THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS, 2006 is an easy-to-use
solution to what would otherwise be a complicated problem: How
can you tell, among all of America’s giant companies,
which firms are most likely to be hiring? Among those hot firms,
which are the best to work for? No other source provides this
book’s easy-to-understand comparisons of growth, treatment
of employees, salaries, benefits, pension plans, profit sharing
and many other items of great importance to job seekers.
Especially helpful is the way in which THE
ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS enables readers with
no business background to readily compare the growth potential
and benefit plans of large employers. You’ll see the mid-term
financial record of each firm, along with the impact of earnings,
sales and growth plans on each company’s potential to
provide employment opportunities.
Information is presented in a way that addresses
the differing interests of individual employees. You’ll
find separate listings for dozens of categories of data that
you may want to consider. While the book is aimed primarily
at job seekers, it will also be of tremendous value to researchers,
marketing executives and personnel professionals. THE
ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS is the premier guide
to the most successful employers in the nation, their policies
and their performance.
THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS is your opportunity
to gain valuable knowledge in a matter of minutes. Five hundred
of the biggest, most successful corporate employers in America
are analyzed in this book. Tens of thousands of pieces of information,
gathered from a wide variety of sources, have been researched
for these corporations and are presented here in a form that
can be easily understood by job seekers of all types.
Thanks to THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS’
exclusive data system, potentially confusing considerations
have been reduced to simple groups of focused data. By scanning
the data groups and the long list of unique indexes, you can
find the best employer to fit your personal needs.
The AMERICAN EMPLOYERS 500 are
among the best major growth companies to work for in America.
Which companies offer the best benefits, are the biggest employers
or earn the most profits? Where are these companies operating?
All of these things and more are made easy for the reader to
determine.
Thousands of observations are made that will be
of great interest to prospective employees. For many of the
firms, you’ll find comments about such items as plans
for growth, increases or decreases in the number of employees
and charitable programs. You’ll also find notes about
special programs for the convenience of employees, such as health
and recreation facilities, job training or career paths. Finally,
you’ll find basic information on each company, including
the home office address and telephone number; regional, national
and international locations; a description of the business;
and a list of selected subsidiaries and trade names. In addition,
you’ll find fax numbers, Internet addresses and toll-free
phone numbers for most of the firms.
Whether you are currently employed by one of these
corporate giants or are considering applying for a job with
one, you’ll be able to see how each company compares with
the others, even if you don’t have the slightest understanding
of accounting, finance or employee benefits.
Whatever your purpose for researching corporate
employers, you’ll find this book to be an indispensable
guide. Nonetheless, as is true with all resources, this volume
has limitations that the reader should be aware of:
