trendence Graduate Barometer 2012 - Swiss Engineering/IT Edition

trendence Graduate Barometer 2012 - Swiss Engineering/IT Edition
© trendence Institut [2012]
The study
The trendence Graduate Barometer is an annual online survey about the expectations and
preferences of students in their first professional position after graduation. Students
are asked which companies they find attractive, how they look for their first professional
position and what factors are important for them in this
Method
Survey period Oktober 2011 - February 2012
Number of participants in Engineering/IT Edition Europe Switzerland
Number of students 131.623 2.166
Overall number of participants Europe Switzerland
Number of students 343.796 6.730
Rank 2012 Employer % 2012
1 Google 14,0%
2 ABB 12,1%
3 Novartis 9,9%
4 CERN 9,1%
5 IBM 7,9%
5 Roche 7,9%
7 Nestlé 7,6%
8 WWF 6,0%
9 Siemens 5,9%
10 European Space Agency 5,5%
11 Bundesverwaltung/Administration fédérale 5,1%
12 Logitech 5,0%
12 McKinsey & Company 5,0%
14 Apple 4,6%
15 Credit Suisse AG 4,4%
16 UBS 4,2%
17 BCG The Boston Consulting Group 3,9%
18 Microsoft Schweiz GmbH 3,7%
19 BASF 3,2%
19 Swisscom 3,2%
21 EADS (incl. Airbus, Eurocopter, Astrium, Defense & Security, 3,1% MBDA...)

Rank 2012 Employer % 2012
22 Syngenta 2,9%
23 Alstom 2,8%
23 Bombardier Transportation (Switzerland) AG 2,8%
25 Bayer 2,7%
25 SBB 2,7%
27 Merck Schweiz AG 2,5%
28 Fraunhofer 2,4%
29 ICRC (International Comittee de Croix Rouge) 2,1%
29 Johnson & Johnson 2,1%
29 Swiss International Air Lines (Lufthansa) 2,1%
32 Boeing 2,0%
33 Alpiq Holding AG 1,9%
33 Leica Geosystems 1,9%
33 RUAG 1,9%
36 BMW 1,8%
36 CISCO 1,8%
36 Sensirion 1,8%
39 CSD INGENIEURE AG 1,7%
39 Hilti 1,7%
41 Axpo Konzern 1,6%
41 Intel 1,6%
41 Migros 1,6%
44 Pilatus 1,5%
44 Porsche 1,5%
44 Stadler Rail 1,5%
47 Accenture 1,4%
47 Bosch 1,4%
49 Bain & Company 1,3%
49 GE General Electric 1,3%
49 Oracle 1,3%
49 Procter & Gamble (incl. Wella, Gillette, Braun) 1,3%
49 Veolia Environnement (incl. Dalkia) 1,3%
49 Volkswagen Group (incl. Volkswagen, Audi, Škoda Auto) 1,3%
55 Bühler 1,2%
55 Implenia AG 1,2%
55 Lindt & Sprüngli 1,2%
55 L'Oréal 1,2%
55 Rolex 1,2%
60 BKW FMB Energie AG 1,1%
60 maxon motor ag 1,1%
62 OC Oerlikon 1,0%
62 Swatch 1,0%
64 Daimler / Mercedes-Benz 0,9%
64 Givaudan 0,9%
64 Holcim 0,9%
64 RAIFFEISEN 0,9%
64 Unilever 0,9%
64 Zühlke 0,9%
70 Coop 0,8%

Rank 2012 Employer % 2012
70 Kraft Foods 0,8%
70 Lonza 0,8%
70 Medtronic AG 0,8%
70 STMicroelectronics 0,8%
70 Trumpf 0,8%
76 Beiersdorf AG (e.g. NIVEA, Eucerin, Labello) 0,7%
76 DuPont 0,7%
76 Hewlett-Packard 0,7%
76 Nokia 0,7%
76 Phonak 0,7%
76 Sony 0,7%
76 SR Technics 0,7%
76 Synthes 0,7%
76 Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd 0,7%
85 Cambridge Technology Partners 0,6%
85 Coca-Cola HBC Schweiz AG 0,6%
85 Helbling Gruppe 0,6%
85 SRG SSR 0,6%
85 Sulzer 0,6%
85 Swissgrid 0,6%
91 BP 0,5%
91 Die Schweizerische Post 0,5%
91 HSBC 0,5%
91 MAN Group 0,5%
91 Philips 0,5%
91 Rheinmetall Air Defence AG 0,5%
91 Schindler 0,5%
91 Shell 0,5%
91 ThyssenKrupp Presta AG 0,5%
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