2011 Best Companies To Work For
There are many lists available for researching great companies to work for. But the traditional thinking is “a job…any job”. That traditional thinking is incorrect. If you were destined to “just a job”, then you would follow in your ancestors footsteps. If your father was a goat herder, your destiny (traditionally) would be that you would become a goat herder - whether you like it or not. If your mother was a seamstress, then you would become a seamstress in the old traditional methodology. That traditional thinking went out in the Great Depression of the 1930′s (or before). Now we enjoy the power of choice. Exercising that power of choice is your right, and that choice moves you from “just a job” to the possibility of a dream job.
Along with that dream career are dream companies. These are companies that you admire, respect, and enjoy from a product perspective as well as a corporate perspective. Maybe you desire a company who treats their workers with respect. Maybe you want to work for a company that treats the environment right. Maybe it is a combination of factors.
There are many lists available that you can use to research companies that fit your criteria. Fortune Magazine has one of the best. They just published their 2011 Best Companies To Work For. These 100 companies have been nominated by their employees, and for the second year in a row the North Carolina based SAS is #1 on the list. Among the raw list is also some pretty nifty sub-divided lists and interactive searches. For example:
- Search by best perks.
- Best employers in your state (for example, Texas)
- 25 Best companies that are hiring.
First, you need to acknowledge that finding just a job is not the way to career freedom. Finding a career that you love doing for a company that you respect is the way to excel. You’ll be happier, healthier, and wiser if you pick a career and a job that you wake up each morning excited to go to. The first step is to identify that career. The second step is to find a great company. Use a list like Fortune’s Best Companies To Work For list to help you find the perfect company for you.
