WPP has made it into LinkedIn's list of top companies in Australia to work for in 2022.
The ranks 25 companies that are investing in their talent and helping people build careers that will set them up for long-term success.
The 2022 LinkedIn Top Companies list is the 6th annual ranking of the best workplaces to grow a career, all based on unique LinkedIn data.
LinkedIn: "These are the companies that are offering stability in our ever-changing world of work — the ones that are not only attracting employees, but retaining them.
"To put together this year’s rankings, we looked at LinkedIn data across seven pillars, each revealing an important element of career progression: ability to advance, skills growth, company stability, external opportunity, company affinity, gender diversity and spread of educational backgrounds."
WPP came in seventh. Here's what LinkedIn says:
WPP is the parent company of Ogilvy, Mindshare, Wavemaker, GroupM and others.
Australia headcount: 3,607* | Global headcount: 109,000 | Top Australia locations: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane | Most notable skills: Media Planning, Media Buying, Programmatic Media Buying, Advertising | Most common job titles: Account Manager, Accounts Payable Officer, Strategic Partner | Largest job functions: Business Development, Accounting, Information Technology | What you should know: WPP, through its subsidiaries, is striving to “make advertising better”, both to support clients and attract the best talent. GroupM chief executive Aimee Buchanan said, “Ultimately, if we’re not making things here better for our people, I’m not doing my job and we won’t have the best talent.” For this initiative, workers are encouraged to define what their working day looks like, with flexibility around where they work, with time-out factored for wellness programs or school pick-up, and expanded parental leave policies.
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