The 30 hottest companies of the year, according to LinkedIn
30: PwC: An accounting company headquartered in London, England.
29. Pinterest: The social media company saw its revenue jump 50% year-over-year to more than $750 million in 2018.
Headcount in the US: 1,500
Top US locations: San Francisco, New York City, Salt Lake City
Fastest-growing skills: Media planning, data structures, Matlab
Job functions with the most new hires: Engineering, sales, entrepreneurship
28. Verizon: The largest wireless telecommunications provider in the United States.
Headcount in the US: 129,800
Top US locations: New York City, Washington, DC, Dallas-Fort Worth
Fastest-growing skills: Network engineering, C++, Microsoft SQL Server
Job functions with the most new hires: Sales, engineering, IT
27. Johnson & Johnson: A hospital and healthcare company.
Global headcount: 135,000
Top US locations: New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco
Fastest-growing skills: Matlab, data analysis, laboratory skills
Job functions with the most new hires: Sales, research, operations
26. SAP: A computer software company based in Germany.
Headcount in the US: 22,000
Top US locations: San Francisco, Philadelphia, Seattle
Fastest-growing skills: Concur, data analysis, customer experience
Job functions with the most new hires: Sales, IT, engineering
25: Wells Fargo: The finance company serves one in three households in the United States.
Global headcount: 258,700
Top US locations: Charlotte, San Francisco, Minneapolis-St. Paul
Fastest-growing skills: Teller operations, operational risk, data analysis
Job functions with the most new hires: Finance, IT, support
24. Adobe: A computer software company that grants at least 20-day sabbatical to loyal employees.
Headcount in the US: 11,000
Top US locations: San Francisco, New York City, Provo, Utah
Fastest-growing skills: Sales management, data analysis, recruiting
Job functions with the most new hires: Engineering, sales, IT
23. Slack: A computer software company who's acronym stands for "Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge."
Global headcount: 1,200
Top US locations: San Francisco, New York City, Denver
Fastest-growing skills: Analytical skills, consulting, human resources
Job functions with the most new hires: Engineering, human resources, IT
22. Citi: The financial services company became the first to share its median gender pay gap globally (it found a 29% gap between male and female earnings)
Headcount in the U.S.: 66,600
Top U.S. locations: New York City, Dallas/Fortworth, Tampa/St. Petersburg
Fastest-growing skills: Economics, HTML, JavaScript
Job functions with the most new hires: Finance, business development, IT
21. Goldman Sachs: A financial services company that recently made headlines for relaxing its traditionally formal dress code.
Global headcount: 36,600
Top US locations: New York City, Salt Lake City, Dallas-Fort Worth
Fastest-growing skills: CSS, Python, Adobe Photoshop
Job functions with the most new hires: Finance, business development, IT
20. ADP: A Human Resources company that offers online payroll services.
Global headcount: 57,000
Top US locations: New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles
Fastest-growing skills: Retirement services, social media marketing, Adobe Photoshop
Job functions with the most new hires: Sales, support, IT
19. Lyft: The ride-sharing company recently filed for IPO, pricing shares at $72.
Headcount in the US: 4,000
Top US locations: San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City
Fastest-growing skills: Algorithms, machine learning, C
Job functions with the most new hires: Operations, engineering, community and social services
18. Bank of America: One of the country's biggest banks is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Global headcount: 204,000
Top US locations: New York City, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth
Fastest-growing skills: Economics, Java, HTML
Job functions with the most new hires: Finance, sales, support
17. The Walt Disney Company: The parent company of ESPN, ABC, Pixar, and more.
Global headcount: 201,000
Top US locations: Los Angeles, Orlando, New York City
Fastest-growing skills: Data analysis, Java, Python
Job functions with the most new hires: Operations, business development, media, and communications
16. Tesla: An automative company co-founded by Elon Musk.
Headcount in the US: 35,000
Top US locations: San Francisco, Reno, Los Angeles
Fastest-growing skills: Retail sales, C, merchandising
Job functions with the most new hires: Operations, engineering, support
15. Comcast NBCUniversal: A media company that houses its downtown Philadelphia campus in the city's tallest building.
Headcount in the US: 184,000
Top US locations: Philadelphia, New York City, Los Angeles
Fastest-growing skills: Java, Adobe Illustrator, JavaScript
Job functions with the most new hires: Sales, operations, engineering
14. Spotify: The music streaming service that recently acquired Gimlet Media and Anchor, a podcast-hosting company.
Headcount in the US: 1,800
Top US locations: New York City, Los Angeles, Boston
Fastest-growing skills: Fundraising, Adobe Photoshop, video production
Job functions with the most new hires: Engineering, arts and design, sales
13. The We Company: A hospitality firm that recently rebranded its former name, WeWork.
Headcount in the U.S.: 6,000
Top U.S. locations: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles
Fastest-growing skills: Construction management, construction, contract management
Job functions with the most new hires: Community and social services, operations, engineering
12. Cisco: A computer networking company that sells high-tech services and products.
Headcount in the US: 37,500
Top US locations: San Francisco, Raleigh-Durham, Dallas-Fort Worth
Fastest-growing skills: Switching, data analysis, network administration
Job functions with the most new hires: Engineering, IT, sales
11. Netflix: An entertainment company and one of the largest streaming services.
Headcount in the US: 5,700
Top US locations: Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City
Fastest-growing skills: Publicity, social media marketing, digital marketing
Job functions with the most new hires: Media and communication, engineering, operations
10. Dell Technologies: An information technology company that is the parent company of Dell, Dell EMC, VMware, RSA Security, and others.
Global headcount: 145,000
Top US locations: Austin, Boston, San Francisco
Fastest-growing skills: Data analysis, HTML, recruiting
Job functions with the most new hires: Sales, engineering, IT
9. Oracle: An information technology and services company with 90% of its workforce located outside its San Francisco Bay Area headquarters.
Global headcount: 137,000
Top US locations: San Francisco, Boston, Denver
Fastest-growing skills: NetSuite, Oracle Cloud, Python
Job functions with the most new hires: Engineering, sales, IT
8. Airbnb: A home-sharing internet company that offers employees $500 in travel credits each quarter.
Headcount in US: 3,000
Top US locations: San Francisco, Portland, New York City
Fastest-growing skills: Adobe InDesign CC, agile methodologies, user experience design
Job functions with the most new hires: Engineering, arts and design, human resources
7. Apple: The consumer electronics company plans to create 20,000 new jobs over the next five years, as well as build a $1 billion new office in Austin, Texas.
Global headcount: 132,000
Top US locations: San Francisco, New York City, Austin
Fastest-growing skills: Matlab, machine learning, Python
Job functions with the most new hires: Engineering, IT, sales
6. Uber: A ride-sharing company that operates in 65 countries and 600-plus cities worldwide.
Headcount in the US: 10,000
Top US locations: San Francisco, New York City, Chicago
Fastest-growing skills: jQuery, R, cloud computing
Job functions with the most new hires: Operations, engineering, sales
5. Deloitte: A management consulting company.
Headcount in the US: 84,900
Top US locations: New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago
Fastest-growing skills: Python, Adobe Photoshop, troubleshooting
Job functions with the most new hires: Consulting, accounting, business development
4. Salesforce: A cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco.
Headcount in the US: 22,000
Top US locations: San Francisco, Indianapolis, New York City
Fastest-growing skills: Data analysis, cold calling, sales management
Job functions with the most new hires: Sales, engineering, business development
3. Amazon: The multinational technology company that owns Whole Foods, Audible, Zappos, and others.
Headcount in the US: 250,000
Top US locations: Seattle, San Francisco, New York City
Fastest-growing skills: Solution architecture, AWS, data structures
Job functions with the most new hires: Operations, engineering, sales
2. Facebook: The parent company of Instagram, Oculus VR, and WhatsApp.
Global headcount: 36,000
Top US locations: San Francisco, Seattle, New York City
Fastest-growing skills: Data structures, pattern recognition, R
Job functions with the most new hires: Engineering, IT, program, and project management
1. Alphabet: The parent company of Google, YouTube, Nest and others.
Global headcount: 98,800
Top US locations: San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Seattle
Fastest-growing skills: Data structures, R, Matlab
Job functions with the most new hires: Engineering, information technology, program and product management
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