2007 全美MBA畢業生最想進的100間公司

[Opeman]

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/full_list/

不意外的，Google順利的擠下連續八年都拿第一的麥肯錫，蟬聯全美MBA畢業生最想進的公司。

這份調查也是一個給MBA學生很好的指標，讓你瞭解哪些公司綜合的名聲，薪水文化 ，以及福利好，吸引眾多的MBA畢業生申請。

2007 rank | Company |2007 Fortune 500 rank |% who put in top five | 2006 rank

1 Google 241 20.58% 2
2 McKinsey & Company N.A. 16.31% 1
3 Goldman Sachs 24 13.95% 3
4 Bain & Company N.A. 10.99% 4
5 Boston Consulting Group N.A. 10.89% 5
6 Apple 121 10.78% 7
7 Microsoft 49 7.82% 16
8 General Electric 6 7.71% 8
9 Nike 158 7.21% 12
10 Bank of America 9 6.91% 18

11 Citigroup 8 6.82% 6
12 Morgan Stanley 20 6.75% 10
13 Johnson & Johnson 36 6.73% 9
14 Starbucks 310 6.66% 22
15 Lehman Brothers 47 6.49% 13
16 Booz Allen Hamilton N.A. 6.28% 15
17 Procter & Gamble 25 6.19% 11
18 Deloitte N.A. 6.19% 17
19 Merrill Lynch 22 5.58% 20
20 Walt Disney 64 5.23% 14

21 J.P. Morgan Investment Bank N.A. 5.11% 21
22 Yahoo 357 4.80% 26
23 IBM 15 4.71% 23
24 BMW N.A. 4.70% 19
25 Coca-Cola 94 4.44% 27
26 Amazon.com 237 4.24% 32
27 3M 97 4.13% 24
28 Toyota N.A. 4.11% 31
29 Target 33 3.99% 34
30 American Express 79 3.82% 33

31 Genentech N.A. 3.70% 35
32 Sony N.A. 3.59% 29
33 PepsiCo 63 3.39% 30
34 Starwood Hotels & Resorts 381 3.27% 46
35 L'Oréal N.A. 3.24% 42
36 Accenture N.A. 3.21% 43
37 PricewaterhouseCoopers N.A. 3.14% 50
38 Deutsche Bank N.A. 3.12% 41
39 UBS N.A. 3.11% 28
40 LVMH N.A. 3.09% N.A.

41 Nestlé N.A. 3.01% 49
42 eBay 383 2.96% 37
43 Fidelity Investments N.A. 2.96% 39
44 Intel 62 2.85% 25
45 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 11 2.55% 38
46 Bear Stearns 138 2.54% 59
47 Barclays Capital N.A. 2.53% 64
48 Amgen 171 2.52% 55
49 Anheuser-Busch 146 2.51% N.A.
50 Gap 144 2.46% 48


51 Southwest Airlines 276 2.46% 51
52 Marriott International 203 2.40% 58
53 Dell 34 2.37% 36
54 Harrah's Entertainment 254 2.37% 40
55 Credit Suisse N.A. 2.34% 44
56 Ernst & Young N.A. 2.30% 67
57 A.T. Kearney N.A. 2.25% 63
58 FedEx 68 2.17% N.A.
59 Hewlett-Packard 14 2.13% 75
60 Kraft Foods N.A. 2.11% 60

61 Pfizer 39 2.09% 47
62 BP N.A. 2.07% 54
63 Time Warner 48 2.05% N.A.
64 Cisco Systems 77 2.04% 71
65 Wells Fargo 41 2.03% 87
66 Unilever N.A. 2.03% 45
67 Boeing 28 2.02% 62
68 Exxon Mobil 2 2.00% 61
69 Diageo N.A. 2.00% 70
70 General Mills 213 1.97% 57

71 Medtronic 222 1.83% 65
72 Wachovia Corp. 46 1.81% 52
73 Chevron 4 1.79% 77
74 Central Intelligence Agency N.A. 1.78% 56
75 KPMG N.A. 1.74% 82
76 Mattel 406 1.66% 91
77 Motorola 52 1.63% 66
78 Monitor Group N.A. 1.59% 68
79 Eli Lilly 149 1.58% 53
80 Abbott Laboratories 102 1.56% 79

81 Best Buy 72 1.55% 81
82 Verizon Communications 13 1.54% N.A.
83 Lockheed Martin 57 1.52% 89
84 HSBC N.A. 1.47% 86
85 Merck 99 1.43% N.A.
86 Mercer Management Consulting N.A. 1.42% 78
87 MGM Mirage 315 1.33% 93
88 Cargill N.A. 1.32% 85
89 Federal Bureau of Investigation N.A. 1.32% 83
90 American Airlines 101 1.30% 92

91 Limited Brands 240 1.28% 72
92 Washington Mutual 81 1.25% N.A.
93 GlaxoSmithKline N.A. 1.23% 73
94 Honeywell 69 1.20% 90
95 BearingPoint N.A. 1.18% 100
96 Nokia N.A. 1.17% N.A.
97 Vanguard Group N.A. 1.17% 76
98 Shell Oil Company N.A. 1.11% 98
99 Mayo Clinic N.A. 1.07% N.A.
100 Honda Companies N.A. 1.06% N.A.

[modern]

看到Google跑上去No.1了 挺開心的

畢竟自己是一路走來很挺這家公司的文化，觀念，做生意的方法，以及對於人力資源的運用方式等。

不過也要說我看到的另一個論點

我在國外討論區就看到有人在討論, MBA畢業之後去google是浪費人生，當一家即將變成巨獸大公司(微軟二世)裡面的一顆無足輕重小螺絲云云。

我的想法如下
我想google真正最核心的不只是那些福利，重點在於一種對於人才的態度。Google很Flat...所以career ladder說真的會爬的很辛苦
裡面一堆30多歲掛一個specialist的人， 但是其實他手下扛的事情可能很多也很重(只是title很普通) 對於MBA來說會升不上經理的公司裡當是沒吸引力的

但 這家公司之所以可以讓很多人(或只有我?!)喜歡，原因在於你可以感受到進去之後公司是真正的關心妳，並且看重你的創意。 對於人的尊重作到很多。目前為止google merge的公司也只有前陣子傳出一家兩個co founder決定股票賣光閃人，其他多數都還是繼續在google這個組織裡面活的很開心。 還有就是，google會很努力的 只挑真正適合這家公司的人進來，這也是一個很重要的關鍵。因為人對了，合作起來效率就高了。

[Opeman]

Modern大哥你可是真正的牛人啊，

擊敗眾多對手，拿到全美MBA最想進的公司 GOOGLE

有機會分享一下你的心得吧 ：）

[Yimmiwan]

我猜這份統計應該是針對所有MBA學生，因為感到好奇的是最近這兩年很紅的private equity公司竟然一家都沒有在前百大。Business Week上面的報導說很多top mba專攻finance的學生都把PE當第一目標，這個現象opeman大在Chicago應該看到不少吧。不過進PE的機會本來就是可遇不可求，大部分公司也不去學校recruiting，所以可能很多學生也把進PE當成wishful thinking，而不是一個可以實踐的目標。

[Opeman]

Y大說的沒錯，PE最近真的很紅 ，但是PE幾乎都要有很強的IB或是MC經驗才有機會進去。
而這份調查是針對一般的MBA學生，而非Top 20 MBA學生，因此名氣較小的PE很難排的進去。
舉例來說，人人可能都知道麥肯錫，BCG，高盛，摩根史坦力，卻少有人知道KKR 凱雷 黑石等。

如同你說的，PE一個夢想跟後期生涯規劃，自然也就不是Fresh MBA畢業後的第一目標 :)

[modern]

PE真的讚

如果是在中國的土PE 很多家這幾年可以用"賺翻了"來形容

但是VC PE的特色通常都是低調 而且每家都很boutique...人都少 自然就不會上榜了

[pamelatsai]

有個很笨的問題想要請問一下各位大大~~如果將來想要進PE工作(大中華區)~~東岸或西岸的學校哪個會比較好呢?(Wharton or Stanford)?

[Opeman]

mmm 說說我觀察到的現象。

要進PE，最好是你有IB或是MC背景，再加上top 15MBA 的 加持

我聽到的 似乎是Wharton Chicago 做PE的人 會比 Stanford多。

Stanford 創業風氣很盛，做IB與MC的相對都少 路線不太一樣。

PE現在真的很火，大家都想進，往如七年前的達康一樣。不過PE僧多粥少，每年真正進去的 即使是芝加哥也沒有幾個。

[polarbear]

有個很笨的問題想要請問一下各位大大~~如果將來想要進PE工作(大中華區)~~東岸或西岸的學校哪個會比較好呢?(Wharton or Stanford)?

這樣的問題有點過於簡化,
Harvard, Wharton, Stanford名氣都夠響亮,剩下M7 or Top 10的名聲也都不差,能不能進大中華區的PE,關鍵在於pre-MBA的background.

如同Opeman講的,要進PE要有很強的IB or MC背景,有還不見得進得去,一個MBA學位不會給妳多大進PE的加分效果,重點還是個人實力,實力,實力.你有很強的banking background,則進Wharton或是Stanford對你來說毫無差別,這些學校在亞洲的名氣毋需用排名衡量;相反的,妳沒有IB or MC background,則進哪間學校對你都沒差,因為PE不會因為妳是W or S的就多看妳一眼,妳還是進不去,東岸或西岸的問題基本上毫無相關.

問題過於簡化的地方還有一點,networking的問題.兩個層面.

1.要進PE,另一條路最好是透過人家介紹,因為一般PE很少在徵人,如果妳有同學或是second-year的剛好在大中華區的PE做過或是even summer intern,則你或許可以藉由介紹進入PE.我們同學之中就有日本人一個帶一個到日本的PE做正職或是intern.這個networking的影響,去東岸或是西岸,W or S,也是無相關.端看你是否會認識到這樣的人,也因此,運氣實則大過校名.(but maybe you can claim that total enrollment in Wharton is 1600+ vs. 730+ in Stanford, chance is higher.)

2.另一個層面也與你先前背景有關,妳個人是否在大中華區有很強的產業經驗或是人脈 (networking),妳個人是否有很強的家世背景讓PE可以在大中華區做deal or 找deal時能夠節省不少麻煩.這都牽扯到你個人pre-MBA networking的強度,與是哪家學校也是毫無相關.

參考參考.

[Adam Cheng]

有個很笨的問題想要請問一下各位大大~~如果將來想要進PE工作(大中華區)~~東岸或西岸的學校哪個會比較好呢?(Wharton or Stanford)?

Are you still deciding between us and Stanford? It's a sweet but tough decision. :)

I would say Wharton will give you better training and in gerenal more chances to get in PE/VC. Around 50 people out of 800 got PE/VC offers in the past 2 years. But admittedly, Stanford will definitely give you more chances and better network with PE/VC (mostly VCs) on west coast, especially in bay area. If you are from tech/bio-tech or PE/VC background, you might have better chance at Stanford.

In Greater China, PEs only recruit two types of people and perferrably with PRC background.

1. IB analyst with good amount of transaction experiences.
2. Consultant (from well-known firms). But from my knowledge, only few PEs would consider consultant without transaction experiences such as Bain Capital, Apax, CVC etc.

If you are not from consulting or IB, I only heard very very few people with strong industry experience plus PRC background got PE/VC offers. Hope this helps.

Adam

[MarkHsu]

There are definitely Taiwanese/Taiwanese-American/Canadian working in PE/VC at tope global firms in Hong Kong, Singapore & China right now. However, their paths are very similar to the paths outlined by Adam.

Here are profiles of people I know:

Female
pre-MBA exp: IB
post-MBA: consulting
now: PE (co-investments)

Male
pre-MBA: big-5 consulting (US)
post-MBA: 3 yrs associate IB in HK
now: VP in PE (direct investments)

Male
pre-MBA: IB + PE
post-MBA/current: PE (real estate)

Male:
pre-MBA: consulting & entrepreneurship
post-MBA/current: PE (co-investments)

Male:
no MBA
hedge fund (US), hedge fund (HK), now PE in HK (direct investment in equities)

Female:
no MBA
IB (analyst), PE (real estate, also as analyst)

I don't think school matters as much as having prior transaction experience. The people I profiled above range from 2 people with no MBA to MBAs from INSEAD, USC & Wharton. Common thread among them are experience at a top blue chip firm.

Lastly, don't think of it as such a short-term decision. Who knows what will happen to the job market in 3 years? Honestly, the market is looking pretty bubbly to me right now and it's just a matter of time before there is a correction in the market. It's crazy what they are doing right now in HK & Singapore.

What I am saying is that 1) W vs S is not such a life or death situation. 2) I think PE is realistically a 2nd career post-MBA. 3) The intermediate position still needs to be a stint at an IB or a top strategy firm. 4) If you go to a strategy firm, you may need another intermediate step before you make the jump. 5) The skills/needs across the PE industry is so broad that I think it's hard to say which school alone will give you an edge.