Big 4 Firms Top Businessweek's Best Places To Launch A Career
The article sites the level of responsibility given to new hires, opportunity for advancement and learning opportunities as some of the top reasons why working for one of the Big 4 is so beneficial.While this is great news, the article also contained some cautionary advice. As is expected, hiring is down greatly and competition is greater than ever before:
"Getting a job in the first place is no slam dunk. Many companies have been cutting back on entry-level hiring̣€”one survey of 2009 college grads found that only 1 out of 5 who applied for a job succeeded in landing onẹ€”and the employers in our ranking are no different. Entry-level hiring in the first half of the year was down across the board, with at least 50 of the 69 employers who took part in our survey reporting an average decrease of more than 20%.
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Please see the links below for the individual firm profiles.
1. Deloitte (2008 rank 2)
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/first_jobs/2009/1.htm
2. Ernst & Young (2008 rank 1)
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/first_jobs/2009/2.htm
3. PricewaterhouseCoopers (2008 rank 3)
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/first_jobs/2009/3.htm
4. KPMG (2008 rank 5)
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/first_jobs/2009/4.htm