") is a leading global professional recruiting group and is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The Group is the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide, being the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America. The Group operates across the private and public sectors, dealing in permanent positions, contract roles and temporary assignments. As at 31 December 2017 the Group employed 10,800 staff operating from 256 offices in 33 locations across 20 specialisms. For the year ended 30 June 2017:

– the Group reported net fees of £954.6 million and operating profit (pre-exceptional items) of £211.5 million;
– the Group placed around 70,000 candidates into permanent jobs and around 240,000 people into temporary assignments;
– 24% of Group net fees were generated in Asia Pacific, 49% in Continental Europe & RoW (CERoW) and 27% in the United Kingdom & Ireland;
– the temporary placement business represented 59% of net fees and the permanent placement business represented 41% of net fees;
– Hays operates in the following locations: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, the UK and the USA

About the Best Companies to Work For® in Hong Kong List
Since 2016, Great Place to Work® has identified the top organisations that create great workplaces in Hong Kong in which they operate through the publication of the Best Companies to Work For® in Hong Kong List. The objective of publishing the list is to acknowledge organisations and Great Workplaces from diverse industries and sizes that deliver and establish great culture among the colleagues and associates, so as to sustain and enhance the competitive edge of the region.
To be considered eligible for the Best Companies to Work For® in Hong Kong List, companies must score at least 70% in the overall result of the Trust Index© employee survey and Culture Audit© assessment.

About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work®, headquartered in San Francisco, is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures that provides executive advisory and culture consulting services to businesses, non-profits, and government agencies in 58 countries across five continents. Through proprietary assessment tools, benchmarks, advisory services, workplace reviews and certification programs (such as the Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For published on Fortune Magazine), Great Place to Work helps its clients create great workplaces that outpace peers on key business metrics like revenue growth, profitability, retention and stock performance.

For more information, please visit http://www.greatplacetowork.com.hk/.