Alexandria, VA (BlackNews.com) - Career advancement
opportunities, job security, work/life balance, interesting
work, availability of internships and co-op jobs: These were
some of the characteristics thousands of black engineers looked
for and found in the "NSBE 50," the top employers listed in
the National Society of Black Engineers' 17th Annual "Employer
Preference Survey."
IBM Corporation led the list of NSBE members' most preferred
employers for the ninth year in a row. Microsoft Corporation,
Lockheed Martin Corporation, GM North America and General
Electric Company rounded out the top five.
"IBM is proud to be named the most preferred employer by
NSBE's Black Engineers," says Nick Donofrio, IBM's executive
vice president of Technology and Innovation. "While it is
an honor to receive such recognition, IBM's primary focus
remains helping our nation produce more engineers and scientists
and Black engineers play a vital role in these efforts. In
today's competitive global marketplace, we can't stand idle
as universities in other nations graduate more engineers than
the United States. NSBE has emerged as a true leader in responding
to this challenge, and working closely with them, we want
to immerse Black students and professionals in the science
of emerging technologies, innovation and business so they
can be on the forefront of America's competitive advantage."
The
NSBE 50 companies and government agencies represent
a wide range of industries and sectors, reflecting the
wide variety of disciplines pursued by NSBE's 15,000
members in the U.S. and abroad. ExxonMobil Corporation,
No. 12 on this year's NSBE 50 list, was the top choice
for chemical engineers. Among NSBE's civil engineers,
Turner Construction Company (No. 43) was most preferred.
Most frequently named by computer scientists/engineers,
electrical engineers, industrial engineers, and mechanical
engineers were Microsoft, IBM, GM, and GM, respectively.
"It's
important for the black community, and the nation as
a whole, to know which employers are looked upon most
favorably by our membership," says NSBE Executive Director
Carl B. Mack. "Our members are some of the best and
brightest students and professionals in the country.
A stamp of approval from this group is truly an honor."
NSBE's mission is to increase the number of culturally
responsible black engineers who excel academically,
succeed professionally and positively impact the community.
With more than 300 chapters on college campuses and
universities and more than 80 Alumni Extension chapters
and interest groups, NSBE, founded in 1975, is one of
the largest student-run organizations in the world.
"It's
no accident that many of the organizations listed in
the NSBE 50 are also those who have been most supportive
of the NSBE mission and the black community," says NSBE
National Chair Chancee' Lundy. "When an employer is
doing good things, word gets out. And our members are
very adept at finding out who is walking the walk for
diversity."
The Employer Preference Survey results and analysis,
just released, will be published in the Nov/Dec 2005
edition of NSBE Magazine and online at www.nsbe.org
The 2005 NSBE 50 list follows:
NSBE
50
1. IBM Corporation
2. Microsoft Corporation
3. Lockheed Martin Corporation
4. GM North America
5. General Electric
6. The Boeing Company
7. NASA
8. Johnson & Johnson
9. Intel Corporation
10. Dell Inc.
11. Ford Motor Company
12. ExxonMobil Corporation
13. Procter & Gamble
14. Northrop Grumman Corporation (+)
15. Hewlett-Packard Company
16. Motorola, Inc.
17. Raytheon Company
18. Shell Oil Company
19. Sony
20. Verizon Communications Inc.
21. Pfizer Inc.
22. DaimlerChrysler Corporation
23. Caterpillar, Inc.
24. Chevron Corporation
25. Toyota
26. Merck & Co., Inc.
27. Texas Instruments Incorporated (-)
28. bp
29. United Technologies Corporation
30. Medtronic, Inc.
31. Goldman, Sachs & Co.
32. Central Intelligence Agency
33. Federal Government (unspecified)
34. Honda of America (-)
35. Apple Computer, Inc. (+)
36. Accenture
37. Cisco Systems, Inc. (-)
38. DuPont
39. The Walt Disney Company
40. The Dow Chemical Company
41. 3M (-)
42. Federal Bureau of Investigation
43. Turner Construction Company
44. Morgan Stanley (+)
45. Siemens USA
46. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
47. Honeywell International Inc.
48. BMW
49. Lucent Technologies
50. Eli Lilly and Company
Boldface names: New in the NSBE 50
Italicized names: Moved at least 10 places (+=Up, -=Down)
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