Konica Minolta recognised for HR initiatives
July 29, 2024
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), announced it has received two 2024 Merit Awards for Human Resources.
The Merit Awards is an independent awards programme that recognises global industries and the markets they serve, based on submissions that address leadership, innovation, positive work environment and more, and are judged by industry executives, Merit Awards staff, members of the media and consultants.
Konica Minolta’s North America Talent Acquisition team received the Gold Merit Award for Excellence in Recruitment Strategy. Together they created a concerted effort to meet the needs of the business and drive down costs by implementing a faster hiring process that used less expensive resources to operate. The plan involved three key strategies: significantly reduce the use of external recruiting agencies, streamline and improve transparency to the business to accelerate the hiring process and improve the candidate experience to increase acceptance rates.
“These are truly remarkable results, and I want to thank and congratulate our North America Talent Acquisition Team for their outstanding efforts that resulted in this accolade,” said Vicky Ringwood, Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Konica Minolta. “Like so many other companies, Konica Minolta has faced difficult and ongoing challenges to find and hire employees since the pandemic. Additionally, we are seeing dramatic shifts in today’s employment marketplace – including hybrid work models – and our Talent Acquisition Team has made a real difference for our company as we look to the future.”
Konica Minolta’s Human Resources team also received a Bronze Merit Award in the Employee Recognition and Rewards Programme category for its KM Kudos Programme, the company’s rewards and recognition programme. It enables all employees to recognise each other and provides points to non-sales teams for their outstanding achievements. Recipients can redeem their points in a variety of ways – for cash, gift cards and even charitable contributions.
“Prior to putting this new programme in place, regular thanks and recognition were the exceptions,” stated Ringwood. “Today our employees throughout North America are supporting our strong day-to-day performance and demonstrating our company values through the KM Kudos Programme. Going forward, we’ll continue to celebrate performance, using this programme and monthly town halls to reinforce the behaviours, competencies and achievements that enable our company’s transformational efforts.”
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