Which person will not want to be a part of something big? Everybody generally wants to be associated with at least one such “big” thing. Well the point is  that the Internet search giant Google has emerged as the most sought after company for business and engineering graduates according to two surveys.The survey aslo terms the company as the world’s  “most attractive employer” followed by close rival Microsoft.

Google holds the top spot among 50 businesses and engineering companies, according to a survey conducted global employer branding firm Universum.

About Google, the surveys said, “Google’s number one position is no surprise. Due to its remarkable brand image, students worldwide see it as a company they would like to work for.”

However, the second choice made by business and engineering graduates is different. Pricewaterhouse takes the second place for most B-school students, while Microsoft is the second best place for engineering students.

“The employers that feature in this Top 50 all have one thing in common: they successfully appeal to current and future talent, and they are aware of how scarce talent is,” Universum said.

The list of Top 10 employers for business students:

1. Google
2. PriceWaterhouseCoopers
3. Microsoft
4. Goldman Sachs
5. Ernst & Young
6. Procter & Gamble
7. JP Morgan
8. KPMG
9. McKinsey & Company
10. Deloitte

 The list of Top 10 employers for engineering students:

1. Google
2. Microsoft  
3. IBM
4. BMW
5. Intel
6. General Electric (GE)
7. Sony
8. Siemens
9. Shell
10. Procter & Gamble (P&G)

The global rankings based on the survey of about 1,20,000 students highlights the world’s most powerful employer brands and those companies that are “the most successful in talent attraction and retention.”

Students from the US, Japan, China, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Russia, Spain, Canada   and India’s top academic institutions took part in the survey.

Source:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5189872.cms

Infosys-the global IT giant is in news as the hiring season begins across India. The IT service exporter, is likely to make 13,000 campus offers to fresh engineering students.

Nandita Gurjar, senior VP, Infosys said that they have already started going to campuses in about 700 engineering colleges. Infosys had made 20,000 offers to engineering graduates for the 2009 fiscal, though only around 75-80 % of the students actually join the company.

New strategy implemented this year is to hire students who are in their final semester as against hiring students a year before they are graduated.

The campus placements this year did see a sea of change in terms of the compensation package, delaying the entry of students and in some cases putting them on a different stream of work.

According to the Infosys official, they would be closing the 2009 fiscal with around 18,000 freshers and 3,500 experienced hires. The same hiring numbers is likely for the coming fiscal.

Source: 

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/Infosys-likely-to-offer-13000-jobs-on-campuses/articleshow/5320884.cms