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Universum’s ‘World’s Most Attractive Employers’ Survey 2012 

We’re proud to have been voted as the world’s second-most attractive employer, behind Google, for the third year running*. We believe this ongoing recognition from top students is founded on our commitment to recruiting and developing talented people who want to make a difference and help us deliver exceptional results for our clients. By helping graduates fulfill their potential through continuous learning opportunities, challenging work and exposure to prestigious clients, we’ve created a culture where high performers can achieve great things.

2012 Universum survey rankings, Business and Engineering categories

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Business Google KPMG Procter & Gamble Microsoft Deloitte
Engineering Google IBM Microsoft BMW Intel

"KPMG careers are fascinating, challenging and well rewarded. We are consistently being recognized for our professionalism, innovation, commitment to constant learning and passion for what we do," says Rachel Campbell, Global Head of People, KPMG International.


We're always interested in talking to talented people, so we'd like to invite you to look at the opportunities we offer across our member firms.

Try our Universum tool

To celebrate this year's Universum ranking, we've developed a tool that shows Universum's list of top global employers for the past four years across both the Business and Engineering survey categories. Have a look at the list, share it with friends, and compare how different global employers have ranked over the years.

Universum’s ‘World’s Most Attractive Employers’ Survey 2012: Business category

A summary of employers who have made Universum’s 2012 ‘World’s Most Attractive Employers’ Global Top 50 ranking list within the Business category.

Universum’s ‘World’s Most Attractive Employers’ Survey 2012: Engineering category

A summary of employers who have made Universum’s 2012 ‘World’s Most Attractive Employers’ Global Top 50 ranking list within the Engineering category.

About the survey

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Universum released its fourth annual 'World's Most Attractive Employers' survey on 20th September 2012. The survey measures the overall level of attractiveness of global employers by asking 144,067 students pursing business and engineering degrees about their ideal employer. Universum surveys students in 12 markets: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, the UK, and the US.


* 'World's Most Attractive Employer' survey conducted by Universum (2012)

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