Hired is a marketplace, which matches tech talent with innovative global companies. The platform brings intelligent jobs and talented individuals together via its unbiased career counselling and matching solutions. With Hired, companies and job aspirants experience transparency as it provides all details regarding compensation, job details, and more.
Recently, Hired came up with the 2019 Brand Health Report, which analyses several aspects related to tech talent and jobs. For this, Hired surveyed 3,600 candidates across professions including product managers, data scientists, designers, and software developers.
Based on the findings of the survey, Hired has ranked the most desirable employers across countries such as the UK, France, etc. Apart from this, the company has also listed the top tech employers in the world. The participants of the survey have identified these companies as the potential employers they like to work for.
Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin
Funding: €64 million
Valuation: $689 billion
Founded Year: 1998
Why its hot: Google is a search engine giant that also specialises in internet-related products and services including software, hardware, cloud computing, online advertising tools and search engine. Notably, it is one of the Big Four tech companies sharing the title with Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. Following its IPO in 2004, Google became a leading subsidiary of Alphabet. Its open-source mobile platform Android is used by billions across the world.
Netflix
Founders: Marc Randolph, Reed Hastings
Total Funding: €94.1 million
Valuation: $26.6 billion
Founded year: 1997
Why its hot: Netflix is a leading internet streaming service used by millions across the world. There are over 148 million paid subscribers across 190 countries. Netflix offers content such as TV series, movies, documentaries, feature films, etc. across a slew of languages and genres. Recently, it has started offering new services to that makes it compete against its rivals.
Apple
Founders: Ron Wayne, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak
Total Funding: €270k
Valuation: $904.7 billion
Founded year: 1976
Why its hot: Apple is a tech giant that designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication devices, personal computers, portable media players, etc. The company provides related software, services, networking solutions, peripherals, and more. Back in 1984, the iPhone-maker launched Macintosh, which is the world’s first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface.
Founders: Allen Blue, Eric Ly, Jean-Luc Vaillant, Konstantin Guericke, Reid Hoffman
Total Funding: €113 million
Valuation: $26.2 billion
Founded year: 2003
Why its hot: LinkedIn is a professional networking site letting its members create business connections, look for jobs, and find potential clients. The platform lets users build and engage with professional networks, find business opportunities, and access shared knowledge and insights. LinkedIn also provides premium subscriptions for professionals to manage their identities.
Microsoft
Founders: Bill Gates, Paul Allen
Total Funding: €10.9 million
Valuation: $48 million to $72 million
Founded year: 1975
Why its hot: Microsoft was founded with the mission to empower each individual and organisation to achieve more. It is the mobile-first and cloud-first approach and transforms the way businesses operate and customers across the world thrive. The organisation has made several corporate acquisitions including LinkedIn in recent years.
Slack
Founders: Cal Henderson, Eric Costello, Serguei Mourachov, Stewart Butterfield
Total Funding: €1.3 b illion
Valuation: $13.3 billion
Founded year: 2009
Why its hot: Slack is a leading global collaboration hub, which makes people manage their professional life better and become more productive. Businesses and teams of every kind use Slack to bring people together with the right information. Slack is preferred as it lets teams connect better. Headquartered in San Francisco, there are nine offices across the world.
Amazon
Founders: Jeff Bezos
Total Funding: €98.2 million
Valuation: $178.1 billion
Founded year: 1994
Why its hot: Amazon is an internet company operating with the mission to be the most customer-centric company in the world. Its actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions are centered around customers. From being an e-commerce marketplace, Amazon has progressed further and develops new technologies for users across the world.
GitHub
Founders: Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett, Tom Preston-Werner
Total Funding: €318 million
Valuation: $7.5 billion
Founded year: 2008
Why its hot: GitHub provides code hosting services for developers to build software for open-source and private projects. The company develops an online platform for users to share codes with friends, classmates, colleagues and strangers. The company has come up with a strategic partnership with International Business Machines Corporation as well.
Dropbox
Founders: Arash Ferdowsi, Drew Houston
Total Funding: €553 million
Valuation: $7.6 billion
Founded year: 2007
Why its hot: Dropbox provides secure file sharing, storage and collaboration solutions. The mission of this company is to make it possible for users across the world to share whatever they want across any device wherever they go. With its headquarters in San Francisco, Dropbox has over 12 offices across the world.
Tesla
Founders: Elon Musk, JB Straubel, Marc Tarpenning, Martin Eberhard
Total Funding: €681 million
Valuation: $330 million to $495 million
Founded year: 2003
Why its hot: Tesla Motors was founded with the mission to create a revolution and accelerate the transition to electric mobility all over the world with its range of electric cars. The electric vehicle portfolio of Tesla transforms the way people drive and commute. The company filed its IPO back in 2010 and aspires to improve its portfolio by offering premium, patented and high-quality electric vehicles.
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