Disney scores #2 on Undergrads' 25 Most Wanted Employers

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From the story:

Public service or stock price: These were the two features undergraduates overwhelmingly gravitated toward in naming their ideal entry-level employer, according to newly released results of Universum Communications' 2007 Most Desirable Undergraduate Employer ranking. The top five include two government agencies, the U.S. State Dept. (No. 4) and the Peace Corps (No. 5); two profit- and buzz-generating innovators, Google at No. 1 and Apple at No. 3; and a media conglomerate, Walt Disney at No. 2.

Original story: http://www.businessweek.com/careers/content/may2007/ca20070514_406243.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories

For those of you who don't want to click through the slide show, here's the full list of all 25:

1. Google
2. Disney
3. Apple
4. US State Department
5. Peace Corps
6. CIA
7. PricewaterhouseCoopers
8. Microsoft
9. FBI
10. Teach for America
11. Goldman Sachs
12. Ernst & Young
13. BMW
14. Mayo Clinic
15. Boeing
16. Sony
17. Deloitte & Touche
18. Johnson & Johnson
19. Nike
20. Lockheed Martin
21. Proctor & Gamble
22. Pfizer
23. Merrill Lynch
24. JPMorgan Investment Bank
25. General Electric

 

[Scar Junior]

That's great! BusinessWeek also rated them as the #1 place to launch a career about 9 months ago.

Thanks for sharing this with us!

 

[CaptainMichael]

This makes me feel even better about working there

 

[Sailor Mouse]

When I was little, I dreamed of working for Disney, it's actually what drove me to the major I'm in now (I've wanted to be an Animator since I was about 5-6).

Though now that I'm an Undergrad, it's not my top choice, and neither are any of the companies on that list. Unless Pixar is now considered part of Disney, in which case, yeah, I'm (hopefully) going to be working for Disney in the near future.

It is pretty cool that there are that so many people in college who are interested in working for Disney.

 

[DisneyChik17]

When I was little, I dreamed of working for Disney, it's actually what drove me to the major I'm in now (I've wanted to be an Animator since I was about 5-6).

Though now that I'm an Undergrad, it's not my top choice, and neither are any of the companies on that list. Unless Pixar is now considered part of Disney, in which case, yeah, I'm (hopefully) going to be working for Disney in the near future.

It is pretty cool that there are that so many people in college who are interested in working for Disney.

People may not consider it part of Disney, but it is owned by Disney.

 

[SallyShine]

Peace Corp?

 

[mkt]

Pixar is part of Disney, albeit it keeps its HR practices and policies separate from those of Disney

 

[browns99df]

So this means it'll be a bit harder to get a real job while I'm down there huh

 

[jesserin]

Guess this means I've got a ton of undergrad's heading my way... We're about to open a huge Goggle plant? office? something like that, about 10 minutes from my house... Crazy! I had no idea they were that desired!

 

[mkt]

You'd be surprised how many entry level hourlies at WDW have college degrees