How do organizations achieve long-term sustainability? How do they focus their resources (including talent) most effectively to drive business success? To help organizations address these questions, Hewitt Associates conducts Best Employer research globally. Our research, in more than 50 markets, 5,000 organizations, and 60 industries, reveals how organizations differentiate and achieve a competitive advantage through their people. It provides the definitive benchmark to help organizations align their people practices to engage the intellectual and emotional commitment of their associates.

We examined the findings from our Best Employer studies, as well as our comprehensive research on employee engagement. We investigated a variety of possible factors, from external criteria to specific company practices, to understand what distinguishes Best Employers.

Read more in the Hewitt Point of View paper linked to below.