Group Five’s success is to a large extent dependent on our people. We therefore make sure that we attract, recruit, develop and retain excellent people. We strive for increased diversity in the organization and to accelerate internal mobility. We put a lot of effort in developing our employees and aim to be a leader in people development. Skills development is therefore the cornerstone of Group Five’s vision and of its long term view of sustainable growth as a business.

Group Five was ranked Best Employer in the construction sector, in the Corporate Research Foundation (CRF) 2012/13 HR survey. The CRF was founded to showcase best practice in the field of HR management. The group has been certified as one of the Top Employers in South Africa for six years in a row, in the Top Employers Institute survey. The Top Employers certification is only awarded to the best employers around the world: organisations that demonstrate the highest standards of employee offerings.

Our group has a strong brand and is perceived as a very attractive employer in our industry and in the markets in which we operate.One of Group Five‘s seven defining values is "people", closely followed by "excellence". If you therefore have an affinity for these and our other values, please read below on other aspects of our employee value proposition.