Top Corporate Career Websites in Europe 2008

A study was carried out by Potentialpark Communications, a Europe-based consulting and market research firm to evaluate leading corporate career websites and assess the employer’s effectiveness in branding their company to the job seekers and potential employees.

Separate studies have been carry out to find the top corporate career websites for the Europe, United States, United Kingdom, Germany and France. The results and ranking are based on the preferences and priorities of student job seekers.

In a way, the research gives indication on how well the employers are doing in attracting potential employees with their online presence.

Following is the result of the latest, 2008 Europe’s standing, collected from more than 7,000 respondents across the European countries who come from various universities, business schools, and tertiary institutions.

1. DPWN

The German-based DPWN or Deutsche Post World Net, is presently the world’s largest logistic and courier company. In certain countries, its wholly-owned entity acquired about 6 years ago, DHL is more widely known than the main company itself. Altogether, the company employs more than half a million employees across more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Its career website comes with everything under the roof – job center, online application platform, tips, latest vacancy openings, and many more.

Click here to visit DPWN career website.

2. PwC

PwC or Price WaterhouseCoopers is one of the ‘Big Four’ of the audit firms, and a prestigious professional services firm. The company was formed out of a merger between two London based firms in 1998, Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand. Top graduates and employees are hired to render their expertise in industry-focused services such as tax, assurance, financial auditing, human resources, performance management, transaction, and crisis management.

Click here to visit PwC career website.

3. Accenture

Accenture is an international consulting firm with expertise in management, technology and outsourcing. More than 150,000 thousand professionals are currently employed with the company, spanning a massive operation across more than 50 countries. Accenture is always in the hunt for top graduates, who are hired to climb the corporate ladder, packaged together with top salaries and attractive rewards. With the presence of an established career website and information, it seems they are just on the right track.

Click here to visit Accenture career website.

4. Deutsche Bank

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, the global Deutsche Bank is backed by more than 70,000 employees, and operates in close to 80 countries worldwide. Its biggest presence can be felt in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. Its organizational structure and divisions are comprehensively explained in the company’s career website, painting a very clear picture of what a specific operation is all about for potential employees. School leavers, graduates, undergraduates, MBA students and professionals wishing to work with Deutsche Bank will find much information handy.

Click here to visit Deutsche Bank career website.

5. Ernst & Young

Another of the “Big Four” family clan, Ernst & Young (EY) offers three main services, namely assurance & advisory, tax, and transaction advisory services. Top companies in diversified industries such as financial, healthcare, government, real estate, telecommunication and retail hired EY and work with their competent professionals. Job seekers who visit their career page can choose which region, country and employment level of interest. Certain country operation accept online application while others still accepting resume submission through email.

Click here to visit Ernst & Young career website.

6. Bayer

Another German-based company, Bayer AG is a pharmaceutical company and is credited with the first, original production of aspirin. It is presently the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world. Global job vacancies are available for interested job seekers, who can also get to know more about some of the employees of Bayer and learn some details about their job. The company promises attractive salary, compensation and benefit package.

Click here to visit Bayer career website.

7. BT

Previously named British Telecommunication, it was changed to BT to reflect their direction to go global. The UK’s largest communication service provider has presence in more than 170 countries worldwide, running telephone exchanges, internet services, trunk network and providing all sorts of telco-related solutions. Apart from applying for full time jobs, students can also search for industrial training, internship and placement with the company, all from the convenience of their home.

Click here to visit BT career website.

8. Deloitte

3 of the “Big 4″ auditors make it to the top 10 list, and Deloitte is the last of them, after PwC and Ernst & Young. Deloitte, or its long name Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu serves the world’s biggest corporations in more than 140 countries, employing over 150,000 people worldwide. Fortune also rated Deloitte as one of the best 100 companies to work for. Additionally, many international magazines, news and media regard the firm as one of the best companies for a graduate to launch a startling career.

Click here to visit Deloitte career website.

9. Barclays Capital

Barclays Capital is the investment holding division of Barclays plc, a premier bank with major operation in Europe, America, Australia, Middle East and Asia. You will remember the English Premier League (EPL) with the Barclays logo prominently displayed almost everywhere as the main sponsor. Apart from hiring skilled professionals, Barclays Capital is also aggressive in recruiting graduating students through its campus recruitment program, which cater for Degree holders, Masters and PhD.

Click here to visit Barclays Capital career website.

10. IBM

IBM or the International Business Machine is a US origin company, with gigantic presence in Europe and other continents. With close to 400,000 employees worldwide, it is simply the largest IT company in the world. There are many reasons why IBM has been a company of choice, and to know this, you can just visit their website and learn more about the organization, the people and the opportunities. Apart from jobs in Europe, rest assured that many others are available in the country of your desire.

Click here to visit IBM career website.

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Author's bio: Zul is the founder and principal contributor for the SKOR Career blog. He is the author of two books, The Malaysian Job Seeker's Dilemma and Buat Duit Tanpa Kerja Makan Gaji (How to Make Money Without a Job), available in major book stores nationwide. You can reach him at zulkiflimusa[at]gmail.com.