The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has bagged multiple awards at the HR Excellence Awards 2024 for excellence in human resource management as the company continues to develop its pool of diverse talents to carry its mission of keeping the lights on and powering the good life for all.
Meralco took home two (2) Gold and two (2) Silver awards for demonstrating sustained excellence in recruitment and development of young professionals, leadership development, talent acquisition, and women empowerment strategy.
The Manuel V. Pangilinan-led distribution utility took home the Gold Award for Excellence in Graduate Recruitment and Development for its entry “Igniting the Spark of Young Professionals through the 2023 Meralco Cadetship and Internship Programs” as well as the “LUMENS Coaching Program for Leaders” under the Excellence in Leadership Development category.
The Meralco Cadetship and Internship program is the company’s training series for young professionals, while LUMENS equips high-performing employees with leadership competencies to take on headship and management roles.
Meralco was also recognized with the Silver Award for its entries “#BuildingABrilliantFuture with Meralco: Social Media Recruitment Marketing Tool”, and “Empowering Women: Meralco’s 2023 Mbrace Program on Diversity and Inclusion in Workplace” under the Excellence in Talent Acquisition, and Excellence in Women Empowerment Strategy categories respectively.
#BuildingABrilliantFuture is the social media banner slogan of Meralco’s Talent Resourcing and Recruitment Office while Mbrace is the diversity and inclusion program of the company.
Now on its third edition, the HR Excellence Awards 2024 Philippines recognizes organizations in the country that have demonstrated innovative approaches to employee management as well as human capital strategies.
The awards, which features 40 categories, were judged by a panel of top HR leaders from various international companies.
