Same awards.
New criteria.

Individuals or representatives may submit an entry for any eligible company/s for the Dream Employer of the Year and Workplace Health Advocate awards via our designated entry form. There is no need to submit an entry for the Most Attractive Employer and Breakthrough Employer awards as all companies on the Workbean platform will automatically be assessed by the Workbean Consultancy team, led by Co-founder and Employer Branding Leader, Neil Rojas, by the end of the year.

The Dream Employer of the Year will be reviewed across 5 facets, and Workplace Health Advocate across 7. The full criteria and requirements can be found in the entry kit.

Should the nominator be an individual not connected to the nominated company, we will be reaching out to the company to confirm their entry.

Workbean is accepting entries from Monday, October 10, 2022, until Friday, November 11, 2022 at 11:59 PM PHT.

Once the entry period is closed, the Workbean Consultancy team will be pre-qualifying entries by conducting internal research and external validations via company representative/team interviews.

All information that will be gathered from the entries, research, and interviews will be collated and endorsed to our partner judges and will later on be used for the online voting phase.

Our distinguished panel of judges will be assessing all validated entries until the 2nd week of January 2023. The judges' reviews will cover 70% of the total company score.

The top companies for each of the Dream Employer of the Year and the Workplace Health Advocate awards will then be subjected to online voting.

In our online voting phase, the public will have the opportunity to vote for who they think is the most deserving company for each award. The data points reviewed by our judges will be summarized for public review. The votes garnered until the 2nd week of February 2023, will amount to 30% of the total company score.

By the end of the online voting phase, the Workbean Consultancy team will be verifying the total scores garnered for the awarding of winners. The winners of the Most Attractive Employer and Breakthrough Employer awards will also be verified by then.

The awarding of winners will happen on the last week of February at Workbean's 3rd Anniversary celebration.

After the event, the winners, including the final ranking of the Top 10 companies for the Dream Employer of the Year and Workplace Health Advocate awards, will be announced across all socials and via our partner media outlets.

What will the winners receive?
➡ All main award winners will be receiving a physical trophy; custom gifts will be awarded to out runner-ups.
➡ The Top 10 companies for the Dream Employer of the Year and Top 5 for the Workplace Health Advocate will receive additional brand awareness and online mileage via Workbean-led and influencer/partner-led marketing.
➡ All winners will receive extra media mileage via PR articles.
➡ All winners will receive a digital Employer Brand Award Badge that can be used for their Workbean Page, socials, emails, and general marketing use.
➡ Winners not yet on Workbean will receive a 3-Month Workbean Subscription.
➡ Winners already on Workbean will receive a 1-Month Workbean Employer Brand Survey Subscription and an additional 10% renewal discount.

Additional benefits from our official judging partner, MindNation, also await: 

For the 1st 10 Submitted Workplace Health Advocate Nominations
➡ Free 3 1-Hr Psych session / Bundle Pack for 2 leaders (Except Healthy Relationship)
➡ Free MindNation App Access for the 2 leaders per Client

For the Main Winner of the Workplace Health Advocate Award
➡ 10% discount on the 1st 3 months with MindNation
➡ Free MindNation App Access (with a Signed Contract)
➡ Free MindNation Individual Dashboard for 3 months (with a Signed Contract)

DREAM EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR 🏆

① Kirk Patrick Alimaza, Country Head, People and Culture, Philippines AirAsia

Kirk is a seasoned professional with more than a decade of solid experience in Human Resources Management with specialization in Recruitment, Selection and Placement, Employee and Labor Relations, and a strong background in Compensation and Benefits and Training & Organizational Development. He was exposed to several industries like manufacturing, hospitality, and BPO to name a few.

Prior to being the People and Culture Country Head of AirAsia Philippines, he polished his leadership skills when he led the HR Team of Indonesia AirAsia for a few months. He also co-project lead the Company’s career site together with the talented Allstars in Malaysia AirAsia. Kirk’s international work exposure across the AirAsia Group honed him to be an able leader.

② Michelle "Midge" Soriano, Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Head, Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines

Midge is a Human Resources professional with nearly a decade of experience in Talent Acquisition, Employer Branding, Business Partnering & Business Development, fortified by her extensive background in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, Financial Services, and Pharmaceutical industries. She is passionate about driving innovation and building digital capability through developing a high performing culture that would inspire others to bring out their best.

Currently, Midge is the Employer Branding Champion and Talent Acquisition Leader at Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI), the bottling arm of The Coca-Cola Company who operates in 20 manufacturing plants, over 70 distribution centers, employ 10,000 employees, serving close to 1 million micro-retailers and almost 6,000 customers nationwide. Her mission is to attract and recruit sensational talents who will refresh the Philippines and make a difference.

③ Patrick Jess Dimayuga, CEO & Co-founder, HIP Careers

Pat is the CEO and Founder of HIP Careers, an executive search and talent management firm
that provides full-cycle recruitment services. The company ensures a holistic candidate
experience for both employers and applicants— overseeing every step of the talent acquisition
journey, from recruitment to linking outstanding talent and companies aiming to strengthen their
organization.

He draws on his nine years of experience in talent acquisition, people strategy, and employer
branding, having taken on key management roles across various industries: fast-moving
consumer goods (FMCG), finance shared services, consumer electronics, retail, and
pharmaceutical. Pat has been recognized as among the Top 100 Filipinos to Follow on LinkedIn
for Inspiration and Learning, by the publication Marketing in Asia, for his recruitment and
branding content.

Pat has built, maintained, and nurtured candidate relationships to ensure a consistent talent
pipeline and strong industry relations—an expertise that he brings to HIP Careers.

④ Lee Cruz, Head of People, Kroma Entertainment

With talent increasingly a key differentiator in any industry, the role of HR has never been more critical.

Over the last two decades, seasoned Human Resources professional Lee Cruz has supported the continued growth of industry leaders and challengers operating across both traditional and hybrid work environments with strategic talent management.

His career highlights include talent retention and acquisition, organization development and learning and development for respected multinational corporations, most recently with JP Morgan as Vice President and HR Business Advisor for Consumer and Community Banking; and as Philippines HR Director and concurrent Regional Talent Acquisition Director for Ogilvy Group where he drove acquisition, retention and learning and development for the integrated communications agency. He has held regional and local posts in OD, HR Partnership and Training with Emerson Electric Asia, Globe Telecom, ABS-CBN Global , Philip Morris and Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines.

Today, as People Lead for the recently-launched tradigital entertainment company Kroma Entertainment, he is building a robust team of experts in creator, talent, content and technology.

His passion for supporting people in achieving their career and life ambitions continues off-hours as a life coach with Innov8.org, and in his pursuit of an ICF global certification for professional business coaching.  

⑤ Jamie Guban, DipIR, RPm, and Lowell Esponilla, MIR, RPm, Founders, Your HR Beshies

YHB started in 2020 as a pandemic passion project of two friends who are both human resource (HR) professionals -- thus, the name "Your HR Beshies." The social media page was created to share HR best practices and career advice through relatable and engaging content. Eventually, as it grew its audience, free webinars and career consultations were offered.

Today, the founders envision YHB Consulting as a means to to Empower, Motivate, and Educate (EME) the labor force of the Philippines through talks, webinars, career coaching sessions, and trainings.

Both Jamie and Lowell are Licensed Psychometricians. Jamie has 9 years of extensive experience in inhouse training and L&D consulting with specializations in training, leadership development, and business development, while Lowell has 9 years' well-rounded experience in HR and people management with specializations in recruitment, employer branding, employee relations, and HRBP.


WORKPLACE HEALTH ADVOCATE 🏆

MindNation, an innovative mental health and well-being organization that has grown globally as a trusted partner for organizations and communities alike, is Workbean's official judging partner for 2022. The MindNation panel is led by Co-founder and Head of Communications, Cat Triviño.