GuruHut achieves BBB Empowerdex rating by hiring the “right talent”

27 October 2009

GuruHut has achieved a BBB Empowerdex rating for 2009, an improvement on their previous year’s rating of B, and achieved, they say purely by focusing on finding the right talent for the jobs available.

“Our primary focus as a small company has been to find and retain good people, irrespective of their background,” says Grant Finnemore, CEO of GuruHut. “By doing just that, when we first embraced the scorecard process last year, we had already achieved a rating of B. Using the same hiring philosophies ahead of our second rating, we’re delighted to have achieved a BBB.”

A BBB Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) rating means that companies who spend their money on GuruHut’s services are able to count 80% of that expenditure in the Procurement category of their own scorecards.

“Most companies focus on equity levels as the core of their empowerment activities, but often neglect to acknowledge other parts of the scorecard,” says Finnemore. “Instead, we focus on achieving consistently high scores across all categories, embracing the widest possible view of empowerment.”

GuruHut looks beyond ownership, believing that previously disadvantaged staff within the organisation should also have the power to influence the day-to-day running of the business.

Although it is difficult to influence the activities of some of their suppliers for a score in the Procurement category, GuruHut has increased its focus on socio-economic development, contributing to various charitable organisations every year.

“We are constantly exploring new ways to actively play the role of good citizens,” says Finnemore.