"We are delighted to be recognised by the HR Distinction Awards in Employer Branding for the work the team has put in. After the creation of a new Global HR in 2012, our team of international HR leaders and experts has achieved outstanding results in building a common global framework for employer branding and successfully established a new corporate identity", said Zdravka Demeter Bubalo, HR Vice President of MOL Group.

The goal of the employer-branding project was to increase employee diversity by improving global winner attraction and retention and to further stimulate business growth. Thus, MOL Group underlines its ambition to be the employer of choice for the brightest and the best. In its unique, international, award-winning talent-acquisition programs, UPPP, GROWWW and FRESHHH, the company put a focus on storytelling by engaging employees to communicate and used viral as well as social-media approaches.

Judges’ comments from the HR Distinction awards praised "Using their measurement and metrics to reach out internationally, MOL Group did this successfully, demonstrating a clear link with the company strategy."

The HR Distinction Awards celebrate the outstanding contribution that innovatively designed and superbly executed HR strategies make to business performance and the bottom line. The winning criteria reflect the role and requirements of next generation HR strategies: to ensure that the right skills, the best people, and the right management tools are in place to elevate the organisation’s performance.