Baker & McKenzie Diwok Hermann Petsche Recognized 1st Place in “Career’s Best Recruiters”
Awards
22 November 2011
Vienna, Austria, 22 November 2011 - Baker & McKenzie Diwok Hermann Petsche was recognized 1st place in in the employer branding study “Career’s Best Recruiters 2011/2012." The study evaluated 500 Austrian companies. In the overall ranking across industries, Diwok Hermann Petsche ranked 51. The evaluation was conducted in accordance with state-of-the art employer branding and recruiting research. The award ceremony will be headed by Federal Minister and University Professor, Dr. Karlheinz Töchterle at the Federal Ministry for Science and Research in February 2012.
The study was made up of three processes. The first step included an analysis of the employer brand power covering aspects such as homepage, presence at online job fairs and recruiting fairs, as well as social web activities. In a second step, companies were analyzed how they reacted to unsolicited job applications, while the third analysis focused on how job applicants perceived the companies in their role as employers. The study claims to provide a uniform and representative picture both for the evaluated companies and institutions and for potential job applicants.
“We are very proud to receive this award, beating our top competitors in the sector,” said Dr. Stefan Riegler, hiring partner of Baker & McKenzie Diwok Hermann Petsche. “Recruiting has always been very important to us. Last year, we have implemented a number of exclusive measures to ensure that we are early in getting to tomorrow's top lawyers”.
He believes that these innovative measures are the key to success. Measures such as the Career Mentorship Programme, which the law firm launched in its Vienna office in 2010, and that is so far entirely unique, the Firm’s customized performances on job fairs and its extensive efforts to cultivate established personal contacts to young legal talent at the local universities. “This positive feedback confirms that we are on the right track,” Dr. Riegler added.
“Career’s Best Recruiters” is conducted annually by the Vienna-based communication agency GPK Event- und Kommunikationsmanagement GmbH. The study shows how different companies and institutions are perceived by graduates of universities.