Who are the world’s most popular employers?

Oct 28, 2014

Emmie Martin

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Everyone wants to work in tech these days — especially for big-name companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook.

In fact, these tech giants topped LinkedIn’s 2014 ranking of the 100 most in-demand employers, taking four of the top five spots.

The professional networking site based its ranking on member awareness and engagement on LinkedIn by looking at how many people viewed employees’ profiles and how many users followed the company’s Company or Career pages within the last year.

Here’s the full list of this year’s top employers, according to LinkedIn:

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Published in collaboration with Business Insider

Author: Emmie Martin writes for the strategy and careers verticals at Business Insider. She graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in magazine journalism. She is from Houston, Texas, and currently lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. Skye Gould is a graphics intern at Business Insider.

Image: Facebook employees work in the design studio at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California

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