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Top 10 Skills/Qualities Employers Seek
in New Grads ( Job Outlook 2005, National Association of Colleges and Employers)

1 Communication skills (verbal & written)
2 Honesty/integrity
3 Interpersonal skills (relates well to others)
4 Strong Work Ethic
5 Teamwork skills (works well with others)
6 Analytical/problem solving skills
7 Motivation/initiative
8 Flexibility/adaptability
9 Computer skills
10 Detail-oriented

Top 10 Places Employers Find New Hires
( Job Outlook 2005, National Association of Colleges and Employers)

1 On-campus recruiting
2 Internship program
3 Co-op Program
4 Employee referrals
5 Career/job fairs
6 Faculty contacts
7 Internet job postings (campus web site)
8 Internet job postings (own company web site)
9 Student organizations/clubs
10 (tie) Request resumes from career offices
10 (tie) Job postings to career offices (printed)
10 (tie) Internet job postings (commercial career web site)

Top 10 Bachelor's Degrees in Demand
( Job Outlook 2005, National Association of Colleges and Employers)
Accounting
Electrical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Business administration/management
Economics/finance
Computer science
Computer engineering
Marketing/marketing management
Chemical engineering
Information sciences & systems

Top Companies in Kentucky ranked by Market Capitalization
(Fortune 2005)
162 Humana
249 Yum Brands
252 Ashland, Inc.
370 Lexmark International
459 Omnicare
499 Kindred Health Care
707 Brown-Forman Corp.
769 General Cable

Top 10 Fortune 500 Largest U.S. Corporations
(Fortune 2005)

	Company Name	Location	Revenues $ Millions	Profits $ Millions
1	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc	Bentonville, AK	288,189.0	10,267.0
2	Exxon Mobil	Irving, TX	270,772.0	25,330.0
3	General Motor Company	Detroit, MI	193,517.0	2,805.0
4	Ford Motor Company	Dearborn, MI	172,233.0	3,487.0
5	General Electric Company	Fairfeild, Conn.	152,363.0	16,593.0
6	Chevron Texaco	San Ramon, CA	147,967.0	13,328.0
7	ConocoPhillips	Houston, TX	121,663.0	8,129,.0
8	Citigroup	New York	108,276.0	17,046.0
9	American International Group	New York	98,610.0	11,050.0
10	International Business Machines	Armonk, NY	96,293.0	8,430.0

Top 10 Companies by Number of Employees

	Company Name	# of Emplyees
1	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	1,400,000
2	McDonald's	418,000
3	United Parcel Service (UPS)	355,000
4	Target	328,000
5	Ford Motor	327,531
6	General Motors	325,000
7	Intl. Business Machines	319,273
8	General Electric	305,000
9	Home Depot	300,000
10	Kroger	289,000

Best Companies to Work For ( Fortune 2005 )

Company	Size	Company	Size
Wegmans Food Markets	30,128	Texas Instruments	17,080
Starbucks	72,185	CarMax	10,222
Valero Energy	15,882	Nordstrom	42,826
Cisco Systems	24,433	MBNA	22,718
Whole Foods Market	28,858	Deloitte & Touche	29,541
Baptist Health South FL	10,447	Publix Super Markets	123,826
Amgen	10,736	FedEx	198,652
Goldman Sachs Group	11,503	Bright Horizons	12,804
American Express	43,624	Sherwin-Willimas	24,832
Synovus Financial Corp	11,841	W.L. Gore	4,270
Four Seasons Hotels	11,882	Genetech	6,756
Station Casinos	10,338	J.M. Smucker	3,337
A.G. Edwards	15,850	S.C. Johnson & Sons	3,420
Microsoft	37,460	CDW	3,702
General Mills	19,019	SAS Institute	5,065
Prinicpal Financial	12,501	Qualcomm	6,119
Marriott Intl	124,503	QuikTrip	7,321
Procter & Gamble	34,162	JM Family Enterprises	3,149
First Horizon National	11,998	American Cast Iron Pipe	2,554
Medtronic	19,294	Bronson Healthcare Group	3,172
Vanguard Group	10,231	Pella	8,132
Eli Lilly	23,224	Alcon Laboratories	6,140
Booz Allen Hamilton	14,304	Symantec	3,277
Pfizer	43,826	SRA Intl	3,295
Ernest & Young	23,431	Recreational Equipment (REI)	6,814
Mayo Clinic	36,909	Memorial Health	4,159
PricewaterhouseCoopers	23,815	Guidant	8,706
Popular	11,398	Mitre	5,383