OREANDA-NEWS. On 10 March 2009 was announced, that Absolut Bank became a third winning participant in HR-Brand 2008 contest in the “regional projects” nomination. The award was handed in at the third annual ceremony where best 2008 employers were announced. Throughout 2009, Absolut Bank will keep the HR-Brand title awarded to the most client-attractive companies.

The contest was held by one of Russia’s leading employment opportunities portals, Headhunter.ru. The contest award went to the winners in four nominations and companies most successful in their HR and corporate strategy and employer’s image improvement efforts.

The “bronze medal” project of Absolut Bank focused on training newly-hired employees at regional network front offices carried out by bank instructors. The project helps the newly-hired employees to adapt to the bank’s work environment and made it possible to set up a system of front office personnel training at the bank’s regional subdivisions.