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Where Women Want To Work

Aurora, in conjunction with The Times, provides the leading thorough reference for identifying the UK's most progressive organisations. Through extensive submissions and due dilligence across 5 key areas, organisations provide indepth evidence of their significant achievements in recruiting, retaining and developing female talent. The TOP 50 is the most reliable source of reference when comparing the best organisations to work for.

2006 Where Women Want To Work TOP 50

The TOP 50 is not about organisations for women or jobs for the girls. Nor is the rise of women about the fall of men. The TOP 50 is about providing insightful information about 50 of the UK's largest and most progressive employers. Women can now research and compare organisations based on their own needs and interests before choosing where to work. Men often apply for careers based first on salary, second on the job, and third on the organisation. But women tend to look at the organisation and what's on offer first, job second, salary third. This is why Aurora launched the highly successful WhereWomenWantToWork.com that features the UK's most progressive organisations. The TOP 50 provides further info.

Review the 2006 TOP 50

CompanySectorStaff
ABN AMROFinancial Services 3,969
AccentureProfessional Services11,035
Addleshaw Goddard LLPProfessional Services1,362
AtkinsEngineering15,000
Aviva plc & Norwich Union Insurance Services58,000
B&QRetail37,823
BAE SystemsEngineering33,100
Barclays BankFinancial Services62,577
BDO Stoy Hayward LLPProfessional Services3,065
Brent CouncilPublic Sector5,778
Britannia Building SocietyFinancial Services4,902
Capgemini IT 9,013
Crown Prosecution ServicePublic Sector8,479
Dell IncIT1,592
DeloitteProfessional Services9,800
Deutsche BankFinancial Services6,000
Enterprise Rent-A-CarRetail3,400
Ernst & YoungProfessional Services9,264
Friends ProvidentInsurance Services4,201
Goldman Sachs Financial Services5,000
Hewlett-PackardIT5,948
HSBC Bank plcFinancial Services42,000
IBMIT20,000
Jones Lang LaSalleProperty1,140
JP MorganFinancial Services13,367
KPMG LLPProfessional Services10,478
Lehman BrothersFinancial Services3,900
Lincolnshire Co-operative LtdRetail2,369
Lloyds TSBFinancial Services70,637
McDonald's Restaurants LtdRetail65,877
McKinsey & CompanyProfessional Services1,000
Metropolitan Police ServicePublic Sector47,635
Microsoft IT2,632
Morgan StanleyFinancial Services5,500
National GridUtilities11,384
Northbrook TechnologyIT1,550
PA Consulting GroupProfessional Services3,338
PepsiCo UK & IrelandFMCG5,500
PricewaterhouseCoopersProfessional Services14,000
PrudentialFinancial & Insurance Services6,930
Royal Bank of Scotland GroupFinancial Services140,000
Royal Dutch ShellEnergy & Petrochemical8,100
Royal Mail GroupUtilities193,000
SchlumbergerOil3,845
The Driving Standards AgencyPublic Sector2,780
The McGraw-Hill CompaniesMedia1,100
The Whittington Hospital NHS TrustPublic Sector2,172
University of SheffieldAcademia5,767
University of SunderlandAcademia1,600
West Midlands PolicePublic Sector13,717