Picking up another prominent award, Meltwater Group is honoured by becoming a certified Top Employer

London, 26th March – Meltwater Group, one of the world’s leading Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, has been certified by the CRF Institute as one of Britain’s Top Employers for 2012, awarding the organisation for its efforts in meeting the highest standards of HR.

Identifying Meltwater as front-runners in HR management, the company has been recognised for providing organisations with sharp, fresh insight into their markets and customers. Scoring highly in Career Development, Company Culture and Training & Development, Meltwater is proud of its commitment to its employees, developing and nurturing a pool of talent that is hard-working and ethical, with a strong entrepreneurial flair.

The organisations examined were assessed based on the following criteria: Primary Benefits, Secondary Benefits & Working Conditions, Training & Development, Career Development, and Company Culture. Only those organisations that met the stringent research criteria received the Top Employers certification. Meltwater achieved its highest scores in the area of Training & Development. This is the second time that Meltwater has been certified as one of Britain’s Top Employers.

Eleanor Nickerson, Country Manager, Britain’s Top Employers: “This year we’re proud to certify our strongest group of Top Employers to date. Increasingly we’re seeing creative and intelligent HR practices and employee offerings that ensure the working experience is positive, and that employee groups get what they want from their employment. We’re seeing a heavy emphasis on flexible benefits, on segmented employee offerings and on career development that ensures employee growth and good succession planning.”

“To be honoured as one of Britain’s Top Employers for the second consecutive year is something we take great pride in and is an acknowledgment to all the hardworking people at Meltwater. The Meltwater investment in nurturing and developing home-grown talent has been the single most important factor in growing Meltwater from a two man start-up in Norway 11 years ago, to the world’s leading news and social media monitoring company today, counting over 900 employees in 57 offices, across 6 continents and 27 countries.” said Jorn Lyseggen, Founder and CEO.

Meltwater offers its people outstanding working conditions such as working with market-leading technology and innovation, growing its own talent, a friendly, collaborative culture, great chances to work abroad and growth potential in both sales and opportunities.