The 2019 Myanmar Employer Awards, powered by JobNet.com.mm, once again celebrated top leaders across the Human Resources industry for their exceptional achievements and commitment to employer excellence and talent management. After the course of several months from the launch of the event, a list of over 20 categories of award was filled with international organizations and local companies of different sizes operating in Myanmar. Awards were allocated based on the independent judging carried out by eighteen local and international judges, led by the guidance of Head Judge Prof. Dr. Aung Tun Thet and audited by verifying partner Deloitte Myanmar.
The 2019 Myanmar Employer Awards winners list can be revealed as followed:
- International – Best Use of Internal Marketing for Company Pride
Bronze – British American Tobacco & DKSH
Silver – Myanmar Carlsberg & Coca Cola
Gold – Unilever
- Local – Best Use of Internal Marketing for Company Pride
Bronze – Grand Royal Group & IKBZ
Silver – Early Dawn Microfinance & Global Technology Group
Gold – Myanmar Berwery
- International – Best Career Advancement Program
Bronze – DKSH, Myanmar Carlsberg & Ooredoo Myanmar
Silver – Coca Cola
Gold – Unilever
- Local – Best Career Advancement Program
Bronze – Early Dawn Microfinance, Grand Royal Group & Maha Agriculture Microfinance
Silver – AYA Bank
Gold – Myanmar Brewery
- International – Best Use of Rewards & Recognition
Bronze – DKSH, Ooredoo Myanmar & DHL
Silver – British American Tobacco
Gold – Unilever
- Local – Best Use of Rewards & Recognition
Bronze – Maha Agriculture Microfinance
Silver – MyWorld Careers
Gold – Myanmar Brewery
- International – Best Learning and Development Program
Bronze – British American Tobacco & Myanmar Carlsberg
Silver – Coca Cola & Ooredoo Myanmar
Gold – Unilever
- Local – Best Learning and Development Program
Bronze – Global Technology Group, IKBZ & Ayer Shwe Wah
Silver – Grand Royal
Gold – Myanmar Brewery
- International – Excellence in Workplace Environment
Bronze – Coca Cola & DKSH
Silver – Wave Money, Myanmar Carlsberg
Gold – Unilever
- Local – Excellence in Workplace Environment
Bronze – IKBZ & Global Technology Group
Silver – MyWorld Careers
Gold – Myanmar Brewery
- International – Most Innovative Use of Technology in HR
Bronze – Sembcorp
Silver – British American Tobacco & DKSH
Gold – Unilever
- Local – Most Innovative Use of Technology in HR
Silver – Global Technology Group & Grand Royal Group
Gold – Myanmar Brewery
- International – Most Effective Recruitment Strategy for Talent Attraction
Bronze – Wave Money
Silver – Ooredoo Myanmar
Gold – Unilever
- Local – Most Effective Recruitment Strategy for Talent Attraction
Silver – Early Dawn Microfinance
Gold – Myanmar Brewery
- Best Corporate Social Responsibility Engagement – Unilever
- Small Medium Enterprise of the Year – ThitSaWork Solutions
- HR Rising Star of the Year – Myanmar Brewery (Khin San San Aung @ Coral)
- HR Director of the Year – Unilever ( Rowena Sy)
- CEO of the Year – Unilever (Srikanth Srinivasamadhavan)
- International – People’s Choice Award
Silver – Myanmar Carlsberg
Gold – Coca Cola
- Local – People’s Choice Award
Silver – AYA Bank
Gold – Myanmar Brewery
- International – Overall Best of the Best – Unilever
- Local – Overall Best of the Best – Myanmar Brewery
The event is attended by over five hundred guests with the presence of multiple Government Ministers, DICA officials, esteemed judges across the country and around the globe, CEOs, Managing Directors, HR Directors, and employees from nominated. H.E Moe Moe Su Kyi Minister of Immigration and Human Resources, H.E. Zaw Aye Maung Minister of Rakhine National Affairs (Formerly in charge of Labour, Immigration and Population Ministry), and Tin Aye Han Deputy Director General of DICA were guests of honor at the Myanmar Employer Awards, reinforcing the commitment for continuous development for best corporate practices from the highest levels of institution and government in Myanmar
Matt De Luca, Managing Director of JobNet.com.mm, was equally pleased with the Myanmar Employer Awards platform. “When this event started three years ago, we could only dream that it would become the standard bearer that it has become today. With hundreds of applications coming in, it truly is the industry benchmark for measuring HR best practices. We were so happy to see all of the winners accept their awards, and how well it will help their organizations in the future.”
The 2019 Myanmar Employer Awards this year had the support of Main Sponsor, Yoma Bank; Platinum sponsor, British School of Yangon; Gold Sponsors: Sembcorp Myingyan Power Company Limited, Global Technology Group, and Marga Group; Venue Sponsor, Novotel Yangon Max; Verifying Partner, Deloitte Myanmar; and Supporting Partners: AmCham Myanmar, AustCham Myanmar, The British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar, CCI France Myanmar, and IMCC Myanmar.