Recognition for Being a Great Employer

Accenture employees aren't the only people recognizing Accenture as a terrific place to build a career. The recognition Accenture receives reinforces the value we place on our people and their personal and professional growth.

Learn more about the recent recognition we've received:

Accenture ranked No. 9 in 2013 (up from No. 12 in 2012) on DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity, marking our seventh consecutive appearance on the list, our fifth consecutive appearance in the Top 25--and our first appearance in the Top 10. We are also recognized on three Top 10 lists: Companies for Global Diversity (No.7), Companies for Supplier Diversity (No. 7) and Companies for People with Disabilities. See our profile.

In 2013, The Times ranked Accenture as one of the Top 50 Employers for Women in the United Kingdom, marking our second consecutive appearance on the list and sixth appearance since 2006.

• Accenture was included on Military Times' Best for Vets 2013: Employers list.
• Accenture was included on Military Friendly's G.I. Jobs 2013 Top 100 Military Friendly Employers list.
• In 2013, Accenture was rewarded by Bersin by Deloitte with Bersin WhatWorks Awards in the Acquiring Top Talent, Transforming HR and Leveraging WhatWorks categories.
• In 2013, Accenture ranked No. 43 on Diversity Business' "Americas Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities for 2013" (Div50). Accenture was also included in 2011.
• In 2013, Accenture ranked No. 44 among FORTUNE’s Top 50 World’s Most Admired Companies, maintained its No. 2 position in the Information Technology Services category and also ranked No. 1 in the People Management—one of nine key attributes of reputation. This ranking marks Accenture’s eleventh consecutive year on the list (2003-2013).

• Accenture ranked No. 5 on Calvert Investments' "A Survey of Corporate Diversity Practices of the S&P 100" in 2013, scoring 90 out of a possible 100. Also see Forbes.

• Accenture was named No. 1 on Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index 2013, marking its eighth consecutive year of inclusion (2006-20013)

• In 2013—for the fifth consecutive year—Accenture was included on FORTUNE magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list, ranking No. 91. Accenture debuted on the list in 2009 at No. 97, was ranked No. 84 in 2010, No. 99 in 2011 and No. 92 in 2012. Read about some of the programs and initiatives that distinguish Accenture.

• Accenture debuted on the 2013 Canada's Best Diversity Employers list. In 2012, for the second consecutive year, Accenture was named to Canada's Top 100 Employers 2013 list. Accenture was also selected in 2012 as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People, a subcategory of the Canada's Top 100 Employer's Ranking in 2012.

• Potentialpark awarded Accenture first place in its overall Online Talent Communication Ranking in 2013; Accenture was also recognized on lists for Asia, France, Germany, Europe, United Kingdom, United States and global.

• Accenture ranked among 100 Best Human Resources Managment Companies in China and was awarded as winner of Best CSR Program by 51job.com in 2012.

• Accenture was recognized with the most "Flexible Company 2012 Award" in Spain in the large company category.

In 2012, Accenture received 100 out of 100, a perfect score, on the 2013 Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the sixth year in a row. The CEI is intended to help corporate diversity leaders stay at the forefront of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workplace equality. Accenture was also included on the Human Rights Campaign’s “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality” list for the sixth consecutive year. This award recognizes companies for their employment policies and practices that include LGBT workers and their families. Accenture is also included as a business that offers at least one transgender-inclusive health care coverage plan.

• The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) honored Accenture as the 2012 Corporation of the Year.

• Accenture was included for the fourth time on FORTUNE's Blue Ribbon Companies in 2012, with a total of four (out of a possible six) list appearances: No. 405 on Global 500; No. 43 on World's Most Admired Companies (and No. 2 in the Information Technology Services category); No. 92 on 100 Best Companies to Work For; and No. 32 on 100 Top MBA Employers.

• Accenture was selected as a Career Bliss' Happiest Companies in America for 2013, ranking No. 24.

• Accenture received a 2013 Diversity Leader Award from Profiles in Diversity Journal. 

• Accenture ranked No. 6 out of 34 in Leadership Excellence’s 2012 Leadership 500 in the Large Consulting Groups category. 

• Accenture received a Telefónica Ability Award in the Prevention and Retention category in 2012.

• Accenture was awarded with a Special Mention in the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People/Shell Helen Keller Awards in the Role Model Companies/NGOs/Institutions category in 2012.
• In 2012, LinkedIn ranked Accenture No. 20 globally on its inaugural Most InDemand Employers list. Among LinkedIn members by geography, Accenture also ranked No. 1 in India, No. 5 in France, No. 6 in both Australia and the Netherlands, No. 8 in Canada, No. 9 in United States, No. 14 in Brazil and No. 15 in  United Kingdom. By function, Accenture ranked No. 5 among Software Engineers, No. 14 among Finance & Accounting, and No. 17 among students and recent grads. Accenture is the only company to be ranked on all three Europe lists.
• In the United Kingdom, Accenture was ranked among the top 30 companies on the Top Employers for Working Families 2012 list, which recognizes organizations across the UK that do the most to support the work-life balance needs of their employees. Working Families also awarded Accenture with a special commendation for The National Grid Best in Innovation Award recognizing innovation in flexible working. Additionally, HR Magazine acknowledged our strong commitment to inclusion and diversity.
• In 2012, Accenture was again named to Universum's World's Top 50 Most Attractive Employers list, ranking No. 28 on the Global Top 50 Business list and No. 33 on the Global Top 50 Engineering list (2009-2012).
• In the 2012 European Diversity Awards, Accenture was "highly commended" as the runner up Company of the Year.
• Accenture was named in 2012 as one of the Top Employers for Working Families by Human Resources Magazine UK.

Working Mother magazine included Accenture in its 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers for the past 10 consecutive years (2003-12). Read Accenture's profile highlighting our commitment to training and development, flexible work arrangements and wellness programs and mothers in leadership roles.

• Revista Expansión ranked Accenture No. 14 on its Best Companies to Start Your Career list in 2012.

Accenture ranked No. 38 (up from No. 49 in 2011) on HispanicBusiness' 2012 Best Companies for Diversity (formerly Diversity Elite 60) list in 2012, marking our third consecutive appearance (2010-12).

Accenture ranked No. 24 on the Annual Top 50 Employers in Workforce Diversity For Engineering & IT Professionals magazine in 2012.

• In 2012, Accenture ranked No. 22 on Great Place to Work Institute's 25 Best Multinational Workplaces in Europe, marking its second consecutive year on the list (2011-2012).
• In 2012, Diversity MBA Magazine's Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leaders list included Accenture senior executives Katherine LaVelle and Courtney Spitz; the Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Emerging Leaders list included Accenture senior executive Julian Ortiz. In 2011, Accenture's Kristina Gilbert, senior executive-Strategy, was included on the Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leaders list. In 2010, Accenture’s Dwight Hutchins, managing director-Strategy, was selected as one of Diversity MBA’s Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive Leaders.

Diversity MBA ranked Accenture No. 1 (up from No. 2 in 2011) on its 2012 50 Out Front Best Places to Work list honoring the best companies for diverse managers, both for diversity representation, retention and accountability, as well as programs that benefit female and diverse employees. This marks Accenture's fourth consecutive year on the list (2009-2012).

• In 2012, Accenture was ranked No. 2 on the "10 Most Watched Large Companies Among Students Globally" list on LinkedIn.
• Accenture ranked among Fortune.com's/Universum's Top 100 MBA Employers for the past six years (2006-2012).
• Accenture ranked No. 4 (up from No. 6 in 2011) on Pride in Diversity's 2012 Australian Workplace Equality Index, marking its second consecutive inclusion on the list (2011-2012).
• Accenture was included on Great Place to Work Institute’s India's Best Companies to Work For list in 2012, marking its second consecutive appearance on the list (2011-2012).
• Accenture in Brazil was recognized in 2012 as one of the best companies in the country to start a career and as No. 1 company of the year in the Professional Development category by Exame and Voce S/A magazines.
• Accenture ranked No. 35 (up from No. 44 in 2011) on Management Team magazine's MT500, marking its second time in the top 50 and third time on the list (2010-2012).
• Accenture ranked No. 1 in the Consulting sector and No. 11 overall in the The Times' 2012 Top 100 Graduate Employers list, which has highlighted Accenture as a top 10 graduate employer for nine consecutive years (2004-12).
• In 2012, Great Place to Work Institute included Accenture in Belgium on its Top 10 Best Employers in Belgium list.
• In 2012, Great Place to Work Institute included Accenture in Germany on its 100 Best list, and recognized Accenture with a special Diversity award.
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek's/Universum's Ideal Undergraduate Employers 2012 student survey ranked Accenture No. 40 in IT, No. 71 in Engineering and No. 79 in Business, marking our sixth consecutive appearance on the list (2007-2012).
• Accenture was recognized by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) as an Outstanding Employer. Accenture also received this award in 2008.
• In 2012, Accenture was ranked No. 7 (up from No. 8 in 2011) on Hay Group's 2011 Global Top 20 Best Companies for Leadership list, which marks Accenture’s fourth consecutive appearance on the list (2008-2011).

Experience.com included Accenture in its 2012 Best Places to Work for Recent Grads list for the fourth year in a row (2009-2012).

• In 2012, Great Place to Work Institute Nigeria ranked Accenture No. 4 overall (and in the top 5 percent of all nominated companies) on its inaugural Best Workplaces in Nigeria list.

• In 2012, Diversity Employers magazine ranked Accenture No. 9 (up from No. 20 in 2011) on its “Top 100 Employers List for the Class of 2012.” Accenture has been on this list continuously since 2003; the list highlights the hiring targets for companies in the United States.

Accenture debuted in 2012 at No. 36 on CAREERS & the disABLED magazine's Top 50 Employers ranking.
In 2012, Accenture ranked No. 28 on Minority Engineer Magazine's Annual Readers' Choice Top 50 Employers ranking.
Accenture ranked No. 43 in Glassdoor's 2012 Best Places to Work-Employees Choice Awards in 2011. Accenture ranked No. 48 in 2008.

In 2011, Great Place to Work Institute ranked Accenture No. 20 on its inaugural World's Best Multinational Workplaces list, which is the world's largest annual study of workplace excellence and management practices.
Diversity@Work recognized Accenture with its 2011 Employment & Inclusion of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Employees award. Out & Equal recognized Accenture with an Organizational Award for Workplace Excellence in 2011.
Accenture ranked No. 88 in Universum's 2011 US Professional Survey of Ideal Employers, marking our second appearance on the list.
Accenture ranked among the Top 15 for the third year in a row, ranking No. 12 overall on Consulting Magazine's Best Firms to Work for in 2011; also ranked No. 4 in the Multi-Service category and No. 9 in Career Development, marking our fourth and third consecutive category appearances, respectively. Read more about Accenture’s recognition in Consulting Magazine. Accenture ranked No. 18 on the 2011 CareerBliss Leap Awards, with a "Bliss rating" of 4.074, a 5.74% happiness increase from 2010. For the third year in a row (2009-11), Accenture was recognized as one of the top employers in South Africa by CRF Institute on its South Africa's Best Employers Top 10 list. CRF Institute also included Accenture in Italy among 32 companies awarded and certified as top employers in 2011. Accenture was awarded Best Overall Corporate University Award from Corporate University Xchange in 2011. Accenture received a 2011 Learning Elite Award from Chief Learning Officer magazine, ranking No. 5 overall. Accenture ranked No. 16 on The Times of London’s 100 Best Companies 2011 list of 25 Best Big Companies. In 2011, Il Sole 24 Ore ranked Accenture as one of the 32 Top Employers in Italy. In 2011, Accenture was recognized as the Most Desired Company to Work For in Spain by jobandtalent. Accenture received a Recruiting Excellence Award for Best Employee Referral Program in 2011 from ERE. Accenture in India was recognized in the Top 10 Best Employers in India at No. 7 in Business Today’s Best Companies to Work For list, moving up from No. 16. In addition, Accenture in India is ranked No. 1 in the BPO category and No. 5 in the Software and IT sector. In 2011, Accenture was named as the Overall Top Employer and the Top Employer for Commitment and Development on Workingmums’ inaugural Top Employer Awards.   Accenture was selected as a silver winner for the National Business Group on Health’s 2010 Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles awards. In 2010, Accenture signed Corporate Voices for Working Families’ Statement of Support for Workplace Flexibility and is a Business Champion for workplace flexibility. In 2010, Accenture was ranked No 8. in Finland and Sweden in Financial Times’ 50 Best Large Workplaces in Europe in 2010. In 2009, Accenture (Finland, Ireland and Sweden) ranked No. 8 among Best Workplaces in Europe. Accenture (Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Sweden) ranked No. 18 among large EU companies in Financial Times' Best Workplaces in Europe/UK, and in 2007 Accenture in Ireland was included on the Best European Workplaces list. In 2010, Accenture was included in TrainingIndustry.com’s Top 20 Training Outsourcing Companies. Accenture ranked in the top 10 of Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices’ (TAFEP) Exemplary Employer Award list in 2010. Accenture was named the Top Company for Generational Communications by DiversityInc (2010). In 2010, Accenture in Japan won Toyo-Keizai’s 3rd Diversity Management Award for actively promoting female executives. NPO J-WIN, the largest nonprofit organization focused on diversity in Japan, recognized Accenture with a Diversity Award in 2010. Accenture ranked No. 1 among the Best Workplaces in Finland in 2010 by the Great Place to Work institute in the large enterprise category for the fourth time in a row. Accenture won The Conference Board Work Life Leadership Council’s 2010 Moving into the Future Award for the third consecutive year (2008-2010).

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