Top 10 Best Employers In America, Rated by Employees

The two comprehensive Job Search Engines in America that crawl all Internet job postings continually are called SimplyHired.com and Indeed.com. These are the two search engines to access first in a job search, in America and elsewhere in the world. Each company provides separate search engines for International countries on their home pages.

These two search engines gather all jobs on other job search and recruiters' pages as well, including Monster, Jobs.com, private and public companies, many government agencies, and all the rest.

Recently, Indeed.com provided a listing of the Top 500 Best Places to Work In America, as determined from employees' survey input. The first 47 on the list have been awarded full 5-star ratings by employees. The listing is searchable by State and City and provides useful information concerning jobs and career planning..

The Top 10 Employers from this large list of 500 are presented below, with explanations and background information. Visit Indeed at www.Indeed.com to find job openings around the world, discussion groups, salary comparisons and additional services in the world of work.

1. Mathis Brothers Furniture, founded 1960 - California and Oklahoma.

Employees report that this company is family oriented, a fun place to work, has good products, offers top salaries, includes flexible vacation days, provides cross training and opportunities for advancement, has a state of the art wellness center with a doctor and physical trainer on staff, and provides matching funds for 401k retirement funds.

Mathis University - Ongoing professional development offered.

Website: http://www.mathisbrothers.com/

"I believe that the time has arrived for medical investigation of the problems of manned rocket flight, for it will not be the engineering problems but rather the limits of the human frame that will make the final decision as to whether manned space flight will eventually become a reality." -- Wernher von Braun, Space Medicine, 1951

"Commercial space transportation is a vital component to the future of human space exploration. As NASA charts a new course to send humans deeper into space than ever before, we are stimulating efforts within the private sector to develop and operate safe, reliable and affordable commercial space transportation systems." -- NASA.gov/exploration; 2012

2. Unites States Air Force (USAF)

The USAF (#2), the Army National Guard (#5) and the US Navy (#11) all scored within the Top 20 Best Places to Work.

The Army National Guard in particular offers an astounding list of benefits. Open positions in the Guard number over 7,100 at this writing (Spring 2012). Eligible individuals age 17-35 accepted into the Guard for duty 1 weekend per month and an additional two full weeks annually can enjoy relevant training that can transfer to the private sector, along with these additional benefits after 20 weeks of Basic and Advanced Training (paid):

• Montgomery GI Bill
• Up to 100 percent Tuition Assistance for college or vocational training (up to $4,500 per fiscal year, 1 October – 30 September)
• Retirement benefits for part-time service
• Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage)
• 401(k)-type savings plan
• Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000, for existing loans)
• Healthcare Benefits are also available

Army National Guard: http://jobs.nationalguard.com/

In the USAF, Basic and Technical Training for jobs like Pararescue also offer College Credits, in this case 50 credits of college education. However, not all jobs require active duty or a certain age in the USAF. For example, a full-time job in Epidemiology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base requires a Master's degree in Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology or a related field; and no age requirement.The USAF. Many open positions are for people interested in Health and Medical jobs.

US SPACE PROGRAM - The USAF needs Aerospace Physiologists to train air and spacecraft crews to manage G-forces, learn to bail out at high altitudes, and to overall with stand the environment of air and space travel. These professionals also examine the effects of flight on the human body in order to develop new, effective training and treatment modes. This is an exciting opportunity for people that possess a Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in physiology or related fields. Training on the job will include Hypobaric Oxygen chambers (low-pressure, the opposite of Hyperbaric), aeromedical or space medicine factors, sensory physiology, life-support, acceleration physiology (G-forces), emergency bailout, aircraft mishaps, and performance optimization.

USAF: http://www.af.mil

The US Navy also offers active duty, reserve duty, and civilian jobs in a number of employment fields.

USN: http://www.navy.com/jobs; http://www.navyreserve.com/jobs

3 BuildASign.com - HQ in Austin, Texas

BuildASign provides a free lunch weekly to its employees, a break room people seem to live, and lots of good snacks. Outside work, the administration encourages workers to attend sponsored parties (including boat parties) and sports events, an other fun activities.

This is an e-commerce company that provides customized work for customers seeking the latest in order signs and banners, magnetic signs, political bumper stickers, and others. Staff design their own software form scratch, as needed to meet customer needs.

Employees report these benefits:

• Open minded bosses that listen to new ideas
• Lots of opportunities to advance in one's career
• Quarterly Work Reviews
• Medical/Dental Insurances
• Long Term Disability
• Vision insurance
• 401k plan with employee match

Website: www.buildasign.com

4 Concur - Redmond, Washington

Concur calls itself world leader in integrated travel and expense management solutions, both Internet and mobile-based. Vacant job positions are listed in a number of states, with some telecommuting positions available to work at home.

Employees report:

• Good sense of autonomy for workers.
• Good medical, health, vacation, and retirement benefits.
• Good employee recognition and promotion program.

Concur: www.concur.com
Jobs at Concur Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/#!/concurcareers

5 Asurion - Nashville, Tennessee

This telecommunications company offers consumer technology protection services.This includes products like the handset insurance available through T-Mobile and other cellular companies. Protection is offered for a wide range of electronics and claims can be filed online. My personal experience with Asurion claims services has been very good and I recommend it to other cell users.

Workers at Asurion report that they enjoy:

• Core Values that match their own.
• Excellent training program
• Fast growing company
• Asurion is a meritocracy that rewards performance.
• Free lunches
• Excellent paid time off program

Asurion: http://www.asurion.com/

6 US National Guard - (see the USAF entry above)

7 Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Illinois - Founded in 1869

This school offers AA/AS, Bachelor's, Master's, Specialist's, Doctoral and Professional degrees. It also supports a School of Law, a School of Medicine, and a branch campus across the Pacific Ocean in Nakajo, Japan. Job vacancies are also listed in California Cities.

Instructors, Staff and Students report:

• Excellent faculty and staff
• Large campus
• Diversity of areas of study
• Great people at work

Website: http://www.siu.edu/

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8 New York University - NYC, NY - founded in 1831.

• Largest Private University in the United States as of 2012.
• Employs over 16,000 in NYC alone, but is located in 25 different countries as well as Manhattan and other US cities.
• Revenue is nearly $2 Billion
• About 700 jobs available in the US during April 2012

Website: www.nyu.edu

9 Habitat For Humanity -HQ at Atlanta and Americus, Georgia

The most famous worker with Habitat for Humanity has probably been President Jimmy Carter. Habitat for Humanity builds homes where they are needed around the world. Jobs are available in the departments of Administration, Communications, Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems, Operations, Programs, Resource Development, Strategic Planning and others.

Employees and Volunteers report:

• Everyone is equal. You can't tell the difference in staff, volunteers, or interns.
• Learned new skills in reading blue prints and building, office work, and other
• Learning to build High Efficiency Homes
• Built homes in partnership with International Disaster Relief programs
• Free Lunches

Website: www.habitat.org

10 Sheetz - Convenience Stores, founded in 1952 in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Sheetz operates convenience stores, gas stations, and liquor stores in the American East, Midwest and South. Sheetz is 87th on the Forbes list of largest private companies in 2012 and has received awards in Ohio and Pennsylvania as one of the Best Places to Work.

A manager at Sheetz says: In our industry, the turn-over rate is around 200%. Sheetz as a company is looking at a turn-over rate of only 50%.

Workers enjoy the company because:

• 50% discount on food.
• Nice people on the crew
• Great benefits, 401k retirement, and stock options
• Management is open minded and listens to ideas

Sheetz: www.sheetz.com