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25 companies where it's most difficult to get a job

September 03, 2013 14:05 IST

Image: Jobless university graduate David Rowe wears a sandwich board advertising his search for employment as he walks along Fleet Street in central London.
Photographs: Kieran Doherty/Reuters Rediff Business Desk

While getting a job in any company is difficult in these tough economic times, it's especially true in some most sought-after firms. There are some companies where job seekers have to go several interviews stretching in some cases to weeks and even months. Those who make it get a hefty package.

According to Glassdoor, a job and career website, the average base salary at McKinsey & Co is $127,000 per year.

Let's take a look at companies where securing employment has been rated most difficult.

Source: Glassdoor

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25 companies where it's most difficult to get a job

Image: Homepage of McKinsey & Company.
Photographs: Source, mckinsey.com

McKinsey & Company

Industry: Management consulting

Employees: 17,000

Rank in securing a job: 1

McKinsey & Company, which was established in 1926, offers consulting services to companies, entities and governments all across the globe.

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Image: Homepage of ThoughtWorks.
Photographs: Source, thoughtworks.com

ThoughtWorks

Industry: IT consultancy

Employees: 2,500

Rank in getting a job: 2

ThoughtWorks, which was established in 1993, has offices all across the world, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Singapore, Germany and India.

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25 companies where it's most difficult to get a job

Image: Boston Consulting Group.
Photographs: Source, bcg.com

Boston Consulting Group

Industry: Management consulting

Employees: 6,200

Rank in getting a job: 3

Boston Consulting Group, which was established in 1963, provides services to clients in both private and public sectors across the world.

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25 companies where it's most difficult to get a job

Image: Homepage of Gartner.
Photographs: Source, gartner.com

Gartner

Industry: Research

Employees: 5,300

Rank in getting a job: 4

Research carried out by Gartner, which was established in 1979, is aimed at technology companies, investors, large corporations and government agencies.

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25 companies where it's most difficult to get a job

Image: Bain & Company.
Photographs: Source, bain.com

Bain & Company

Industry: Management consulting

Employees: 5,500

Rank in getting a job: 5

Bain & Company, which was established in 1973, offers consulting services to some of the largest companies in the world, non-profit organisations and government agencies.

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Image: A Rolls-Royce Wraith in St Petersburg, Russia.
Photographs: Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters

Rolls-Royce

Industry: Automotive

Employees: 1,000

Rank in getting a job: 6

Rolls-Royce, which was established in 1906, is the manufacturer of comfortable, luxurious and expensive cars.

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25 companies where it's most difficult to get a job

Image: ZS Associates.
Photographs: Source, zsassociates.com

ZS Associates

Industry: Management consulting

Employees: 2,000

Rank in getting a job: 7

ZS Associates, which was established in 1983, has clients ranging from biotechnology to telecommunications.

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Image: Google employees play table soccer at a recreational area of their Singapore office.
Photographs: Edgar Su/Reuters

Google

Industry: Internet-related services and products

Employees: 44,777

Rank in getting a job: 8

Google, which was established in 1998, is famous for its search engine, software, cloud computing and Internet advertising.

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Image: Stryker.
Photographs: Source, stryker.com

Stryker

Industry: Medical equipment

Employees: 20,000

Rank in getting a job: 9

Stryker, which was established in 1941, manufactures medical implants, surgical and imaging technologies.

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25 companies where it's most difficult to get a job

Image: Hubspot.
Photographs: Source, hubspot.com

Hubspot

Industry: Software

Employees: 200

Rank in getting a job: 10

Hubspot, which was established in 2006, offers software to coordinate online marketing efforts.

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Image: Paycom.
Photographs: Source, paycomonline.com

Paycom

Industry: Professional services sector

Employees: 600

Rank in getting a job: 11

Paycom, which was established in 1998, provides clients real-time access to their payroll data.

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25 companies where it's most difficult to get a job

Image: Vistaprint.
Photographs: Source, vistaprint.in

Vistaprint

Industry: Printing

Employees: 4,100

Rank in getting a job: 12

Vistaprint, which was established in 1995, has over 25 localised websites that serve various markets around the world.

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Image: Teach for America.
Photographs: Source, teachforamerica.org

Teach for America

Industry: Education

Employees: N/A

Rank in getting a job: 13

Teach for America, which was established in 1989, recruits recent graduates to teach in low-income areas in the United States for at least two years.

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Image: A customer stands in front the Beauty department at Carrefour's Bercy hypermarket in Charenton, a Paris suburb.
Photographs: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters

Procter & Gamble

Industry: Consumer goods

Employees: 126,000

Rank in getting a job: 14

Procter & Gamble, which was established in 1837, deals in personal care products, cleaning agents and other consumer goods.

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Image: Lobby of Avaya offices and lab in Westminster, Colorado, United States.
Photographs: Rick Wilking/Reuters

Avaya

Industry: Telecommunications

Employees: 17,000

Rank in getting a job: 15

Avaya, which was established in 2000, deals in routers, switches and other networking hardware.

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Image: Microsoft office in Bucharest, Romania.
Photographs: Bogdan Cristel/Reuters

Microsoft

Industry: Computer software

Employees: 97,000

Rank in getting a job: 16

Microsoft, which was established in 1975, is the largest software manufacturer in the world.

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Image: BlackRock logo outside of its offices in New York.
Photographs: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

BlackRock

Industry: Investment management

Employees: 10,000

Rank in getting a job: 17

BlackRock, which was established in 1988, is a provider of investment, advisory and risk management solutions.

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Image: Sapient.
Photographs: Source, sapient.com

Sapient

Industry: Outsourcing and consulting company

Employees: 11,000

Rank in getting a job: 18

Sapient, which was established in 1991, offers business, marketing and technology services to customers.

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25 companies where it's most difficult to get a job

Image: Citrix Systems.
Photographs: Source, citrix.com

Citrix Systems

Industry: Software

Employees: 8,000

Rank in getting a job: 19

Citrix Systems, which was established in 1989, offers cloud computing, desktop virtualisation and networking.

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Image: A man tries a game at the Nvidia Shield PC Game Streaming exhibit at E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, in Los Angeles, California.
Photographs: David McNew/Reuters

Nvidia

Industry: Semiconductors

Employees: 8,000

Rank in getting a job: 20

Nvidia, which was established in 1993, is famous for its graphics processing units.

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25 companies where it's most difficult to get a job

Image: Informatica.
Photographs: Source, informatica.com

Informatica

Industry: Software industry

Employees: 2,500

Rank in getting a job: 21

Informatica, which was established in 1993, focuses on data virtualisation, data integration and data masking.

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Image: Employees work in the international user operations area at the headquarters of Facebook in Menlo Park, California.
Photographs: Robert Galbraith/Reuters

Facebook

Industry: Internet

Employees: 5,299

Rank in getting a job: 22

Facebook, which was established in 2004, is the most used social networking service in the world.

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Image: Guidewire.
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Guidewire

Industry: Computer software and hardware

Employees: 1,000

Rank in getting a job: 23

Guidewire, which was established in 2001, provides back-end software to insurance companies around the world.

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Image: Caterpillar excavator machines are seen at a factory in Gosselies, Belgium.
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Caterpillar

Industry: Heavy equipment

Employees: 125,341

Rank in getting a job: 24

Caterpillar, which was established in 1925, is the leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment in the world.

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Image: Rackspace.
Photographs: Source, rackspace.com

Rackspace

Industry: Internet hosting service

Employees: 4,800

Rank in getting a job: 25

Rackspace, which was established in 1998, is an IT hosting company with data centres in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong.