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The 30 hottest companies of the year, according to LinkedIn
The 30 hottest companies of the year, according to LinkedIn
Allana AkhtarApr 4, 2019, 00:24 IST
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LinkedIn has released its annual Top Companies list, which analyzes the companies job seekers are most interested in working for.
Alphabet, Facebook, and Amazon held the top three spots for the third year in a row.
Other companies included Deloitte, Salesforce, Uber, and Apple.
Alphabet, Facebook, and Amazon can't stop attracting job hunters.
The three tech conglomerates topped LinkedIn's list of the hottest companies where Americans want to work for the thirdyear in a row.
On Wednesday, LinkedIn released its annual "Top Companies" ranking, which calculates the most popular corporations among job seekers by analyzing interest in companies, engagement with current employees, job demand, and employee retention. The list also included skills that companies are looking for in new employees, and the divisions with the most new hires.
Besides tech behemoths, job seekers also expressed interest in working for media companies like The Walt Disney Company and Comcast NBCUniversal, and financial firms like Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.
Private companies that made the list for the first time include hospitality firm WeWork, which recently rebranded as We Company, and cloud-based services company Slack.
Here are the 30 companies Americans want to work for the most, according to LinkedIn:
Job functions with the most new hires: Accounting, finance, IT
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
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
