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The Hobsons Graduate Recruitment Review 2006 asked 25,699 students what employers they found most attractive, based on the career path they wanted to take. The top ten companies for students interested in IT, business and management, retail, finance and banking, and engineering are below:

IT

  1. Microsoft 29.5%
  2. IBM 23.7%
  3. Intel 17.2%
  4. Sony 11.4%
  5. BBC 11.3%
  6. MI5 11.2%
  7. Accenture 10.4%
  8. Cisco Systems 8.9%
  9. Nokia 6.7%
  10. BT 6.2%

Business and management

  1. PwC 11.1%
  2. BBC 9.8%
  3. MI5 8.4%
  4. Deloitte 7.5%
  5. BMW Group (including Mini) 7.4%
  6. Accenture 7.3%
  7. Microsoft 7.2%
  8. HSBC 6.7%
  9. British Airways 6.6%
  10. L'Oréal 6.6
  11. BT 6.2%

Retail

  1. Arcadia Group 20.7%
  2. BBC 16.8%
  3. John Lewis 14.8%
  4. L'Oréal 12.5%
  5. Marks and Spencer 11.8%
  6. Debenhams 11.5%
  7. British Airways 9.3%
  8. Tesco 8.4%
  9. Asda 6.3%
  10. MI5 5.7%

Finance and banking

  1. PwC 20.4%
  2. Goldman Sachs 16.8%
  3. Deloitte 11.6%
  4. KPMG 11.1%
  5. JP Morgan 10.9%
  6. HSBC 10.5%
  7. Deutsche Bank 9.6%
  8. Ernst & Young 9.4%
  9. Morgan Stanley 8.9%
  10. Bank of England 8.8%

Engineering

  1. Rolls-Royce (aerospace, marine, energy) 16.4%
  2. BAE Systems 13.5%
  3. Shell 11.6%
  4. Airbus 11.3%
  5. BMW Group (including Mini) 10.2%
  6. BP 9.8%
  7. Volkswagen Group (including Audi, Bentley, Bugatti and Seat) 8.5%
  8. Sony 7.9%
  9. MI5 7.4%
  10. Intel 7.1%

What do you think?

Do you agree?

Do these numbers mean anything to you?

Are the figures surprising?

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Let us know at what you think of The Hobsons Graduate Recruitment Review 2006 by emailing us at get@hobsons.co.uk