Many awards for a singular employer.

Our career portal has received the distinction as Top Career Website 2012 from the market research institute Potentialpark. In the student survey on the quality of career websites (TEWeb), the Otto Group jumped from rank 14 last year to place 9^th this year. The survey focused on the criteria information content, recruiting process and navigation. 

The market research institute Potentialpark has analysed the online talent communication of companies in Germany for the 11^th time. 131 companies were scrutinised and 2008 German university students and graduates were asked their opinions on those companies' career websites and online recruiting tools. The results show the Otto Group with an excellent rank of 3^rd place.

Potentialpark, in its study on social media communication, has analysed 190 career sites on Facebook according to the following criteria: interactivity, privacy and credibility, job search as well as career information. We are thrilled to be in 8^th place!

The Otto Group adheres to the 5 rules of the Fair Company Initiative and is rewarded with the “Fair Company” seal by the German business magazine “Karriere”. What are those 5 rules?

• Interns will not be used to fill full-time positions.
• University graduates who have applied for a full-time position are not sidetracked into an internship.
• Interns aren't lured into the company with the vague prospect of a subsequent full-time employment.
• Internships are meant to facilitate professional orientation while at university or in training.
• Interns are properly compensated.

The trendence Institute polled high school students on their most favourite employers. And the good news for us is that the Otto Group is one of the 100 most attractive employers.

The Otto Group has received the TOP Company seal of approval at kununu.com. On this platform, employees evaluate their employers according to a variety of criteria such as well-being or career opportunities.

The Otto Group was voted into the Top 50 “most attractive companies 2010”. By whom? Around 2,500 university students and graduates that cast their ballot on Berufsstart.de.

The readers of the trade magazine “Textilwirtschaft” voted the Otto Group to be the top employer in the fashion industry. More than 1000 graduates, young professionals, junior managers and job-seekers were interviewed. The Otto Group came in first in the four categories “job security”, “good advanced training”, “work-life balance” as well as “social responsibility/sustainability”.

The Otto Group was given the seal of approval “Hamburg's best employer 2010”. The competition consisted of three parts: assessing the extent to which managers and employees perceived the company in the same way; evaluating the corporate culture; and a personal audit in which the jury visited the company to gain a personal impression.

The independent research company CRF awarded 90 companies with the seal of approval “Top Employer Germany” - including, of course, the Otto Group. In a comprehensive study all companies demonstrated convincing qualities as employers for university graduates and young professionals.

Germany's young professionals have voted the Otto Group into the illustrious group of 100 most popular employers! More than 3,100 high potentials among young professionals were interviewed regarding their views on employer attractiveness and their readiness to change jobs.