Apple comes in second, Google ranks third
The Government of Canada is the most attractive employer for students, according to a survey by research firm Universum.
The government topped the list for business, humanities and engineering students and came in second after Health Canada for medicine students, found the survey of 9,956 students across the country who completed 22,859 employer evaluations.
Every year, Universum surveys students across the globe and asks them questions about their career expectations, how they perceive companies as employers and what they associate to those employers. It asks students to pick the employers they would consider working for and then choose the employers they would most like to work for.
The Universum Top 100 Ideal Employer Rankings reflect the frequency with which these employers were selected as being ideal by the students who participated in the surveys. The list measures the level of employer attractiveness that a company has on the recruitment market. In other words, how many students perceive the organization as a “best place to work.”
The results of the Canadian student survey reveal how students perceive companies or organizations as employers in Canada.
The following are the 50 most attractive companies for Canadian business students, according to the survey.
- Government of Canada
- Apple
- Bank of Canada
- Provincial Government
- Deloitte
- L'Oréal
- Air Canada
- Canada Revenue Agency
- KPMG
- Ernst & Young
- Royal Bank of Canada
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
- BMW
- Microsoft
- Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
- WestJet Airlines
- Research In Motion
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Procter & Gamble
- Sony
- Health Canada
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Bombardier
- Scotiabank / Bank of Nova Scotia
- Johnson & Johnson
- Electronic Arts
- Rogers Communications
- Hydro Quebec
- HSBC Bank Canada
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
- Goldman Sachs
- PepsiCo
- IBM
- Manulife Financial
- Sun Life Financial
- Heineken
- CIBC World Markets
- Starbucks
- J.P. Morgan
- Bell Canada
- Public Service Commission
- Nestlé
- Honda
- BMO Nesbitt Burns
- Toyota
- Bank of America / Merrill Lynch
- McKinsey & Company
- Grant Thornton
To view the full list and to view those for humanities, medicine and engineering students, visit http://www.universumglobal.com/IDEAL-Employer-Rankings/The-National-Editions/Canadian-Student-Survey