Plunkett's Companion to The Almanac of American Employers 2010: Market Research, Statistics & Trends Pertaining to America's Hottest Mid-size Employers

Plunkett’s Companion to the Almanac of American Employers is the perfect complement to the highly-regarded main volume of The Almanac of American Employers. This mid-size firms companion book covers employers of all types from 100 to 2,500 employees in size (while the main volume covers companies of 2,500 or more employees). No other source provides this book’s easy-to-understand comparisons of growth, corporate culture, salaries, benefits, pension plans and profit sharing at mid-size corporations. The book contains profiles of highly successful companies that are of vital importance to job-seekers of all types. It also enables readers to readily compare the growth potential and benefit plans of large employers. You’ll see the financial record of each firm, along with the impact of earnings, sales and growth plans on each company’s potential to provide a lucrative and lasting employment opportunity. Nearly five hundred of the most successful mid-size corporate employers in America are analyzed in this book. Tens of thousands of pieces of information, gathered from a wide variety of sources, have been researched for each corporation and are presented here in a unique form that can be easily understood by job seekers of all types. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling export of company names, human resources contacts, and addresses for mail merge and other uses.

Table of Contents:
PLUNKETT'S COMPANION TO THE ALMANAC OF AMERICAN EMPLOYERS: Mid-Size Firms 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 How to Use This Book 3 Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting Job Seekers 7 1) U.S. Job Market Overview 7 2) Cost Control is a Major Concern at Employers/ Downsizing and Consolidation Through Mergers Continue 9 3) Unemployment Will Remain High 9 4) Consumers Spend Less, Save More, Affecting a Wide Variety of Companies 10 5) Technology Continues to Create Sweeping Changes in the Workplace 10 6) Continued Growth in Outsourcing, Including Supply Chain and Logistics Services 11 7) Millions Working as Temps 12 8) Offshoring and the Globalization of Business 12 9) Older Americans Will Delay Retirement and Work Longer/Many Employers Find Older Employees Desirable 13 10) Employment Sectors that Will Offer an Above-Average Number of Job Opportunities in 2010 14 Chapter 2: Statistics 15 U.S. Employment Overview: 2009-2010 16 U.S. Civilian Labor Force: 1997-January 2010 17 Number of People Employed & Unemployed, U.S.: January 2009 vs. January 2010 18 Unemployed Jobseekers by Sex, Reason for Unemployment & Active Job Search Methods Used: 2009 19 U.S. Labor Force Ages 16 to 24 Years Old by School Enrollment, Educational Attainment, Sex, Race & Ethnicity: October 2008 20 Mean Hourly Earnings & Weekly Hours, Private Industry & State & Local Government: 2008 21 Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2009 22 Retirement Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2009 23 Top 30 U.S. Occupations by Numerical Change in Job Growth: 2008-2018 24 Top 30 U.S. Occupations by Percent Change in Job Growth: 2008-2018 25 Occupations with the Largest Expected Employment Increases, U.S.: 2008-2018 26 Occupations with the Fastest Expected Decline, U.S.: 2008-2018 27 Chapter 3: Research: 7 Keys for Job Seekers 28 Chapter 4: Important Contacts For Job Seekers 36 Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites Chapter 5: MID-SIZE EMPLOYERS 500: 69 Who They Are and How They Were Chosen Industry List, With Codes 70 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 73 (The MID-SIZE EMPLOYERS 500 grouped by industry and ranked for sales and profits) Alphabetical Index 88 Index of Headquarters Locations By State 92 Index by Regions of the Nation Where The Firms Have Locations 97 Index by Firms with International Operations 107 Individual Profiles on each of the MID-SIZE EMPLOYERS 500 110 Additional Indexes Index of Firms Noted as Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/MinoritiesA" 625 Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 627 Index by Companies for Specific Types of Job Seekers: Information Systems 654 Liberal Arts 661 Management 666 Professionals 677 Sales/Marketing 693 Technical/Scientific 703