LinkedIn: Required Skills To Land In Top 25 ‘Most Wanted Employers’ Firms
Who would not want to work for big companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook? But how could one get a job in these "most wanted employers' companies?"
LinkedIn, a social networking Web site for professionals, has released a list of "Most in Demand Employers" in 2013. The list is quite comprehensive with the names of the top 100 companies across three major sectors: retail and consumer products, oil and energy and technology software and enlists the top skills required to score a job in these top companies. Click here to know about the top 25 "Most in Demand Employers."
Here is the list of required skills to get a job in the top 25 companies:
1. Google- is the company that tops the list of the "Most in Demand Employers." The skills needed to get in the company are distributed systems, python and Google adwords.
2. Apple- this company requires you to strengthen your skills of iLife, iWork and OS X.
3. Unilever- grabbing the top spot from Microsoft from last year, Unilever seeks you to strengthen your skills related to FMCG, consumer products and trade marketing.
4. Procter & Gamble- this company wants you to be efficient in consumer products, FMCG and shopper marketing.
5. Microsoft- third last year, the company still figures in the league of top-notch. The top skills required include cloud computing, partner management and enterprise software.
6. Facebook- this company needs you to be good at python, algorithims and distributed systems.
7. Amazon- requires your skills in distributed systems, scalability and algorithms.
8. PepsiCo- required skills are related to FMCG, consumer products and shopper marketing.
9.Shell- it is one of the biggest oil and energy companies and needs an employee efficient in petroleum, upstream and oil and gas.
10. McKinsey & Company- prerequisites to get a job in this company are management consulting skills, financial modeling and market entry skills.
11. Nestlé S.A- skills should be related to FMCG, trade marketing and food industry.
12. Johnson & Johnson- skills required are related to medical devices, pharmaceutical industry and FDA.
13. BP- this company needs you to master skills related to petroleum, oil and gas and upstream.
14. GE- this company demands its employees to be skilled in gas turbines, power generation and Six Sigma.
15. Nike- you need to strengthen your skills related to footwear, sporting goods and apparel.
16. Pfizer- you have to be efficient to skills related to pharmaceutical industry, sales and GMP.
17. Walt Disney Company- to get into this work, your skills must be related to entertainment, television and films.
18. Coca-Cola Company- required skills are related to FMCG, shopper marketing and consumer products.
19. Chevron- another big oil and energy company that demands expertise in petroleum, upstream and oil and gas.
20. L'Oréal- a major cosmetics brand that demands skills related to cosmetics, beauty and luxury goods.
21. The Boston Consulting Group- top skills required are related to market entry, strategic consulting and corporate development.
22. Danone- this company requires relevant skills to FMCG industry and trade marketing.
23.Twitter- you have to strengthen your scalability, python and distributed systems skills.
24.Accenture- this large organization needs to be an expert in business transformation, business process design and management consulting skills.
25. salesforce.com- strengthen your SaaS, PaaS and Enterprise software to be employed.