The Almanac of American Employers 2013: Market Research, Statistics & Trends Pertaining to the Leading Corporate Employers in America

PLUNKETT'S ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS 2013

Key Features:

- Job market trends analysis, data and competitive intelligence
- Employment forecasts and statistics
- Important Contacts for Job Seekers
- In-Depth Profiles of hundreds of leading employers
- Pages: 717
- Statistical Tables Provided: 12
- Companies Profiled: 508
- Geographic Focus: US

Contents, Statistics, Forecasts and Analysis Include:

Major Trends Affecting Job Seekers
- 1)U.S. Job Market Overview
- 2)Cost Control is a Major Concern at Employers/Downsizing and Consolidation Through Mergers Continue
- 3)Unemployment Will Remain High, But Opportunities are Available to Diligent Job Seekers
- 4)Consumers Spend Less, Save More, Affecting a Wide Variety of Companies
- 5)Technology Continues to Create Sweeping Changes in the Workplace
- 6)Continued Growth in Outsourcing, Including Supply Chain and Logistics Services
- 7)Millions Working as Temps
- 8)Offshoring and the Globalization of Business
- 9)Older Americans Will Delay Retirement and Work Longer/Many Employers Find Older Employees Desirable
- 10)Employment Sectors that Will Offer an Above-Average Number of Job Opportunities in 2013

Employment Statistics
- 1)U.S. Employment Overview: 2011-2012
- 2)Total Employees, All Nonfarm Payrolls, Private Industry & Government: Selected Years, 1940-2011
- 3)U.S. Civilian Labor Force: 1997-July 2012
- 4)Number of People Employed and Unemployed, U.S.: July 2011 vs. July 2012
- 5)Unemployed Jobseekers by Sex, Reason for Unemployment & Active Job Search Methods Used: 2011 Average
- 6)U.S. Labor Force Ages 16 to 24 Years Old by School Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Sex, Race & Ethnicity: October 2011
- 7)Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2012
- 8)Retirement Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2012
- 9)Top 30 U.S. Occupations by Numerical Change in Job Growth: 2010-2020
- 10)Top 30 U.S. Occupations by Percent Change in Job Growth: 2010-2020
- 11)Occupations with the Largest Expected Employment Increases, U.S.: 2010-2020
- 12)Occupations with the Fastest Expected Decline, U.S.: 2010-2020

Research: 7 Keys for Job Seekers
- 1)Financial Stability
- 2)Growth Plans
- 3)Research & Development Programs
- 4)Product Launch & Production
- 5)Marketing & Distribution Methods
- 6)Employee Benefits
- 7)Quality of Work Factors SHOW LESS READ MORE >

THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS

CONTENTS

Introduction

How To Use This Book

Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting Job Seekers
1) U.S. Job Market Overview
2) Cost Control is a Major Concern at Employers/Downsizing and Consolidation Through Mergers Continue
3) Unemployment Will Remain High, But Opportunities are Available to Diligent Job Seekers
4) Consumers Spend Less, Save More, Affecting a Wide Variety of Companies
5) Technology Continues to Create Sweeping Changes in the Workplace
6) Continued Growth in Outsourcing, Including Supply Chain and Logistics Services
7) Millions Working as Temps
8) Offshoring and the Globalization of Business
9) Older Americans Will Delay Retirement and Work Longer/Many Employers Find Older Employees Desirable
10) Employment Sectors that Will Offer an Above-Average Number of Job Opportunities in 2013

Chapter 2: Statistics
U.S. Employment Overview: 2011-2012
Total Employees, All Nonfarm Payrolls, Private Industry & Government: Selected Years, 1940-2011
U.S. Civilian Labor Force: 1997-July 2012
Number of People Employed and Unemployed, U.S.: July 2011 vs. July 2012
Unemployed Jobseekers by Sex, Reason for Unemployment & Active Job Search Methods Used: 2011 Average
U.S. Labor Force Ages 16 to 24 Years Old by School Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Sex, Race & Ethnicity: October 2011
Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2012
Retirement Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2012
Top 30 U.S. Occupations by Numerical Change in Job Growth: 2010-2020
Top 30 U.S. Occupations by Percent Change in Job Growth: 2010-2020
Occupations with the Largest Expected Employment Increases, U.S.: 2010-2020
Occupations with the Fastest Expected Decline, U.S.: 2010-2020

Chapter 3: Research: 7 Keys for Job Seekers
1) Financial Stability
2) Growth Plans
3) Research & Development Programs
4) Product Launch & Production
5) Marketing & Distribution Methods
6) Employee Benefits
7) Quality of Work Factors
Other Considerations

Chapter 4: Important Contacts for Job Seekers
Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites

Chapter 5: THE AMERICAN EMPLOYERS 500: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen
- 20 Largest Employers of the AMERICAN EMPLOYERS 500, By Number of Employees
- 20 Largest Employers of the AMERICAN EMPLOYERS 500, By Revenues
- 20 Largest Employers of the AMERICAN EMPLOYERS 500, By Profits
- Industry List, With Codes
- Index of Companies Within Industry Groups
- Alphabetical Index
- Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State
- Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations
- Index of Firms with International Operations

Individual Data Profiles on each of THE AMERICAN EMPLOYERS 500
Additional Indexes
- Index of Firms Noted as Hot Spots for Advancement for Women & Minorities
- Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations
- Index by Companies for Specific Types of Job Seekers
- Information Systems
- Liberal Arts
- Management
- Professionals
- Sales/Marketing
- Technical/Scientific

THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS is an easy-to-use solution to what would otherwise be a complicated problem: How can you tell, among America's giant companies, which firms are most likely to be hiring? Among those firms, which are the best to work for? No other source provides this book's easy-to-understand comparisons of growth, treatment of employees, salaries, benefits, pension plans, profit sharing and many other items of great importance to job seekers.

Especially helpful is the way in which THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS enables readers with no business background to readily compare the growth potential and benefit plans of large employers. You'll see the mid-term financial record of each firm, along with the impact of earnings, sales and growth plans on each company's potential to provide employment opportunities.

Information is presented in a way that addresses the differing interests of individual employees. You'll find separate listings for dozens of categories of data that you may want to consider. While this book is aimed primarily at job seekers, it will also be of tremendous value to researchers, marketing executives and personnel professionals. THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS is the premier guide to the most successful employers in the nation, their policies and their performance. THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS is your opportunity to gain valuable knowledge in a matter of minutes. Five hundred of the biggest, most successful corporate employers in America are analyzed in this book. Tens of thousands of pieces of information, gathered from a wide variety of sources, have been researched for these corporations and are presented here in a form that can be easily understood by job seekers of all types.

Thanks to THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS' exclusive data system, potentially confusing considerations have been reduced to simple groups of focused data. By scanning the data groups and the long list of unique indexes, you can find the right employers to fit your personal needs.

The AMERICAN EMPLOYERS 500 are among the best major growth companies to work for in America. Which companies offer the best benefits, are the biggest employers or earn the most profits? Where are these companies operating? All of these things and more are made easy for the reader to determine.

Thousands of observations are made that will be of great interest to prospective employees. For many of the firms, you'll find comments about such items as plans for growth, increases or decreases in the number of employees and charitable programs. You'll also find notes about corporate culture and special programs for the convenience of employees, such as health and recreation facilities, on-site child care, job training or career paths. Finally, you'll find basic information on each company, including the home office address and telephone number; regional, national and international locations; a description of the business; and a list of selected subsidiaries and trade names. In addition, you will find fax numbers and Internet addresses.

Whether you are currently employed by one of these corporate giants or are considering applying for a job with one, you will be able to see how each company compares with the others, even if you don't have the slightest understanding of accounting, finance or employee benefits.

Whatever your purpose for researching corporate employers, you'll find this book to be an indispensable guide.

- 3M Company
- Abbott Laboratories
- Abercrombie & Fitch Co
- ABM Industries Inc
- Academy Sports & Outdoors Ltd
- Accenture plc
- Acosta Inc
- Activision Blizzard Inc
- Adobe Systems Inc
- Advance Auto Parts Inc
- Adventist Health System
- AECOM Technology Corporation
- AES Corporation (The)
- Aetna Inc
- AFLAC Inc
- Agilent Technologies Inc
- AIG American General
- Air Products & Chemicals Inc
- Alaska Air Group Inc
- Alcoa Inc
- Allergan Inc
- Alliance Data Systems Corporation
- Allstate Corporation (The)
- Altria Group Inc
- Amazon.com Inc
- AMERCO
- American Express Co
- American International Group (AIG)
- American Power Conversion (APC)
- AMERIGROUP Corporation
- AmerisourceBergen Corp
- Amgen Inc
- Amphenol Corporation
- AmSurg Corp
- Apache Corp
- Apollo Group Inc
- Apple Inc
- ARAMARK Corporation
- Archer Daniels Midland Co
- Arrow Electronics Inc
- Arthur J Gallagher & Co
- Ascena Retail Group Inc
- Ascension Health
- AT&T Inc
- Automatic Data Processing Inc
- AutoNation Inc
- AutoZone Inc
- Avnet Inc
- Avon Products Inc
- AXA Financial Inc
- Bain & Company Inc
- Baker Hughes Inc
- Ball Corp
- Bank of New York Mellon Corp
- Barrett Business Services Inc
- Bass Pro Shops Inc
- Bausch & Lomb Inc
- Baxter International Inc
- Beam Inc
- Bechtel Group Inc
- Becton Dickinson & Co
- Bed Bath & Beyond Inc
- Belden Inc
- Bemis Company Inc
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Bio Rad Laboratories Inc
- Biogen IDEC Inc
- BlackRock Inc
- Bloomberg LP
- BMC Software Inc
- Boeing Company (The)
- Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp
- Boston Consulting Group Inc (The, BCG)
- Brinks Company (The)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
- Brocade Communications Systems Inc
- Brown & Brown Inc
- Bruker Corp
- Buckle Inc (The)
- Buffalo Wild Wings Inc
- Bunge Ltd
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC
- Cabela's Inc
- Cablevision Systems Corp
- CACI International Inc
- Cadence Design Systems Inc
- Cameron International Corporation
- Campbell Soup Co
- Cargill Inc
- Carlson Companies Inc
- Carlson Hotels Worldwide
- CarMax Inc
- Carnival Corporation
- Casey's General Stores Inc
- Cash America International Inc
- Caterpillar Inc
- Catholic Health Initiatives
- CBRE Group Inc
- CBS Corp
- CDW Corporation
- Celanese Corporation
- Celgene Corp
- Cellco Partnership (Verizon Wireless)
- CenturyLink Inc
- Cephalon Inc
- Cerner Corp
- CH Robinson Worldwide Inc
- Chemed Corpor
- ation
- Chevron Corporation
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
- Chico's FAS Inc
- Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc
- Chrysler Group LLC
- CHS Inc
- Chubb Corporation (The)
- CIGNA Corp
- Cintas Corp
- Cisco Systems Inc
- Citrix Systems Inc
- Clorox Co (The)
- CNA Financial Corp
- Coach Inc
- Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated
- Coca-Cola Company (The)
- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp
- Colgate Palmolive Co
- Comcast Corp
- Community Health Systems Inc
- Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
- Computer Task Group Inc
- ConAgra Foods Inc
- ConocoPhillips Company
- Container Store (The)
- Con-way Inc
- Cooper Companies Inc
- Cordis Corp
- Corning Inc
- Costco Wholesale Corp
- Covance Inc
- Cox Communications Inc
- CR Bard Inc
- Crocs Inc
- CSX Corp
- Cummins Inc
- CVS Caremark Corporation
- Danaher Corp
- Darden Restaurants Inc
- DaVita Inc
- Deere & Co
- Deloitte Consulting LLP
- Deloitte LLP
- Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd
- Delphi Corp
- Delta Air Lines Inc
- Delta Apparel Inc
- DENTSPLY International Inc
- DeVry Inc
- Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc
- Dick's Sporting Goods Inc
- Diodes Inc
- DIRECTV
- Discovery Communications Inc
- Dollar General Corporation
- Dollar Tree Inc
- Dow Chemical Company (The)
- DTE Energy Company
- Duke Energy Corp
- DuPont (E I du Pont de Nemours & Co)
- DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition
- E*Trade Financial Corporation
- Eaton Corp
- eBay Inc
- Edwards Lifesciences Corp
- Eli Lilly & Company
- EMC Corp
- Emerson Electric Co
- Endo Health Solutions Inc
- Entergy Corp
- Enterprise Holdings Inc
- EPAM Systems
- Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc
- Ernst & Young International
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Estee Lauder Companies Inc (The)
- Exelon Corporation
- Expedia Inc
- Experian Americas
- Express Scripts Inc
- Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil)
- ExxonMobil Chemical
- FactSet Research Systems Inc
- Fairview Health Services
- Family Dollar Stores Inc
- Fastenal
- FedEx Corporation
- Fidelity National Information Services Inc
- Finisar Corporation
- FirstEnergy Corp
- Fluor Corp
- FMC Technologies Inc
- FMR LLC (Fidelity Investments)
- Ford Motor Co
- Forest Laboratories Inc
- Fossil Inc
- Fox Entertainment Group Inc
- Frontier Communications Corporation
- FTI Consulting Inc
- GameStop Corp
- Gartner Inc
- GE Energy Infrastructure
- General Electric Co (GE)
- General Mills Inc
- General Motors Company (GM)
- Genesco Inc
- Gentex Corporation
- Genuine Parts Company
- Genworth Financial Inc
- Gilead Sciences Inc
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The)
- Google Inc
- Grant Thornton LLP
- Group 1 Automotive Inc
- GSI Commerce Inc
- Guess? Inc
- H J Heinz Co
- Halliburton Company
- Hanesbrands Inc
- Hanger Inc
- Harris Corporation
- Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc
- HCA Holdings Inc
- HE Butt Grocery Company (HEB)
- Health Management Associates Inc
- HealthSouth Corp
- Heartland Payment Systems Inc
- Henry Schein Inc
- Hershey Co
- Hertz Global Holdings Inc
- Hibbett Sports Inc
- Hillenbrand Inc
- Hillshire Brands Company
- Hilton Worldwide
- Home Depot Inc
- Honda of America Manufacturing Inc
- Humana Inc
- Hyatt Hotels Corporation
- IAC/InterActiveCorp
- ICF International Inc
- IDEXX Laboratories Inc
- iGATE Corporation
- Illinois Tool Works Inc
- IMS Health Inc
- Ingram Micro Inc
- Insituform Technologies LLC
- Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp
- Intel Corp
- International Business Machines Corp (IBM)
- Interpublic Group of Companies Inc
- Intuit Inc
- inVentiv Health Inc
- Jack Henry & Associates Inc
- Jackson National Life Insurance Company
- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc
- Jarden Corp
- JB Hunt Transport Services Inc
- JB Poindexter & Co Inc
- JetBlue Airways Corporation
- JM Smucker Co
- Johnson & Johnson
- Johnson Controls Inc
- Jones Group Inc (The)
- Jones Lang LaSalle Inc
- Juniper Networks Inc
- Kaiser Permanente
- Keane Inc
- Kellogg Company
- Kelly Services Inc
- Key Energy Services Inc
- Kimberly-Clark Corp
- Koch Industries Inc
- Kohl's Corp
- KPMG LLP
- Kraft Foods Inc
- Kroger Co (The)
- Laboratory Corp of America Holdings
- Las Vegas Sands Corp (The Venetian)
- Layne Christensen Company
- Lear Corp
- Lennar Corporation
- Liberty Interactive Corp
- Liberty Mutual Group Inc
- Life Technologies Corp
- Limited Brands Inc
- Lincare Holdings Inc
- Lincoln National Corporation
- Lithia Motors Inc
- LKQ Corp
- Loews Corporation
- Loral Space & Communications Ltd
- Lowe's Companies Inc
- Lufkin Industries Inc
- Macy's Inc
- Manpower Inc
- ManTech International Corp
- Marathon Oil Corp
- Marriott International Inc
- Mars Inc
- Marsh & Mclennan Companies Inc
- Mary Kay Inc
- MassMutual Financial Group
- Mattel Inc
- MAXIMUS Inc
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education
- and Research
- McDonald's Corp
- McKesson Corporation
- McKinsey & Company Inc
- Mediacom Communications Corp
- MEDNAX Inc
- Medtronic Inc
- Menard Inc
- Men's Wearhouse Inc (The)
- Mentor Graphics Corp
- Mercer LLC
- Methodist Health Care System
- MetLife Inc
- MetroPCS Communications Inc
- MGM Resorts International
- MICROS Systems Inc
- Microsoft Corp
- MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co
- Millipore Corp
- Mohawk Industries Inc
- Molex Inc
- Monro Muffler Brake Inc
- Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc
- Mutual of Omaha Companies (The)
- Mylan Inc
- Nabors Industries Ltd
- NACCO Industries Inc
- National Instruments Corp
- National Oilwell Varco Inc
- NCR Corporation
- NetApp Inc
- New York Life Insurance Co
- Nielsen Company NV (The)
- NII Holdings Inc
- Nike Inc
- Nordstrom Inc
- Norfolk Southern Corp
- North Highland
- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
- Oceaneering International Inc
- Oil States International Inc
- Omnicom Group Inc
- Oracle Corp
- O'Reilly Automotive Inc
- Owens & Minor Inc
- PACCAR Inc
- Panera Bread Co
- Parametric Technology Corp
- PAREXEL International Corp
- Park-Ohio Holdings Corp
- Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc
- Patterson Companies Inc
- Patterson-UTI Energy Inc
- Penske Automotive Group Inc
- Pep Boys-Manny Moe & Jack (The)
- PepsiCo Inc
- Perrigo Co
- Petco Animal Supplies Inc
- PetSmart Inc
- PG&E Corporation
- Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc
- Philip Morris International Inc
- Plexus Corp
- Polycom Inc
- PolyOne Corporation
- Praxair Inc
- Priceline.com Inc
- PriceSmart Inc
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Principal Financial Group (The)
- Procter & Gamble Co
- Progressive Corporation (The)
- Providence Health & Services
- Prudential Financial Inc
- Publix Super Markets Inc
- Qualcomm Inc
- Quanta Services Inc
- Quest Diagnostics Inc
- Rackspace Hosting Inc
- Ralph Lauren Corporation
- Recreational Equipment Inc (Rei)
- Red Hat Inc
- ResMed Inc
- Resources Connection Inc
- Robert Half International Inc
- Ross Stores Inc
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
- Rue21 Inc
- Ryder System Inc
- Sabre Holdings Corp
- Safeco Insurance Company of America
- Safeway Inc
- SAIC Inc
- SalesForce.com Inc
- Sam's Club
- SanDisk Corp
- Sapient Corporation
- SAS Institute Inc
- SCANA Corporation
- Schlumberger Limited
- Scotts Miracle Grow Co
- SEACOR Holdings Inc
- Select Medical Holdings Corporation
- Sempra Energy
- Seneca Foods Corporation
- Sensient Technologies Corporation
- Sherwin Williams Company (The)
- Sigma-Aldrich Corp
- Smithfield Foods Inc
- Snyders-Lance Inc
- Sodexo Inc
- Southwest Airlines Co
- Spectrum Health
- Spirit Aerosystems Holdings Inc
- SRA International Inc
- St Jude Medical Inc
- Stanley Black & Decker Inc
- Starbucks Corporation
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc
- State Farm Insurance Companies
- Stericycle Inc
- Stifel Financial Corp
- Stoneridge Inc
- Stryker Corp
- Sutter Health Inc
- Symantec Corp
- SYNNEX Corp
- Synopsys Inc
- Syntel Inc
- SYSCO Corp
- Target Corporation
- Team Health Holdings Inc
- Team Inc
- Tech Data Corp
- Teledyne Technologies Inc
- Telephone and Data Systems Inc (TDS)
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation
- Tenneco Inc
- Tetra Tech Inc
- Texas Instruments Inc (TI)
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
- Thor Industries Inc
- TIBCO Software Inc
- Time Warner Cable Inc
- Time Warner Inc
- TJX Companies Inc (The)
- T-Mobile USA Inc
- Total System Services Inc (TSYS)
- Towers Watson & Co
- Travelers Companies Inc (The)
- TreeHouse Foods Inc
- Trimble Navigation Ltd
- Trinity Industries Inc
- Trustmark Companies
- TRW Automotive Holdings Corp
- TTM Technologies Inc
- Tutor Perini Corporation
- TW Telecom Inc
- Tyson Foods Inc
- Union Pacific Corp
- United Continental Holdings Inc
- United Natural Foods Inc
- United Parcel Service Inc (UPS)
- United States Cellular Corp
- United Technologies Corporation
- UnitedHealth Group Inc
- Universal Health Services Inc
- USAA
- Valassis Communications Inc
- Varian Medical Systems Inc
- VCA Antech Inc
- VeriFone Systems Inc
- Verizon Communications Inc
- VF Corp
- Victorias Secret
- Visa Inc
- Visteon Corporation
- Vornado Realty
- Trust
- Walgreen Co
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc
- Walt Disney Company (The)
- Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
- Warnaco Group Inc (The)
- Waste Management Inc
- Waters Corp
- Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Weight Watchers International Inc
- Western Digital Corp
- Wet Seal Inc (The)
- Whole Foods Market Inc
- Windstream Corporation
- WW Grainger Inc
- Wyndham Worldwide
- Wynn Resorts Limited
- Yum! Brands Inc
- Zimmer Holdings Inc