BusinessTech reports that employer branding company Universum has published a list of most attractive employers in South Africa, as ranked by university students.  

Universum’s 2016 Most Attractive Employers ranking is based on the opinion of 21,961 business and engineering/IT students from 30 universities.  The top three employers to work for in South Africa as ranked by business-commerce students were (1) Google; (2) South African Breweries; and (3) Investec.  The top three as ranked by engineering-technology students were (1) Google, (2) Microsoft; and (3) Eskom.  The most sought-after employers globally are also listed in this report.  While both business and engineering/technology global talent have indicated that high future earnings is part of their top three most attractive attributes in an employer, the South African talent has indicated that professional training and development is more attractive in an employer over high future earnings, the research lead indicated.

• Read this report in full at BusinessTech
• Read too, These are the 10 best places to work in SA, at BDLive

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