“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,” Lindsey Gerdes reports for BusinessWeek.
“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,” Gerdes reports.
Full article, including a slide show of undergraduates’ top 25 most wanted employers, here.
What about Quizno’s?
Whatever you do, don’t come to work here for Conaco Productions. O’Brien is cheaper than Michael Dell shopping at a Dollar Store.
Or eagle global cheap ass
Check out Apple’s Market Cap! It’s closing in on 100B rapidly!
It won’t be long before it overtakes 1/3 the size of Microsoft in terms of Market Cap either.. MSFT is very stable at around 295B. Check out the number of employees too! MSFT has over 70M, where as Apple is under 17M, being very light and agile.
twilightmoon — Microsoft has 70 MILLION employees?
Holy crap!!! Wow, you’re a genius.
What? You mean Ron Jeremy Productions didn’t make the list? Silly kids, no one wants to be a porn star anymore. I blame global warming.
Google, Disney, Apple, State Dept and Peace Corps.
First, fun, fun, fun, then security (Or maybe adventure?), then peace (Advendure, again?).
If you choose adventure in the last two, then fun, fun, fun, fun, fun.
What are this things saying?
Stop the World, I want to go down.
MDN MW: Very. Interesting.
As a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Nepal, 84-86, I must say I’m pleasantly surprised to see Peace Corps listed as #5 most-desired employer for today’s undergrads. It definitely was “the toughest job you’ll ever love” and a wonderful experience.
Is there paid Peace Corps work available in Manhattan?
“Check out the number of employees too! MSFT has over 70M, where as Apple is under 17M, being very light and agile.”
Um, check the decimal place there skippy.
What the US military didnt make the list.
The 36 months I spent in Iraq was amazing. they are missing out!
M= 1,000
When I used to by Corrugated Boxes, the supplikers would quote them by the thousand-
1M
2M
5M
10M
I always wondered why they would use “M: instead of “K”.
“The 36 months I spent in Iraq was amazing”
looks like you could have used some undergrad grammer.
>I always wondered why they would use “M: instead of “K”.
Probably because ‘M’ is the Roman numeral for 1000.
Google, Disney, Apple, State Dept and Peace Corps.
Dove, hawk, dove, hawk, dove?
MW: think
Sh!thead: twilightmoon — Microsoft has 70 MILLION employees?
Holy crap!!! Wow, you’re a genius.
And you’re a moron.
M: Roman numeral for 1,000.
M: Mille. One thousand.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=mille&x=0&y=0
M: millennium. One thousand years. 2007 = MMVII.
“Check out Apple’s Market Cap! It’s closing in on 100B rapidly!
It won’t be long before it overtakes 1/3 the size of Microsoft in terms of Market Cap either.. MSFT is very stable at around 295B. Check out the number of employees too! MSFT has over 70M, where as Apple is under 17M, being very light and agile.”
I just want it to double Dells market cap. Closing in on that. MSD show hold a contest to see who can guess the date and time. Maybe give away a Mac Mini or something
Fluoride: “What about Quizno’s?”
I fell back in my chair laughing from your comment, after having just read the RoughlyDrafted.com article comparing Apple to Sun (and its “new” mobile-OS rival to the iPhone).
Evidently none of these people have discovered what a lousy employer Apple is. Apple store employees, especially geniuses are treated like dirt. No raises. No bonuses. Frozen salaries. No contrrol over schedules. No advance information on work schedules. Why should technical centers be run by managers from the clothing industry? “Shirt folders” as Apple employees call them.
“Why should technical centers be run by managers from the clothing industry?”
Uh, because they are a retailer hiring people with experience in retail?
“Evidently none of these people have discovered what a lousy employer Apple is. Apple store employees, especially geniuses are treated like dirt.”
Somehow, I doubt college undergrads are looking to be employed in Apple’s retail business…
you geniuses who are claiming “M” stands for “1000” find me some official references where M is used as a ROMAN NUMERAL representing 1000 after ARABIC NUMBERS.
YOU WON’T FIND IT, MORONS.
Now sit down and shut up. It’s clear to anyone with brain cells I meant 1 million by the M. Million starts with M, Mega = ~1 million (as in megabytes). There’s plenty of examples of M used to represent a million, and no uses for M as a roman numeral in combination with arabic numbers.
Thank you for playing.
You are the weakest link. Good bye.
Wow.. Apple a lousy employer.. that’s why I see retail employees working there looking so miserable.
I think I’d have to point out that working retail in general is stressful and more work vs rewards than many other forms of work. Very few retail employees are treated fairly and paid according to the amount of work and stress they deal with. But it’s a stepping stone.
Much like working at McDonnald’s should not be a long term career goal unless you can get into upper management. But there are worse places you could work than an Apple Store, believe me, and I’ve even worked in some of them.
twilightmoon@mac.com,
CPM = Cost Per Thousand.
Lighten up on the “Weakest Link” references there, Francis.
‘M’ is short for Mega i.e. million
‘m’ is short for mille i.e. one thousandth
Its all Greek to me.