The Top 50 Diversity Employers 2002 Rankings

THE BLACK COLLEGIAN MAGAZINE ^ | 11/12/2002

[John Lenin]

The table below presents the 50 most popular employers among students surveyed by The Universum Diversity Survey 2002.The survey, which is conducted annually by the international research and consulting firm Universum Communications, monitors the employment-related opinions of undergraduate and MBA students with minority backgrounds. Over 3,500 students at 53 of the finest universities throughout the United States participated in the 2002 survey.

From a list on the survey questionnaire, respondents were asked to select up to five companies as their “ideal employers,” or the companies for which they would most like to work. (They had the option of writing in two companies if their preferred employers were not already present on the list.) The data was subsequently tabulated, with the companies selected by the greatest percentage of respondents given the highest rankings on the list of minority students' ideal employers.

 

COMPANY	RANKING	%
Goldman Sachs	1	14.32
Merrill Lynch	2	10.42
Walt Disney	3	10.37
Microsoft	4	10.31
IBM	5	9.97
Morgan Stanley	6	9.85
McKinsey & Company	7	9.73
BMW	8	9.47
Sony	9	8.82
Coca-Cola	10	8.78
AOL Time Warner	11	8.71
JPMorganChase	12	8.63
PricewaterhouseCoopers	13	8.41
Citigroup	14	8.26
Accenture	15	7.98
The Boston Consulting Group	16	7.94
Fox Entertainment	17	7.52
General Electric	18	7.41
Ernst & Young	19	6.51
Andersen	20	6.31
Nike	21	6.12
Pfizer	22	6.08
Deloitte Consulting	23	6.05
Bank of America	24	5.88
Johnson & Johnson	25	5.66
Bain & Company	26	5.50
Dell Computer	27	5.38
Intel	28	5.23
Procter & Gamble	29	5.01
The Gap	30	4.89
Cisco Systems	31	4.85
Boeing	32	4.78
American Express	33	4.73
3M	34	4.60
Lehman Brothers	35	4.32
AT&T	36	3.95
LucasArts/LucasFilm	37	3.82
Booz-Allen Hamilton	38	3.76
Credit Suisse First Boston	39	3.75
Merck	40	3.71*
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu	41	3.71*
Abbott Laboratories	42	3.70
Charles Schwab	43	3.60
L'Oreal	44	3.57
Deutsche Bank	45	3.52
Miramax Films	46	3.51
Hewlett-Packard	47	3.46
General Motors	48	3.35
Motorola	49	3.34
Bristol-Myers Squibb	50	3.16

[John Lenin]

Interesting survey, notice all the Financial Companys on the list.

[Tauzero]

Here's a list of 50 stocks to short.

[victim soul]

I agree.

and will repeat your remarks:

Here's a list of 50 stocks to short.

[irishtenor]

Trust me, nobody should think about working for Boeing.

[victim soul]

Correction: If in this case it means diversity in including all races, I'll buy.

If it means recognition in the workplace of sexual proclivities, I will not buy.

[Revolting cat!]

Wrong1 the forgot to put the numero uno company there on top: the Gubmint!

[John Lenin]

Yes, short some of the best companies in the World.

[Tauzero]

There's a difference between a stock and the underlying company. A good company doesn't necessarily mean a good stock.

[TheMole]

It's interesting, but you've got to remember it's just the opinions of people most of whom have yet to hold a full-time job. BTW, what is "Andersen" doing on there at #20? Isn't Arthur Andersen out of the accounting business after the Enron thing? And Disney at #3? Aren't they cutting back right now? Also, how many people actually work for George Lucas?

Enough questions for now :-)

[John Lenin]

Read the article, it's not about affirmitive action, it's about who the students like best to work for. No comment on the obvious racism.

[Professional]

Some folks here didn't read the full article. This list represents the companies minorities would LIKE to work for.

To comment that these are companies to short, is kind of, well, mean spirited and nasty.

[TheMole]

Yes, short some of the best companies in the world.

Since this list is based on a survey of undergraduate opinion, it probably shouldn't serve as a basis for investing strategy. However, I have noticed that whenever a company itself starts making a big hoo-hah about "diversity", it's usually not long before that company's operations and stock value start to decline noticeably.

[YoungKentuckyConservative]

No wonder all my Merrill-Lynch funds suck. They hire based on color and not on performance. I think I'll go sell my entire portfolio now. =)

[coloradan]

I interviewed for a job at Boeing (pre-9-11) and was asked several "diversity" questions during the interview. They were sufficiently wierd and pointless that I didn't even turn my job application in.

[Professional]

Would appear that many minorities are studying to become stock brokers. Take it from me, the timing isn't particularly good...

[Professional]

Well, since this was written as a who they would LIKE to work for, I find it impressive that THAT isn't one of the top, not even in the top 20.

[razorback-bert]

Note that in this case Diversity means black only.

[John Lenin]

I wish I would have never posted this artile now.

[razorback-bert]

Because of my comment?

I am sure Asians read THE BLACK COLLEGIAN every week or whenever it is published.


Like wise I am sure Hispannics subscribe in large numbers too.