Esade leads the ranking of academic institutions in the latest edition of Merco Talento España 2023. The report is published today and ranks the recognition of Spanish companies for attracting and retaining talent over the past year. Esade is followed in the same section by ESIC, EAE Business School, and IE University, and it is the #2 best after Google in the list of companies with up to 1,000 workers.

María Díaz, Esade's Director of Communication, Brand, and International Relations, said: "Esade’s top position in this ranking shows that as a workplace we are perceived as an innovative, diverse, and responsible academic institution. This reflects our commitment to talent and the external publication of our activities. The results of Merco Talento España 2023 endorse the ability and human quality of Esade professionals and their contribution to making a more sustainable and fairer world”.

This recognition follows recently announced top positions for Esade in the Merco Responsabilidad ESG España 2023 and Merco Empresas y Líderes 2023, in which Esade is graded as the most socially responsible university school, and the school with the best corporate reputation, respectively.

Recognition of impact on society

The Merco Talento España 2023 report analyses 6 perspectives, 11 sources of information, and more than 52,000 surveys. Consultations were made with employees, university and vocational training students, business school alumni, human resources managers, people management experts, head-hunters, lecturers, union representatives, and the public. The overall ranking is led by Inditex, Iberdrola, and Repsol, and Esade is ranked #59.

María Díaz added: "The fact that these groups rank Esade as the best school for attracting and retaining talent shows their confidence in our brand and recognizes our impact on society through academic innovation, research, and debate”.

The Merco Talento study, now in its 18th year, highlights that the most attractive companies to work for are admired for their values and results, for encouraging a sense of belonging, for offering good salaries, and for belonging to an attractive sector. Within this last section, the report points out that the energy, gas, water, and pharmaceutical sectors are strengthening their reputation in terms of talent; the banking, food, and beverage sectors are recovering; and the insurance and educational sectors are maintaining their reputation. However, the technology and software and general distribution sectors are becoming less attractive for talent.