New grads happiest with Foot Locker
Of the American clothing brands that secured a spot in Forbes’ Best Employers for New Graduates list, Foot Locker was the highest-placed sports name, with adidas, Nike and Under Armour among the other sportswear brands highly ranked.
A total of 250 companies were included on the list of recognised employers, crossing a wide range of industries. The category of clothing included seventeen brands, about a third of which were sportswear labels or purveyors of sports apparel and equipment. These included Foot Locker (32), adidas (46), Nike (47), Under Armour (103) and Hibbett Sports (209).
The list was compiled by Forbes and market research company Statista, based on their research into what companies were most liked by new workforce entrants.
To put together the list, they surveyed 20,000 Americans with less than 10 years’ professional experience working for businesses with at least 1,000 employees. Because the surveys were conducted from March to June, results took into account previous rankings of best employers, to factor in any statistically-significant variations potentially affected by the pandemic.
The anonymous surveys asked respondents to rate their employers on criteria such as safety of work environment, competitiveness of compensation, opportunities for advancement, effectiveness of diversity and inclusion efforts and openness to telecommuting. Respondents also shared how likely they’d be to recommend their employer to others and were asked to nominate organisations in other industries.
Image: Foot Locker.
