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The World’s 500 Largest Corporate Employers

Gr8List — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:19:28 +0000

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

America’s Top 50 Salaries

Gr8List — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:50:32 +0000

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

10 Hot Jobs for 2007

Gr8List — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:47:12 +0000

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

100 Best Companies to Work For 2007

Gr8List — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:01:37 +0000

Google is ranked No. 1 in Fortune’s 10th annual 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Genentech, a biotech company, is No. 2 on the list, followed by Wegmans Food Markets, which has been on the list all 10 years. Container Store and Whole Foods Market round out the top five. The 100 Best Companies to Work For list is compiled by Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz of the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco. More than 105,000 employees from 446 companies responded to a 57-question survey related to the annual report. See the full list…

Business Schools with the Best Career Prospects

Gr8List — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 02:17:42 +0000

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)

Top 100 Companies for Working Moms – 2006

Gr8List — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:57:11 +0000

For the 21st year, Working Mother has complied a report on the family-friendliest companies in America. In compiling the report, the magazine solicited applications consisting of 550 questions. Working Mother used five main criteria as the basis for its judgments: flexibility, leave time for new parents, child care, elder care and the number of women occupying top jobs. The top 10 companies that best satisfied the five criteria were: Abbott Laboratories; Bon Secours Richmond Health System; Ernst & Young LLP; HSBC USA Inc.; IBM Corp.; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Patagonia Inc.; PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP; Principal Financial Group, and S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. View the full list of 100 best companies…

Top 55 Places to Start a New Career

Gr8List — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:55:43 +0000

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

The Best U.S. Cities to Find a Job

Gr8List — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:24:30 +0000

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

The Most Family-Friendly Companies in America

Gr8List — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 21:15:15 +0000

The Working Mother 100 Best Companies list is intended to promote the interests of working moms in corporate America by recognizing companies that successfully help employees balance the demands of work and home life.

50 Best Jobs in America

Gr8List — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:37:24 +0000

MONEY Magazine and Salary.com researched hundreds of jobs, considering their growth, pay, stress-levels and other factors. These careers ranked highest.

Ten Interviewing Rules

Gr8List — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:52:43 +0000

In the current job market, you’d better have your act together, or you won’t stand a chance against the competition. Check yourself on these 10 basic points from Monster.com before you go on that all-important interview.

100 Best Companies To Work For 2006

Gr8List — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:32:59 +0000

Fortune’s annual ranking of companies that rate high with employees. See the full list of America’s top 100 employers, including detailed company profiles and contact info.

The 25 Top Jobs for 2005-2009

Gr8List — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:34:20 +0000

What are the best jobs to pursue for the next five years? Fast Company draws on the work of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and an innovation expert to tap the top jobs.

Best Places to Work in the Federal Government 2005

Gr8List — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:25:33 +0000

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.”