Undergrads’ most wanted employers

clipped from www.businessweek.com Public service or stock price: These were the two features undergraduates overwhelmingly gravitated toward in naming their ideal entry-level employer, according to newly released results of Universum Communications’ 2007 Most Desirable Undergraduate Employer ranking. The two major trends in this year’s results—opting to serve the greater good or to rake in the big bucks—might initially appear to be at odds with each other. But, says Universum USA’s CEO, Claudia Tattanelli, they often stem from very same impulse—the desire to make a savvy move that will pave the way for future successes. Prestigious public service outfits like the Peace Corps and Teach for America, for instance, weren’t even ranked in 2006 and skyrocketed into the top 10 this year.