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Costa Cruises Is A Top Employers Italy For The Fifth Year Running
The Italian company has been awarded the prestigious'Top Employers Italy 2018' certification, in recognition of its high standardsin terms of human resources management.
Genoa, 9 February 2018 - For the fifthyear running, Costa Cruisesis one of the best Italian companies to workfor. That's what the Top Employers Institute hasdecided, which awarded the company its prestigious Top Employers Italy 2018 certification.
The annual research conducted bythe Top Employers Institute certifies the best companies in the world in termsof HR: the ones that offer excellent working conditions, that train and developtalent at every level of the company and that constantly strive to improve andoptimise their best practices in the field of Human Resources.
The cornerstone of the TopEmployers selection procedure is participating in a strict and in-depthresearch study - the HR Best Practices Survey - and achieving the requisitehigh standards. As a guarantee of the certification's validity, all companiesundergo an audit, the purpose of which is to carefully verify the workingconditions offered. In particular, the Top Employers Institute performs anin-depth examination of the following sectors: talent strategy; workforceplanning; on-boarding; learning & development; performance management;leadership development; career & succession management; compensation &benefits; culture.
These are areasin which Costa Cruises excels. The Italian company employs international, youngstaff from all over the world - from 70different countries - comprising more than 19,000 employees, of whomapproximately 18,000 work on the 15 ships in service and about 1,000 in theshoreside offices. In 2017 Costa Cruises provided about 850,000 total hours of training to its employees and took on morethan 3500 new resources. Over theyear highly innovative projects have been implemented, such as smart working for office workers andthe launch of courses at the new AccademiaOspitalità Italiana Crociere, the first academy in Italy dedicated to thehighly qualified training of hotel professionals for cruise ships, establishedin Arenzano, Genoa together with the FondazioneITS Accademia Italiana Marina Mercantile.
Antonella Varbaro, the CostaCampus Director of Costa Cruises said: "Ina sector as competitive and dynamic as the cruise sector, human resources arethe element that really makes the difference and allows us to achieve thehighest levels of guest satisfaction. This is why we aim to continuously improveour training and development policies and our staff management strategies.Besides making us proud, the Top Employers certification that we have beenawarded for the fifth year running is also a guarantee of the excellent workingconditions that we provide."
Alessio Tanganelli, the Brazil,Italy and Spain Regional Director of the Top Employers Institute, said: "An optimum working environment can fosterthe professional as well as the personal and human growth of people. TopEmployers research has verified and certified that Costa Cruises has excellentHR conditions and provides a wide range of benefits and proactive initiativesto its employees, from working conditions to non-monetary benefits andstructured training and development policies, all consistently in line with itscorporate culture."
More informationcan be found at the website it.top-employers.com,as well as all the details about the certification and the awards ceremony.
Forfurther information:
CostaCruises
PressOffice - Tel. +39 010 5483523 / 010 5483068 - costapressoffice@costa.it
GabrieleBaroni – Communication Director – mob. +39 3497668013 - baroni@costa.it
DavideBarbano – Media Relations Manager – mob. +39 3346525216 - barbano@costa.it
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