Kyiv, 14 January 2014: DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, became the HR-Brand Ukraine 2013 Award winner. The Company was granted this prestigious Award for its CIS (Certified International Specialist) Program for education and certification of the whole staff according to international corporate standards.

Vadim Sidoruk, general manager of DHL Express Ukraine: ‘It was the first participation of DHL Express Ukraine in this Competition, therefore it is especially pleasant for us to be highly graded by HR experts. As the most international company,  DHL aims to create a team of real professionals. This is precisely why in addition to professional knowledge the CIS Program gives a lot of extra information about the world business, political and economic geography, skills and competencies necessary to be justly named an International Certified Specialist. We express our gratitude to the judges who confirmed by their points that DHL brand is one of the most attractive Ukrainian employees.’

‘We are proud that our contribution to the key resource of the company was assessed by the leading HR gurus at its true worth’, admitted Ruslana Ignatieva, HR manager DHL Express Ukraine. ‘We are sure that the company can grow and develop only concurrently with the growth of knowledge and talent of our employees. We are really proud of our employees and DHL company we are working for.

“HR-Brand Award” is the main event of HR industry that points out the most important achievements in HR-brand building and modern recruitment methods promotion in general. The award organizer is HeadHunter, a group of companies well-known in the market of Internet recruitment. An independent auditor of the competition is PwC Ukraine, a part of international network of PwC that is one of the major audit companies in the world. For 7 years the award has been granted for the most important projects in HR-brand building industry in Russian market, and since 2011 it has been granted in Ukraine. This year 38 Ukrainian and international companies have taken part in the project and 49 educational programs have been presented.