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Each year, Universum investigates which employers are the most attractive. In 2017, 46 981 local students across 24 universities had the opportunity to rank the organisations they’d most like to work for. From the results, Universum’s 2017 Most Attractive Employers rankings based on student talent was published.

This is what it found:

South Africa's Most Attractive Employers according to Business/Commerce students

Rank   Company

1          KPMG

2          Deloitte

3          PwC

4          Investec

5          Google

6          South African Reserve Bank

7          EY

8          JSE

9          SARS

10        Unilever

South Africa's Most Attractive Employers according to Humanities/Liberal Arts/Education students

Rank   Company

1          Department of Higher Education and Training

2          Google

3          SABC

4          Media24

5          Department of International Relations and Cooperation

6          South African Airways

7          City of Cape Town

8          Department of Home Affairs

9          Discovery

10        City of Johannesburg

South Africa's Most Attractive Employers according to Law students

Rank   Company

1          Webber Wentzel Attorneys

2          DoJ&CD

3          NPA

4          Norton Rose Fulbright

5          Legal Aid South Africa

6          Adams & Adams

7          Bowman Gilfillan

8          Google

9          DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

10        Werksmans Attorneys

South Africa's Most Attractive Employers according to Health Care/Health Sciences students

Rank   Company

1          Department of Health

2          Medi-Clinic Southern Africa

3          Network Healthcare

4          National Health Laboratory Service

5          Discovery

6          Aspen Pharmacare

7          Google

8          Pfizer Laboratories

9          City of Cape Town

10        CSIR

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South Africa's Most Attractive Employers according to Natural Sciences students

Rank   Company

1          CSIR

2          Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

3          Department of Science and Technology

4          National Health Laboratory Service

5          Sasol

6          Google

7          South African Breweries

8          Department of Health

9          Unilever

10        Rand Water

South Africa's Most Attractive Employers according to Engineering/Technology students

Rank   Company

1          Google

2          Sasol

3          Eskom

4          Microsoft

5          Transnet

6          BMW Group

7          CSIR

8          Murray & Roberts

9          Group Five

10        Volkswagen Group

Source: Universumglobal.com

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