Google turned out to be the most sought-after employer in the world

For , the social network for making business contacts LinkedIn the first time has compiled a list of the most sought-after employers. The Internet company Google topped the ranking. The second and third places were taken by the electronics manufacturer Apple and the largest software corporation Microsoft , respectively.

In total, the rating includes one hundred employers most in demand on the labor market. LinkedIn analyzed about 2 million company pages, determining the frequency of visits to official pages and the number of their subscribers.

The top five also included the social network Facebook, which recently celebrated the registration of its billionth user, and the food and household appliances corporation Unilever.

It is worth noting that the largest number of companies in the ranking were represented by the IT sector. Technology companies took up about a quarter of the entire list. Among them are online retailer Amazon, computer game developer Electronic Arts, PC manufacturer Hewlett-Packard, electronics manufacturer Samsung and others.

post The LinkedIn also noted that a large number of employees is not one of the main indicators of the reason for success. 50% of the companies in the ranking employ less than seven thousand people.

In addition, an overview of the largest employers in selected countries was provided. In the US, Goggle also took first place, but second place went to the largest corporation in the entertainment industry, Walt Disney, and third place went to Facebook. In Canada, the top three were Suncor Energy, Google and Research in Motion. In India - Accenture, HP and Oracle.

LinkedIn is one of the world's most numerous social networks for finding professional contacts. At the moment, the number of users of this network exceeds 175 million.