What really makes a top beauty industry employer?

Published: 4-Jul-2017
Finance

From window desks to supportive managers, one person's idea of a 'perfect' employer can vary dramatically from another.

Here Cosmetics Business analyses Universum’s World’s Most Attractive Employers 2017 list, and speaks to an HR expert about what companies can do to raise their game

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L’Oréal, P&G, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson and LVMH have all ranked in the Top 50 of Universum’s World’s Most Attractive Employers 2017 list.

But with several other cosmetics companies notably missing from the line-up, what is it that potential employees are really looking for when considering where they want to work?

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