The Wall Street Journal reports that a survey asked college graduates with one to eight years of work experience to select five ideal employers.
While the top 10 on the list featured several high-tech companies, few young professionals likely have the skills to win jobs at such employers. According to the Education Department, the top majors for the class of 2008 were business, health sciences and social sciences and history. About nine times as many people majored in business in the class of 2008 as majored in computer science.
The top 20 list of employers:
- Google
- Apple
- The Walt Disney Company
- U.S. Department of State
- Amazon
- FBI
- Microsoft
- Central Intelligence Agency
- NASA
- Teach for America
- Peace Corps
- Nike
- Johnson & Johnson
- National Institutes of Health
- Mayo Clinic
- Centers for Disease Control
- Sony
- American Cancer Society
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Whole Foods Market
