Worlds Most Admired Employers : --------------------------------------- If you could work anywhere, which employer would you pick? Well any company can become a great workplace, but having strong brand recognition makes it way too easy for the companies to magnetize as well as hold on to top notch employees who drive the company to greater heights. Based on the billions of interactions analyzed on the various social media platform, Linkedln has identified around 100 best companies with highest brand engagements. And we have picked the best ones among the list. Check out the list of the most desirable employers in the world, reports Business Insider. #1 Google : ---------------- Headquarters: Mountain View, Calif. Employees: 71,000 On any given day you would say yes to this opportunity because college students across the globe dream of starting their careers at Google, which is ranked no. 1 on our list. The search engine giant is famously recognized to attract talented individuals who are eager to work at the forefront of technology and innovation. To justify this, Google has built some of the best technologies off late like the new chrome book and updated Google Maps with features showing practical (local train schedules) to striking (underwater panoramic photos). Apart from all this it is there constant innovative desire to work in a fast-paced environment, thrive on small teams, excel in flat structure organizations, is what makes Google, the best working place in the world. #2 Apple; ----------- Headquarters: Cupertino, Calif. Employees: 77,000 Joining Apple is like a dream come true for anyone. The ground-breaking tech giant has this habit of revolutionizing and inventing products time and again. It also has the track record of developing some of the world’s favorite gadgets. Its enigmatic nature about ‘what’s the next big thing’ might be creates continuous consumer excitement and buzz within the industry and consumers. And who doesn’t want to be part of this excitement. Apple intends to offer opportunities in wide range of areas. The construction of a second Apple campus in Cupertino is proposed to accommodate more than 12,000 employees. And this is not a small number. #3 Unilever : ------------ Headquarters: London, U.K. Employees: 56,000 Day-in and day-out we come across Unilever products and services. In fact we are regularly engaged with their brand too. It is said that Unilever’s job listings and work culture is so challenging that year after year it attracts young professionals from different education majors. What makes it even more interesting is that Unilever has serious commitment to sustainability. Some of its long term plans aims at improving its presence as an FMCG player rather than just holding on to its products. With over 400 brands, this consumer goods company has its presence in nearly every country on the planet. #4 Procter&Gamble : ------------------------ Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio Employees: 65,000 What makes this company great is that Procter and Gamble makes products that reach 4.8 billion people of the 7 billion people in the world. Products in its portfolio include some top grossing brands like as Tide, Crest and Pampers. P&G works quite differently compared to other big players. More often it intends to find talent from within the company, by investing heavily in its employees and hopes to retain them. To make it even more interesting for employees, P&G encourages them to try a new career path within the company. Most of P&G recruiting is proposed towards hiring new grads for a wide variety of positions across all its networks. #5 Microsoft ---------------- Headquarters: Redmond, Wash Employees: 151,000 The best part about this software giant is that it makes its employees feel like they work at a smaller firm even thought they have the best of facilities built to work. Recently Microsoft got its management structure reorganized with an effort to cut down bureaucracy and bring in innovation and team-building. Employees are entitled to play videogames or an Xbox in one of the campus break rooms, or even share their innovations at an annual campus Techfests; and who doesn’t want to be part of this excitement. Microsoft college recruiter Hillary Morris said, In addition to this Microsoft encourages new hires to bring their energy and ideas. We seek driven and accomplished individuals who can solve emerging challenges in tech,” reports CNN Money. The company also has a Microsoft Academy setup for College Hiring process, which offers extra added training and networking opportunities for professionals. #6 Facebook --------------- Headquarters: Palo Alto, Calif. Employees: 13,000 Facebook has had a fairly rough year following its disastrous initial public offering, but that doesn’t mean it’s off the hook. The social networking giant is making some serious money from its mobile ads division and acquiring some of the best app brands in the industry. What makes facebook so successful is its reach. It has more than 1 billion users across the globe and that is a massive number. This justifies that there is lot of opportunities for young professionals to build a great career for themselves. Facebook is always looking to hire top talent, and MBA graduates bring with them valuable business and management skills, says Kristen Meeks, who is in charge of Facebook’s business school recruiting. #7 Amazon --------------- Headquarters: Seattle, Wash. Employees: 47,000 Well big things are certainly expected from Amazon as CEO Jeff Bezos, is executing an aggressive growth strategy and investing massively in cloud computing and digital content. The best part of Amazon’s work culture is that is has more than 90,000 employees worldwide, but most of them work in small teams, which are run like a start-up, which justifies that B-schools grads get the opportunity to take ownership of projects from the day one of the job. The E-retailer has already pitched front in hiring hundreds of MBAs into full-time roles across its business line and further intends to have more than 200 MBA interns in North America this summer. So individuals with solid credentials try not to miss on the opportunities. #8 PepsiCo ---------------- Headquarters: Purchase, N.Y. Employees: 69,000 Soda is the not the only thing Pepsico is known to be. The India-origin Indra Nooyi led Pepsico has some of the best brands under its hood like Frito-Lay, Gatorade and Quaker Oats. Of late Pepsico has managed to sell more of its snacks than drinks around the world and it’s still thriving hard to figure out how to sell more soda in different parts of the country. t’s known as a company that provides great opportunities, benefits and chances to move up to the top spots. And when it comes to pay it is in line with other companies and that’s a great opportunity for young grads who desire to build a good career. #9 Shell ----------- Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands Employees: 73,000 The energy and petrochemicals company is one of the best when it comes to maintaining quality within their products. Shell has a diverse workforce and a complete work environment, which makes it vital to its success of being one among the best employer list. However, when it comes to acknowledging ones achievement, there is none other than shell because it recognizes every employee on different priorities with the best intensions. And professionals who join shell are rewarded in a way that will complement their own needs suiting their particular lifestyle. #10 McKinsey & Company ------------------------------- Headquarters: New York, N.Y. Employees: 19,000 Employees in McKinsey and Company are highly encouraged and pushed to reach their full potential. The management consulting firm spends closer to $100 million a year only on training programs. And it also proposed that new hires get a good training of 5 weeks when they start their jobs. Some of McKinsey executives have gone on to lead companies, universities, and government agencies across the world and that’s the reason why McKinsey appears on this list. Its client data base includes 80 percent of the World’s Most Admired Companies, 90 governments firms, and nearly half of the top U.S. foundations. This gives employees the chance to find work they are passionate about as well as get the best of opportunities to build a career.
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 09:28:43 +0000
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