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J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.



Fortune 500 rank: 13

Current openings: 15,550



What are you looking for?



The banking giant currently has 15,500 positions open globally, 12,000 of them in the U.S. Here, most openings are in retail banking, including positions for personal bankers, financial advisors, business bankers, loan officers, as well as branch managers, assistant branch managers, and tellers. The company also seeks qualified collectors, customer service agents, and operations managers.





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Any secrets to impressing your recruiter?



"JPMorgan Chase values applicants with a positive attitude, flexibility and proven relevant success both on the resume and by example during the interview process. These factors will always impress a recruiter."



J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s job listings







Courtesy: Best Buy





Best Buy



Fortune 500 rank: 47

Current openings: 13,919



What are you looking for?



Retail associates, assistant store managers, and general manager positions for Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile locations. Counter Intelligence Agents for Geek Squad, field leadership and corporate positions.



Any secrets to impressing your recruiter?



"Candidates impress us when they show insight (understanding customers, company, financial impact) and self-awareness (personal brand, how they are perceived by others, how customers see them). The ability to anticipate a conversation's direction, and the ability to quickly assess customer needs are big. Best Buy recruiters look for critical thinking, self-awareness and fierce devotion to customer service."



Best Buy's job listings







Courtesy: General Electric





General Electric



Fortune 500 rank: 6

Current openings: 8,320



What are you looking for?



GE hires a wide range of experts in a variety of fields, including engineering, finance, human resources, information technology, manufacturing, marketing, and sales.



Any secrets to impressing your recruiter?



"We look for candidates who focus on the customer, are clear thinkers, generate new and creative ideas, value teamwork, and are experts in their field."



General Electric's job listings







Courtesy: IBM





IBM



Fortune 500 rank: 18

Current openings: 8,320



What are you looking for?



Consulting and services, hardware engineering, finance and accounting, IT and telecommuncations, HR, legal, manufacturing.



IBM's job listings











Courtesy: HP





Hewlett-Packard



Fortune 500 rank: 11

Current openings: 6,583



What are you looking for?



HP has positions available across all functions for entry-level and experienced talent. Some key openings are in administration, business planning,engineering, finance, human resources, information technology, legal, public affairs and communications, quality, sales, services, supply chain and operations.



Any secrets to impressing your recruiter?



"Strong candidates demonstrate a focus on customers, results and performance, business acumen and leadership capabilities. Energetic, passionate and team-oriented individuals integrate well with HP's collaborative culture and values. Our selection process is an iterative one, we get to know the candidates, but also ensure they get to know our world-class organization. Let recruiters see the candidate beyond their resume -- having a creative and authentic voice is a plus."



HP's job listings







Courtesy: Target





Target



Fortune 500 rank: 33

Current openings: 6,300



What are you looking for?



This year, the retailer will hire approximately 6,300 leaders and team members and more than 1,400 interns at its corporate locations. It plans to create thousands of jobs in stores and distribution centers. At corporate headquarters, positions are available in merchandising, web development for Target.com, and the company is seeking engineers in technology services, product design and development, and marketing. Other available jobs include team leaders, guest service team members, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and medical assistants for its Target Pharmacy and Target Clinic locations.



Any secrets to impressing your recruiter?



"We look for individuals who can collaboratively lead teams and deliver results. Give us examples of your ability to work in a team or group and take on leadership roles. Tell us how you can contribute to our fun and friendly atmosphere while providing great guest service."



Target's job listings







Courtesy: Microsoft





Microsoft



Fortune 500 rank: 38

Current openings: 6,000



What are you looking for?



A variety of professions, including engineering, sales and marketing, customer service and support, and general business operations.



Any secrets to impressing your recruiter?



"Show us your expertise and interests beyond your resume. Creative projects like blogging and developing mobile applications grow your skills as well as help employers find you. It's harder for us to get to know you if you only excel in a closed environment. Likewise, get to know us. Learn about our technologies and businesses before you apply. This research will help you identify the best jobs for your skills, prepare for your interviews, and show us you're excited and ready to work here."



Microsoft's job listings







Courtesy: Dell





Dell



Fortune 500 rank: 41

Current openings: 4,887



What are you looking for?



Networking specialists, IT information developers, web developers, engineers, software developers, sales consultants, business development specialists, many others.



Any secrets to impressing your recruiter?



"Dell is interested in hiring people who are action oriented, have a demonstrated ability to achieve results and are customer focused. As Dell plans to expand its enterprise solutions, software and services offerings inthe next couple years, it's looking for innovative thought leaders and skilled technologists across a range of disciplines, and who have global perspectives regarding business, social and cultural trends."



Dell's job listings







Courtesy: Bank of America





Bank of America



Fortune 500 rank: 9

Current openings: 4,720



What are you looking for?



Constantly looking for new talent, the bank currently has thousands of open positions in locations throughout the world. Available positions include jobs in consumer banking, commercial banking, technology and operations, investment banking and finance.



Any secrets to impressing your recruiter?



"Know the types of positions you are most qualified for and interested in. Be focused in your approach to demonstrate you can match your experience and skills to the organizational requirements. Be able to demonstrate that you've done research on the company, its businesses and the roles you would be most qualified for. Show initiative and desire; demonstrate that you are interested in joining the organization by attending the company's events and meeting its recruiters and leaders. Prepare questions: the right questions demonstrate your interest and understanding of the company and role."



Bank of America's job listings







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Citigroup



Fortune 500 rank: 14

Current openings: 3,560



What are you looking for?



Banking, credit specialists, lending, IT, analysts

Rank Company Revenues


($ millions) Profits

($ millions)

1 Wal-Mart Stores 421,849.0 16,389.0

2 Exxon Mobil 354,674.0 30,460.0

3 Chevron 196,337.0 19,024.0

4 ConocoPhillips 184,966.0 11,358.0

5 Fannie Mae 153,825.0 -14,014.0

6 General Electric 151,628.0 11,644.0

7 Berkshire Hathaway 136,185.0 12,967.0

8 General Motors 135,592.0 6,172.0

9 Bank of America Corp. 134,194.0 -2,238.0

10 Ford Motor 128,954.0 6,561.0

11 Hewlett-Packard 126,033.0 8,761.0

12 AT&T 124,629.0 19,864.0

13 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 115,475.0 17,370.0

14 Citigroup 111,055.0 10,602.0

15 McKesson 108,702.0 1,263.0

16 Verizon Communications 106,565.0 2,549.0

17 American International Group 104,417.0 7,786.0

18 International Business Machines 99,870.0 14,833.0

19 Cardinal Health 98,601.9 642.2

20 Freddie Mac 98,368.0 -14,025.0

21 CVS Caremark 96,413.0 3,427.0

22 UnitedHealth Group 94,155.0 4,634.0

23 Wells Fargo 93,249.0 12,362.0

24 Valero Energy 86,034.0 324.0

25 Kroger 82,189.4 1,116.3

26 Procter & Gamble 79,689.0 12,736.0

27 AmerisourceBergen 77,954.0 636.7

28 Costco Wholesale 77,946.0 1,303.0

29 Marathon Oil 68,413.0 2,568.0

30 Home Depot 67,997.0 3,338.0

31 Pfizer 67,809.0 8,257.0

32 Walgreen 67,420.0 2,091.0

33 Target 67,390.0 2,920.0

34 Medco Health Solutions 65,968.3 1,427.3

35 Apple 65,225.0 14,013.0

36 Boeing 64,306.0 3,307.0

37 State Farm Insurance Cos. 63,176.7 1,762.8

38 Microsoft 62,484.0 18,760.0

39 Archer Daniels Midland 61,682.0 1,930.0

40 Johnson & Johnson 61,587.0 13,334.0

41 Dell 61,494.0 2,635.0

42 WellPoint 58,801.8 2,887.1

43 PepsiCo 57,838.0 6,320.0

44 United Technologies 54,326.0 4,373.0

45 Dow Chemical 53,674.0 2,310.0

46 MetLife 52,717.0 2,790.0

47 Best Buy 49,694.0 1,317.0

48 United Parcel Service 49,545.0 3,488.0

49 Kraft Foods 49,542.0 4,114.0

50 Lowe's 48,815.0 2,010.0

51 INTL FCStone 46,940.3 5.4

52 Lockheed Martin 46,890.0 2,926.0

53 Merck 45,987.0 861.0

54 Goldman Sachs Group 45,967.0 8,354.0

55 Express Scripts 44,989.7 1,181.2

56 Intel 43,623.0 11,464.0

57 Sears Holdings 43,326.0 133.0

58 Caterpillar 42,588.0 2,700.0

59 Chrysler Group 41,946.0 -652.0

60 Safeway 41,050.0 589.8

61 Supervalu 40,597.0 393.0

62 Cisco Systems 40,040.0 7,767.0

63 Morgan Stanley 39,320.0 4,703.0

64 Prudential Financial 38,414.0 3,195.0

65 Walt Disney 38,063.0 3,963.0

66 Comcast 37,937.0 3,635.0

67 Sysco 37,243.5 1,180.0

68 Sunoco 35,453.0 234.0

69 Abbott Laboratories 35,166.7 4,626.2

70 Coca-Cola 35,119.0 11,809.0

71 New York Life Insurance 34,947.2 1,091.5

72 Northrop Grumman 34,757.0 2,053.0

73 FedEx 34,734.0 1,184.0

74 Hess 34,613.0 2,125.0

75 Ingram Micro 34,589.0 318.1

76 Johnson Controls 34,305.0 1,491.0

77 Aetna 34,246.0 1,766.8

78 Amazon.com 34,204.0 1,152.0

79 Humana 33,868.2 1,099.4

80 Enterprise Products Partners 33,739.3 320.8

81 Honeywell International 33,370.0 2,022.0

82 Liberty Mutual Insurance Group 33,193.0 1,678.0

83 News Corp. 32,778.0 2,539.0

84 DuPont 32,733.0 3,031.0

85 Sprint Nextel 32,563.0 -3,465.0

86 General Dynamics 32,466.0 2,624.0

87 TIAA-CREF 32,224.9 1,405.9

88 Delta Air Lines 31,755.0 593.0

89 Allstate 31,400.0 928.0

90 HCA Holdings 30,683.0 1,207.0

91 American Express 30,242.0 4,057.0

92 Google 29,321.0 8,505.0

93 Tyson Foods 28,430.0 780.0

94 Philip Morris International 27,208.0 7,259.0

95 Time Warner 26,888.0 2,578.0

96 Oracle 26,820.0 6,135.0

97 3M 26,662.0 4,085.0

98 Deere 26,004.6 1,865.0

99 Plains All American Pipeline 25,893.0 505.0

100 Rite Aid

Rank Company Revenues


($ millions) Profits

($ millions)

101 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance 25,647.1 258.2

102 Publix Super Markets 25,328.1 1,338.1

103 CHS 25,267.9 502.2

104 Raytheon 25,183.0 1,840.0

105 International Paper 25,179.0 644.0

106 Travelers Cos. 25,112.0 3,216.0

107 Macy's 25,003.0 847.0

108 Staples 24,545.1 881.9

109 Tech Data 24,376.0 214.2

110 DirecTV 24,102.0 2,198.0

111 McDonald's 24,074.6 4,946.3

112 Northwestern Mutual 23,384.3 756.3

113 Murphy Oil 23,345.1 798.1

114 United Continental Holdings 23,229.0 253.0

115 Eli Lilly 23,076.0 5,069.5

116 Motorola Solutions 22,823.0 633.0

117 Hartford Financial Services 22,383.0 1,680.0

118 AMR 22,170.0 -471.0

119 TJX 21,942.2 1,343.1

120 Emerson Electric 21,866.0 2,164.0

121 Xerox 21,633.0 606.0

122 Cigna 21,253.0 1,345.0

123 Alcoa 21,013.0 254.0

124 Fluor 20,849.3 357.5

125 Aflac 20,732.0 2,344.0

126 U.S. Bancorp 20,518.0 3,317.0

127 Nationwide 20,265.0 959.0

128 Tesoro 20,253.0 -29.0

129 Occidental Petroleum 19,857.0 4,530.0

130 Kimberly-Clark 19,746.0 1,843.0

131 Bristol-Myers Squibb 19,484.0 3,102.0

132 Avnet 19,160.2 410.4

133 World Fuel Services 19,131.1 146.9

134 Capital One Financial 19,067.0 2,743.0

135 Nike 19,014.0 1,906.7

136 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 18,982.0 4,336.0

137 Time Warner Cable 18,868.0 1,308.0

138 Manpower 18,866.5 -263.6

139 Goodyear Tire & Rubber 18,832.0 -216.0

140 Arrow Electronics 18,744.7 479.6

141 Exelon 18,644.0 2,563.0

142 Kohl's 18,391.0 1,114.0

143 Whirlpool 18,366.0 619.0

144 Halliburton 17,973.0 1,835.0

145 United Services Automobile Assn. 17,946.1 2,637.4

146 J.C. Penney 17,759.0 389.0

147 Southern 17,456.0 1,975.0

148 United States Steel 17,374.0 -482.0

149 Ally Financial 17,373.0 1,075.0

150 AES 17,138.0 9.0

151 PNC Financial Services Group 17,096.0 3,412.0

152 EMC 17,015.1 1,900.0

153 Union Pacific 16,965.0 2,780.0

154 Altria Group 16,892.0 3,905.0

155 Computer Sciences 16,128.0 817.0

156 Illinois Tool Works 15,870.4 1,527.2

157 Nucor 15,844.6 134.1

158 Medtronic 15,817.0 3,099.0

159 L-3 Communications 15,680.0 955.0

160 Colgate-Palmolive 15,564.0 2,203.0

161 NextEra Energy 15,317.0 1,957.0

162 Dominion Resources 15,264.0 2,808.0

163 Amgen 15,053.0 4,627.0

164 Progressive 14,963.3 1,068.3

165 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 14,929.0 2,518.0

166 General Mills 14,796.5 1,530.5

167 Gap 14,664.0 1,204.0

168 Loews 14,621.0 1,288.0

169 American Electric Power 14,427.0 1,211.0

170 Baker Hughes 14,414.0 812.0

171 TRW Automotive Holdings 14,383.0 834.0

172 Constellation Energy 14,340.0 -982.6

173 Duke Energy 14,272.0 1,320.0

174 CBS 14,059.8 724.2

175 Texas Instruments 13,966.0 3,228.0

176 Toys "R" Us 13,864.0 168.0

177 PG&E Corp. 13,841.0 1,099.0

178 Eaton 13,715.0 929.0

179 Health Net 13,619.9 204.2

180 Viacom 13,497.0 1,548.0

181 PPG Industries 13,423.0 769.0

182 Jabil Circuit 13,409.4 168.8

183 FirstEnergy 13,339.0 784.0

184 Consolidated Edison 13,325.0 992.0

185 Chubb 13,319.0 2,174.0

186 Cummins 13,226.0 1,040.0

187 Danaher 13,202.6 1,793.0

188 Dollar General 13,035.0 627.9

189 Oneok 13,030.1 334.6

190 Community Health Systems 12,986.5 280.0

191 Sara Lee 12,919.0 506.0

192 Baxter International 12,843.0 1,420.0

193 DISH Network 12,640.7 984.7

194 Aramark 12,571.7 30.7

195 Omnicom Group 12,542.5 827.7

196 Waste Management 12,515.0 953.0

197 AutoNation 12,501.5 226.6

198 Edison International 12,409.0 1,256.0

199 Kellogg 12,397.0 1,247.0

200 ConAgra Foods 12,370
These 27 companies appear on both the FORTUNE 500 and our 2011 ranking of the Best Companies to Work For.


Company Fortune

500 rank 2011 Best to

Work For rank Avg. annual pay in

most common job (professional)

Microsoft 38 72 $120,657

Goldman Sachs Group 54 23 $160,000

Intel 56 51 $106,430

Cisco Systems 62 20 $131,716

American Express 91 49 $112,802

Google 92 4 N.A.

Publix Super Markets 102 86 $73,300

Aflac 125 57 $59,873

United Services Automobile Assn. 145 17 $92,583

General Mills 166 58 $47,453

Marriott International 210 71 $64,750

Qualcomm 222 33 $134,211

Starbucks 229 98 $50,673

Devon Energy 231 41 $172,575

Nordstrom 254 74 $49,500

Chesapeake Energy 263 32 $114,084

Whole Foods Market 273 24 $72,372

CarMax 311 81 $65,541

Stryker 323 68 $74,343

W.W. Grainger 328 100 $73,446

Darden Restaurants 332 97 $59,982

EOG Resources 377 66 $158,008

Mattel 392 69 N.A.

CH2M Hill 422 90 $129,986

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding 438 85 $112,728

J.M. Smucker 482 93 $51,075

NuStar Energy 497