Amazon, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are strong companies for career growth according to LinkedIn.
LinkedIn released its annual list of the greatest US companies for career growth. The ranking this year was based on eight factors, or what LinkedIn calls pillars. For instance, one pillar involves focusing on attrition and retention, another focused on advancement opportunities, and another on workers' educational attainment.
"I think really what's interesting about this list is how holistic it is in terms of highlighting companies that are really helping people develop and grow in their careers in pretty much every direction that you can think of," Andrew Seaman, senior managing editor for jobs and career development for LinkedIn News, told Insider. "So instead of just being a great place to put on your résumé, these companies are really devoted to growing and nurturing their employees."
The list, according to Seaman, shows people companies with long-term career opportunities, as well as "places that feature learning opportunities, that are equitable, that have a strong company culture, and obviously that they are aligning with job seekers' values, and also that they're hiring."
Seaman said that many of these top companies per the analysis "are embracing skills-first hiring." Additionally, Seaman told Insider that the top thing job seekers looking to land work at one of the companies "is to make sure that your skills align with what what the job openings are."
Boeing, AT&T, and UnitedHealth Group were among the top 15 this year.
"When you look at the top, I think you see a really nice diverse set of employers — from healthcare to tech and finance," Seaman said.
While the companies may be good for long-term career growth per the new analysis, some have made headlines for job cuts. While Amazon ranked No. 1 on the list, it has laid off many employees over the last few months. Wells Fargo and Alphabet are two other companies that ranked high on the list that have made recent job cuts.
Below are the top 15 companies on LinkedIn's new list. Insider noted below some information, like the most common job titles, provided by LinkedIn using the networking site's member and employee data for the parent company and its majority-owned subsidiaries.
Top locations in the US included below are places that "employed the largest percentage of each company," per LinkedIn. Job titles noted for some of the employers below are those that are the "most common within each company," while the "largest job function measures the function area most prevalent within each company." The most notable skills noted for some of the companies below are based on "the most frequent unique skills among a company's employees, relative to other companies," per LinkedIn.