The LinkedIn rankings include the top 25 best workplaces in Kenya for professionals to grow their careers. According to LinkedIn, the rankings are based on data unique to its platform. LinkedIn says the companies featured on the list offer \u201cstability in our ever-changing world of work \u2013 the ones that are not only attracting employees but retaining them.\u201d<\/p>\n
LinkedIn used data across \u201cseven pillars\u201d to put together this year\u2019s ranking. Each pillar encompasses an important element for career progression. They include the ability to advance, skills growth, company stability, external opportunity, company affinity, gender diversity, and the spread of educational backgrounds.<\/p>\n
Safaricom PLC ranked number one \u2013 at the very top of the list. Interestingly, the list also includes the most common job titles in the company, as well as the largest job functions. These are, respectively, Customer Executive, and Software Engineer, with the largest job functions being in Sales, Engineering, and Support.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis award demonstrates our dedication as Safaricom to have a better world of work and this is exhibited through our excellent Human Resource policies and people practices,\u201d Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa said in a LinkedIn post.<\/p>\n
Ndegwa continued that Safaricom\u2019s ambition as a company is to become \u201cthe number one employer in Kenya. We do this by providing our employees the opportunities and platforms to upskill themselves, while also creating a workplace that is inclusive and conducive for all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coming in second place is Equity Bank Limited, while Kenya Airways, the East African country\u2019s national carrier, came in third place.<\/p>\n
Several financial firms took top spots including the KCB Group at number four, the NCBA Group in fifth, Standard Chartered Bank at 9th, South Africa\u2019s Stanbic Bank Kenya at 11, and Absa Bank Kenya at 15, amongst others.<\/p>\n
According to Business Daily Africa, this is the second of such awards won by Safaricom this year. In January, Kenya\u2019s Top Employers Institute certified Safaricom as the country\u2019s top employer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Safaricom has ranked as the top company to work for in Kenya if you are looking to advance in your professional life, according to a newly released Top Companies Kenya 2022 ranking published by career-focused social networking platform LinkedIn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":5404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,21],"tags":[7,26,22],"class_list":{"0":"post-5407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-technology","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-technology"},"yoast_head":"\n