Posts filed under 'CAREER'
Giant retailer Wal-Mart Stores, with 1.8 million employees, tops the first published list of the world’s 500 largest corporate employers. Home to nearly half of the companies on the list, the United States boasts the largest employers in 13 out of 28 industries, according to the study by My Global Career, a blog-based careers site for global workers and employers seeking global-ready talent. Links to each employer’s job site are included in this free directory of companies that employ more than 45 million workers around the world. Job seekers can search the list or browse it by rank (1-500), industry, country, or company name. View the full list…
1. Wal-Mart Stores, United States - 1,800,000 employees
2. Deutsche Post, Germany - 502,545 employees
3. Siemens Group, Germany - 461,000 employees
4. McDonald’s, United States - 447,000 employees
5. Carrefour, France - 440,479 employees
6. Compass Group, United Kingdom - 410,074 employees
7. United Parcel Service, United States - 407,000 employees
8. Gazprom, Russia - 396,571 employees
9. DaimlerChrysler, Germany - 382,724 employees
10. Hitachi, Japan - 355,879 employees
March 4th, 2007
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported the median salaries of America’s 50 highest-paying jobs. The following article from CareerBuilder discloses all 50 professions. As you may expect, surgeons and physicians dominate the top of list. Following is a list of the top 10 highest-paying non-medical jobs. View the full list of America’s top earning positions…
10. Chief Executives - $139,810 
12. Airline Pilots, Copilots and Flight Engineers - $135,0400
15. Lawyers - $110,520
16. Air Traffic Controllers - $105,820
17. Engineering Managers - $105,470
18. Computer and Information Systems Managers - $102,360
19. Marketing Managers - $101,990
20. Astronomers - $101,360
21. Natural Sciences Managers - $99,140
22. Sales Managers - $98,510
February 22nd, 2007
Fast Company spoke with trend experts to compile a list of the top 10 professions that will be in high demand in 2007…
1. Art Directors 
2. Buyers and Purchasing Agents
3. Experience Retail Designers
4. Medical Researchers
5. News Analysts, Reporters, and Bloggers
6. Security Systems Engineers
7. Talent Agents
8. Urban Planners
9. Viral Marketers and Media Promoters
10. Web Designers
January 17th, 2007
Students who pursue an MBA enjoy a major return on their investment. To determine the schools on this list, The Princeton Reivew looked at institutional data concerning job placement and average starting salary of students after graduation. According to The Princeton Review’s annual survey of 18,000 business school students at the nation’s Best 282 Business Schools, these ten schools offer their students the best career prospects…
1. Stanford University (Stanford, California) 
2. University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
3. University of California–Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
4. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
5. Columbia University (New York, New York)
6. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
7. New York University (New York, New York)
8. Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
9. University of Californi–Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California)
10. Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
January 1st, 2007
The Walt Disney Co. landed the No. 1 spot on BusinessWeek’s “Best Places to Launch a Career” ranking. Disney’s strong on-campus recruiting, solid benefits, and collaborative culture helped put the entertainment giant at the head of the BusinessWeek ranking, which identifies top employers for new college graduates. BusinessWeek analyzed feedback from students, college career counselors, and employers to reveal which companies offer the biggest advantages for entry-level employees, such as the highest pay, the most rapid advancement, and the best training programs. Visit BusinessWeek.com for the full top 55 rankings, and profiles of each employer…
1. Walt Disney 
2. Lockheed Martin
3. Deloitte & Touche
4. Goldman Sachs
5. Enterprise Rent-A-Car
6. State Department
7. Raytheon
8. General Electric
9. JPMorgan
10. Abbott Labs
September 14th, 2006
College grads often flock to New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago to start their careers. But they’d be far better off in Washington D.C., Phoenix and Las Vegas. Forbes.com ranked the largest 100 metropolitan areas according to their unemployment rates, cost of living, median household income, job growth and income growth. View the full story…
Top 10 cities for job hunting 
1. Washington D.C.
2. Phoenix, AZ
3. Las Vegas, NV
4. Orlando, FL
5. Bethesda, MD
6. Richmond, VA
7. Raleigh, NC
8. Jacksonville, FL
9. Oklahoma City, OK
10. Virginia Beach, VA
August 16th, 2006
Created by the Partnership for Public Service and American University’s Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation, these rankings rate job satisfaction among federal government employees at 248 organizations.
Here you will find ratings of employee satisfaction, rankings by demographic group, and “Best in Class” scores for 10 workplace quality measurements, such as “Effective Leadership” and “Work/Life Balance.”
March 5th, 2006
