Every professional has a dream of working for the best company in the world. If not the best, at least some of the top companies in the world. LinkedIn has released a list – 2017 Global LinkedIn Top Companies – which represents the firms around the world that are wooing today’s top talent. According to the LinkedIn, these firms are respected brands and innovators and all attract outsize attention by global job seekers. As per LinkedIn, the Top Companies list is based on the billions of actions taken by LinkedIn’s millions of members and looks at three main pillars: 1 Interest in a company’s jobs, 2 Interest in a company’s brand and employees and 3 Employee retention. LinkedIn says that they exclude LinkedIn and Microsoft from all LinkedIn Lists.
Here is the list of this year’s top 25 global companies with their respective global headcount:-
25 GE (Electronic manufacturing)
Global headcount: 295,000
24 Adobe (Computer software)
Global headcount: 15,000
23 Schneider Electric (Electronic manufacturing)
Global headcount: 144,000
22 EY (Accounting)
Global headcount: 250,000
21 Accenture (IT and services)
Global headcount: 401,000
20 PepsiCo (Food and beverages)
Global headcount: 264,000
19 Deloitte (Management consulting)
Global headcount: 244,400
18 IBM (IT and services)
Global headcount: 380,000
17 Johnson and Johnson (Hospital and healthcare)
Global headcount: 126,000
16 The Walt Disney (Entertainment)
Global headcount: 195,000
15 Unilever (Consumer goods)
Global headcount: 169,000
14 Siemens (Electronic manufacturing)
Global headcount: 351,000
13 Oracle (IT and services)
Global headcount: 135,000
12 Tesla (Automotive)
Global headcount: 30,000
11 Cisco (Computer networking)
Global headcount: 73,000
10 Dell Technologies (IT and services)
Global headcount: 145,000
9 L’Oréal (Cosmetics)
Global headcount: 83,000
8 LVMH (Luxury goods and jewelry)
Global headcount: 135,000
7 McKinsey and Company (Management consulting)
Global headcount: 25,000
6 Salesforce (Internet)
Global headcount: 25,000
5 Apple (Consumer electronics)
Global headcount: 110,000
4 Uber (Internet)
Global headcount: 12,000
3 Facebook (Internet)
Global headcount: 17,000
2 Amazon (Internet)
Global headcount: 341,400
1 Alphabet (IT and services)
Global headcount: 72,000
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