The Multimedia Group, with its flagship station Joy FM has been adjudged the best media house to work for in Ghana.

In the first ever 100 Best Companies to Work for in Ghana report conducted by Jobberman, a recruitment firm, the media giant placed 57^th but remained the best media institution to work for followed by Starrfm, Citifm, Graphic and TV3.

Tullow Ghana was adjudged as the overall best company to work for, with Nestle Ghana, Bank of Ghana, and KPMG following in that order.

A press statement released by Jobberman says the report ranks top employers based on a survey taken by former and current employees.

The list of winners features organisations across different industries in the Ghanaian job market.

Providing the rationale behind the survey, Jobberman said with many discrepancies in the formal sector and an alarming unemployment rate, there is a lot of uncertainty regarding employment in Ghana.

“This is why Jobberman Ghana sent out the survey to rank the Best 100 companies to work. The purpose of the survey was to know what employees rank highly in a company, and which company they would like to work for, given the opportunity. The survey also considered feedback from employees about their current employers.”

The survey used for gathering data for the report focused on age, gender, experience level, salary, years of employment as well as job level. Most respondents chose three factors from a number of factors that they regard as good traits from an employer. Career progression, good benefits aside from salary and job security. Many of the top ten companies provided these factors in varying degrees as indicated by their current or former employees.

Categorisation of respondents was based on the premise that employed respondents are better qualified to provide accurate and unbiased views on their current or past organisations.

All respondents were classified according to Age Bracket, Seniority Level, Monthly Salary and duration at the company. Only seniority level had a weighting and impact in the final results with the senior level carrying the most weighting and entry-level carrying the least. The Business Owner level carried no weighting so as not to make the results biased.

The report provides insights like

• There is a young entrepreneurship demographic, with most entrepreneurs falling within the 25-34 years bracket.
• The older demographics don’t rate companies as high, however, they are more likely to stay.
• Entry-level employees value job security and pay highly, and although a majority of them rate their companies higher, they are likely to leave to pursue these traits.
• Mid-level employers value pay and proximity, they rated their companies the lowest on average and are more likely to leave, to pursue these traits.

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