Top MBA Jobs (Most Popular Companies to Work for)

Question

List of the companies MBA students said they would most like to work for.
Interestingly enough, Google is on top of the list though I don't think that Google is necessarily a typical employer of MBA's - am I off?

https://money.cnn.com/news/economy/mba10 ... full_list/

Best Companies to Work for
1	Google	102	22.39%
2	McKinsey & Company	N.A.	15.01%
3	Goldman Sachs	39	14.36%
4	The Boston Consulting Group	N.A.	12.59%
5	Apple Computer	56	12.15%
6	Bain & Company	N.A.	11.03%
7	J.P. Morgan	9	9.69%
8	Walt Disney	57	8.54%
9	Nike	124	8.34%
10	Johnson & Johnson	33	7.12%
11	Amazon	100	7.08%
12	Deloitte	N.A.	6.74%
13	The Blackstone Group	909	6.72%
14	Morgan Stanley	70	6.72%
15	Microsoft	36	6.48%
16	General Electric	4	5.8%
17	Procter & Gamble	22	5.22%
18	IDEO	N.A.	4.95%
19	Coca-Cola	72	4.77%
20	Credit Suisse	N.A.	4.37%
21	Barclays Capital	N.A.	4.33%
22	American Express	88	4.1%
23	PepsiCo	50	4.07%
24	Starbucks	241	3.92%
25	Bank of America	5	3.66%
26	Sony	N.A.	3.65%
27	BMW	N.A.	3.63%
28	LVMH	N.A.	3.62%
29	Nestlé	N.A.	3.54%
30	IBM	N.A.	3.51%
31	Booz & Company	N.A.	3.49%
32	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	438	3.49%
33	3M	106	3.46%
34	Deutsche Bank	N.A.	3.32%
35	Unilever	N.A.	3.26%
36	Genentech	N.A.	3.25%
37	Intel	62	3.11%
38	General Mills	155	3.1%
39	L'Oréal	N.A.	3.1%
40	Cisco Systems	58	2.98%
41	Accenture	N.A.	2.77%
42	U.S. Department of State	N.A.	2.75%
43	Southwest Airlines	229	2.74%
44	PricewaterhouseCoopers	N.A.	2.7%
45	Ernst & Young	N.A.	2.61%
46	Target	30	2.61%
47	MillerCoors	N.A.	2.54%
48	Kraft Foods	53	2.45%
49	Fidelity Investments	N.A.	2.45%
50	UBS	N.A.	2.38%
51	Citi	12	2.38%
52	Time Warner	82	2.32%
53	Chevron Corporation	3	2.3%
54	Diageo	N.A.	2.27%
55	Exxon Mobil Corporation	2	2.25%
56	Anheuser-Busch InBev	N.A.	2.12%
57	FBI	N.A.	2.1%
58	Central Intelligence Agency	N.A.	2.02%
59	Harrah's Entertainment	264	2%
60	Shell Oil Company	N.A.	1.97%
61	Marriott	213	1.92%
62	Gap	162	1.91%
63	Medtronic	N.A.	1.89%
64	Wells Fargo	19	1.83%
65	Yahoo!	343	1.79%
66	Mattel	387	1.79%
67	Booz Allen Hamilton	N.A.	1.76%
68	Boeing	28	1.72%
69	HSBC	N.A.	1.71%
70	eBay	267	1.71%
71	Hilton Hotels	N.A.	1.68%
72	Siemens	N.A.	1.62%
73	Amgen	159	1.47%
74	A.T. Kearney	N.A.	1.45%
75	KPMG	N.A.	1.45%
76	Hewlett-Packard	10	1.43%
77	Monitor Group	N.A.	1.39%
78	Cargill	N.A.	1.37%
79	Pfizer	40	1.37%
80	Toyota	N.A.	1.37%
81	BP	N.A.	1.32%
82	U.S. Department of Energy	N.A.	1.32%
83	Teach for America	N.A.	1.31%
84	Abbott	75	1.29%
85	AT&T	7	1.2%
86	MGM Mirage	360	1.2%
87	Mayo Clinic	N.A.	1.19%
88	Lockheed Martin	44	1.18%
89	Merck	85	1.17%
90	Limited Brands	269	1.15%
91	Hyatt	581	1.15%
92	Colgate-Palmolive	151	1.14%
93	Dell	38	1.13%
94	Lilly	N.A.	1.11%
95	Novartis	N.A.	1.07%
96	The Vanguard Group	N.A.	1.05%
97	Oracle	105	1.04%
98	Vestas	N.A.	1.03%
99	Wal-Mart Stores	1	0.99%
100	Honda Companies	N.A.	0.99%

Published May 24, 2010[/code]

Av · Answer

I just looked for this the other day and only saw the 2009 report. Great find!

bb · Answer

Funny enough, I just noticed that my employer shows up there. I guess I am cool 8-)

merkin · Answer

If I got an MBA and  then  ended up at Teach for America, something went horribly wrong.

coaks · Answer

Haha, hilarious point. Although those individuals might want to work for the central development hub of TFA and/or lobby/promote the organization.

It was interesting, actually... while I was interviewing at one of the schools to which I applied, I met a guy that did on-campus recruiting for TFA and was going to get his MBA to return to the organization to continue to improve it. His take on the organization's mission was very different from my perception and the perception of most people I knew (and the other prospectives that joined in the convo). He saw it as more of an awareness-raising/leadership-building organization with any benefit to the children actually being taught as an incidental side-effect. The primary change vector to the nation's school system, in the organization's opinion (as articulated by this guy), would be the men and women who participate -- but mainly after they get frustrated, leave and move on to different careers in the business and political world. The organization believes their time at TFA will compel them to effect real change to the school system later on in their lives.

Jerz · Answer

Nice to see my internship employer near the top of the list. Of course, the top of the list looks a lot like the top hiring companies from Kellogg so not too much of a surprise.

bb - Google doesn't hire the same numbers of MBAs that places like M/B/B or the banks do, but they do some pretty significant MBA recruiting for product management and finance roles.

bb · Answer

Thanks! Good to know; perhaps I should clean the dust off my diploma. I also had a good laugh about a good share of Las Vegas Casinos

riverripper · Answer

I find it hillarious that Apple is so high up on the list. Not a single person I know who interned there is going back. I guess somethings are better on paper than in reality. A lot of these are also the biggest hirers of MBA's so I think its a chicken vs egg arguement. There is also a different in popular to work for and best to work for...something to consider, since we all know just because something is popular doesn't make it the right fit for everyone.

vick4consulting · Answer

is there a list for top companies for international students (visa sponsoring)

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