The cover story of Business Week's September 24th issue is the second annual ranking of the 50 best companies for new college graduates. The ranking is based on surveys of students (which counts as 25% of final ranking), employers (50%), and career services directors at colleges (25%). Many of the top companies are striving to attract Generation Y workers (born between 1982 & 2000) and are using a wide range of initiatives to do so. The big surprise in the results this year is that accounting firms dominated the list. Taking the first 3 spots were the accounting firms: 1 - Deloitte & Touche (with an extensive recruiting effort that includes a rap video of office life made by interns), 2 - PricewaterhouseCoppers (requires bosses to consult a second opinion on new hire evaluation to ensure clear feedback), and 3 - Ernst & Young (where employees can uses Facebook to attract new hire).
If you're not interested in accounting, don't worry. There are plenty of other industries on the list including technology (IBM, Google), manufacturing (Boeing, General Electric), hospitality (Walt Disney, Hyatt), retail (Kohl's, Macy's) and many more. Stop by the Vairo Library News Center to read the whole article and see the rest of the list.
Posted by mhs160 at September 21, 2007 02:13 PM