Accenture, IBM and Google parent Alphabet have topped LinkedIn's list of the top 25 best workplaces in Ireland to build and sustain a long-term career.

The Top Companies list, published for the first time in Ireland, ranks the best firms in Ireland for career growth, skills development opportunities, job stability and gender diversity, and it is compiled based on actions taken by LinkedIn's 2m Irish members in 2021.

External opportunity, company affinity, and educational background were also "key pillars" of LinkedIn's methodology in producing the list.

Professional services company Accenture, which employs over 5,000 people in Dublin and Cork and has operated in Ireland for over 50 years, topped the ranking, ahead of second-placed IBM and third-placed Alphabet.

"We are delighted to be recognised as the top company to work for in Ireland by LinkedIn.  Today’s talent expects to have a variety of work and a number of different career moves within their working life," Aisling Campbell, head of HR at Accenture, said.

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"We actively work with our employees to encourage and grow them for a long-term career at Accenture.”

The financial services, technology, health and professional services sectors were well represented on the list by the likes of Apple, Intel, AIB, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Dell, which rounded out the top 10.

Payments company PayPal placed 11th, followed by PwC, Merck, GE, Facebook parent Meta, Citi, Boston Scientific, KPMG, Bank of America, PepsiCo, A&L Goodbody, Abbott, JPMorgan Chase & Co, EY, and SAP.

"The competition for talent has never been greater as people rethink how, why and where they work in the midst of the Great Reshuffle," Sandine Chauvin, LinkedIn News International executive editor, said.

"As a result, the organisations that have succeeded over the past two years of tumultuous change are those that offered the best combination of flexibility, purpose and reward,"

“Our Top Companies list recognises the 25 leading employers in Ireland, but also aims to highlight opportunities to our Irish members when taking their next step in their career.

"Importantly, our analysis highlights that while opportunity and stability are core elements of what influences someone to stay with a company or to move jobs, the opportunities that organisations give staff to develop over the long term is crucial to building loyalty.

"Seeing colleagues progress and having a clear picture of how they can upskill and gain experience builds loyalty among staff as they gain a clear picture of how they can grow in tandem with their employer.” 

Photo: Accenture head of human resources Aisling Campbell.