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Thursday, June 3, 2021

Best Companies for LGBTQ Workers

Find a job—and an ally—on this massive list of companies that support LGBTQ equality.

Workplace equality is improving, but some employees, unfortunately, still face discrimination because of their sexual orientation and gender identity. Finding companies that include sexual orientation and gender identity in their non-discrimination policies is a way to identify companies that have made a public commitment to hiring more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) employees.

But there's still a ways to go. In fact, according to a Monster survey, 56% of respondents think companies should be doing more to recruit and hire from the LGBTQ community, and nearly 20% think their current employer has a negative attitude toward LGBTQ hiring.

To right that wrong, Monster consulted the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI), which rates companies based on LGBTQ equality.

The CEI rating criteria have four key pillars in order to be considered among the best companies:

Workforce protections
Inclusive benefits
Supporting an inclusive culture and corporate social responsibility
Responsible citizenship

This year, 767 businesses received a top rating of 100%. In addition, gender identity is now part of non-discrimination policies at 94% of all Fortune 500 companies, up from just 3% in 2002.

Click through the list below to see the top-rated LGBTQ-friendly companies, many of which currently have jobs on Monster.

Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality (organized alphabetically):

Advanced Micro Devices

Aecom

AIG

Air Liquide

Air Products & Chemicals

AirBnB

Airbus Americas

Airlines Reporting Corporation

Akamai Technologies

Akerman LLP

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP

Allianz Life Insurance

American Electric Power Co. Inc.

American Express

American Express Global Business Travel

American Family Insurance Group

AmerisourceBergen

Amgen

Anheuser-Busch Companies

Anschutz Entertainment Group

Anthem

Aon Corp.

Apollo Global Management

Apple

Applied Materials Inc.

AQR Capital Management

Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Arrow Electronics

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Arup USA

Ascena Retail Group Inc.

Bain & Co. / Bridgespan Group

Baker & Hostetler LLP

Bank of New York Mellon

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Becton, Dickinson and Co.

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc.

Berkshire Bank

Best Buy

Biogen

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc

Black & Veatch Holding

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island

Blue Shield of California

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee

BMO Bankcorp

BNP Paribas

Boehringer Ingelheim

Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP

Booz Allen Hamilton

Boston Consulting Group

Boston Scientific Corp.

BounceX

Box Inc

BP America

Bridgewater Associates

Bristol Myers Squibb

Broadridge Financial Solutions

Brooks Sports Inc

Brown Advisory

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Brown Rudnick LLP

Brown-Forman

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck LLP

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Buckley LLP

Buzzfeed

C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc

Cadence Design Systems

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Caesars Entertainment

Cambia Health Solutions

Cambridge Associates LLC

Capgemini America

Capital Area Services Company (CASCI)

Capital Group

Capital Markets Company NV

Carrier Global Corporation

Chapman and Cutler LLP

Charles Schwab

Chemonics International

Chevron

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Citizens Financial Group

Citrix Systems

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Community Care Behavioral Health Organization

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

Corteva Agriscience

Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Cushman & Wakefield Inc

Danaher Corp.

Danone North America

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Davis Wright Tremaine

Day Pitney LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Depository Trust & Clearing Corp

Designer Brands

Deutsche Bank

Diageo North America

Dickinson Wright PLLC

Digitas

Discover Financial Services

Egon Zehnder International

Electronic Arts

Eli Lilly & Co.

EMD Serono, MilliporeSigma, and EMD Performance Materials

Emerson Electric

Enbridge

Epsilon Data Management

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

FactSet Research Systems

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Farmers Insurance Group

Federal Home Loan Mortgage (Freddie Mac)

Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Fenwick & West LLP

Fidelity National Information Services

Fifth Third Bancorp

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

First American Financial Corp.

Fiserv

Fish & Richardson PC

Fisher & Phillips LLP

Franklin Templeton Investments

Fredrikson & Byron

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP

Ghoulston & Storrs

Grant Thornton

Great River Energy

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Groupon

Guardian Life Insurance

Guidehouse

H&R Block

Hallmark

Hannaford Supermarkets

Hanover Insurance Group

Hartford Financial Services Group

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Hasbro

Haven Behavioral Healthcare

Haynes and Boone LLP

Health Care Service Corporation

Hertz Global Holdings

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware

Highmark Inc

Highmark West Virginia

Hilti Inc.

Hilton

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Holland & Hart LLP

Holland & Knight LLP

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

HSBC

Humana Inc

Huntington Bancshares

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Huron Consulting Group

Information Resources

Ingram Micro

Instacart

Intel

InterContinental Hotels Group

International Flavors & Fragrances

Interpublic Group of Companies

Jacobs Engineering Group

Janus Henderson Investors

Jenner & Block LLP

JLL

John Hancock Financial Services

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Kearney

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group

Korn/Ferry International

L3 Harris Technologies

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Lexmark International

Liberty Mutual Group

Lincoln National Corp.

Lions Gate Entertainment

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

L’Oreal

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Lowe’s Companies

LPL Financial Holdings

MacMillan Publishing Group

Macquarie Group

Macy’s

Mallinckrodt

Manatt, Phelps & Philips LLP

Manpower Group

Marathon Petroleum Corp

Marriott

Mars Inc

Marsh & McLennan

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance

MasterCard

Mathematica Policy Research

Mattel

Mayer Brown LLP

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Mesirow Financial Holdings

MetLife

MGM Resorts

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Michael Page International

Micron Technology

Microsoft

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, & Popeo PC

Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams

Molson Coors Brewing

Mondelez International

Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP

Moody's Corp.

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Morgan Stanley

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Morningstar

Morris, Manning & Martin LLP

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Motorola Solutions

MSLGroup

MUFG Union Bank

Munger, Tolles & Olson

NASDAQ

National CineMedia Inc

National Grid

Nationwide

NCR Corp

Nestle Purina PetCare

Nestle

Nestle Health Science

Nestle Waters North America

Netflix

Neuberger Berman Group LLC

New Belgium Brewing Company

New York Life Insurance

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

Norton Rose Fulbright

NortonLifeLock

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Nuance Communications

Nvidia

Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc

Office Depot

Ogilvy Group

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Omnicom Group

ONEOK

Oracle

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Otis Worldwide Corporation

Owens Corning

Palo Alto Networks

Papa John’s International

Patagonia Inc

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Pernod Ricard USA LLC

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

PIMCO

Pitney Bowes

PNC Financial Services

Polsinelli

Portland General Electric

PPL

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC

Principal Financial Group

Procter & Gamble

Proskauer Rose LLP

Prudential Financial Services

Publicis Healthcare Communications

Quaintance+Weaver Management

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Raymond James Financial

Raytheon Technologies

RBC Capital Markets

RBC Wealth Management

Re:Sources USA

Reed Smith LLP

Regions Financial Corp

Relias LLC

Replacements Ltd.

Restaurant Brands International

Retail Business Services

Reynolds American Inc

Rolls-Royce North America

Ropes & Gray LLP

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

Schiff Hardin LLP

Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP

Science Applications International

Seacoast National Bank

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Shell Oil

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

Siemens Corp

Siemens Healthineers USA

Siemens Medical Solutions

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Sirius XM Radio

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Slalom

Snell & Wilmer

Societe Generale Financial Corp

Sodexo

Softchoice Corp

Sony Corporation of America

Sony Electronics

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Standard Insurance Co.

Stanley Black & Decker

Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Stinson LLP

Stoel Rivers LLP

The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company

Stryker

Subaru

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Sun Life Financial

Synchrony Financial

T. Rowe Price Associates

Takeda Pharmaceuticals

TDS Telecommunications

Teva Pharmaceuticals USA

Texas Instruments

Thermo Fisher Scientific

The Travelers Companies

TripAdvisor

Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP

UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group)

Under Armour

Unilever

United Airlines

United Parcel Services

United Services Automobile Association (USAA)

United States Steel Corp

UnitedHealth Group

Univar Solutions

University of Phoenix

Verizon Communications

Vermeg Sarl

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Vox Media

Voya Financial

W.W. Grainger Inc.

Waddell & Reed Financial

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

WellCare Health Plans

WellMark Inc.

Wells Fargo

Wendy’s

West Monroe Partners LLC

William Blair & Company

Williams Mullen Clark & Dobbins

Willis Towers Watson

Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC

Winston & Strawn LLP

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

Workday

WPP Group USA

Wyndham Destinations

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

20 jobs you can get with a high school diploma

Every year, a new group of graduates enters the job market. Many are looking to gain key skills and start their careers.

For many people, the path to success includes going to college, and often graduate school. But the rising cost of education makes pursuing a traditional four-year or graduate degree difficult or impossible for some.

So, how can you land a job (or change careers) if your educational options are limited? Here are 20 jobs that only require a high school degree, on-the-job training, work experience, or a combination of the three:

1. Electrical power-line installers and repairers:
install, maintain or repair the power lines that move electricity. They identify defective devices, voltage regulators, transformers and switches.*

Starting hourly earnings: $31.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Long-term

2. Reinforcing iron and rebar workers:
use reinforcing steel (rebar), cables and rods to support concrete components of buildings, bridges, roads and other structures.

Starting hourly earnings: $25.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Apprenticeship
3. Millwrights:
install, maintain and disassemble industrial machines. They perform repairs that include replacing worn or defective parts of machines.
Starting hourly earnings: $25.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Apprenticeship
4. Industrial machinery mechanics:
maintain and repair factory equipment and other industrial machinery, such as conveying systems, production machinery and packaging equipment.
Starting hourly earnings: $24.75
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Long-term
5. Mechanical insulation workers:
apply insulation to equipment, pipes or ductwork in businesses, factories and many other types of buildings.
Starting hourly earnings: $24.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Apprenticeship
6. Wellhead pumpers:
tend, control or operate power-driven, stationary or portable pumps and manifold systems to transfer gases, oil, other liquids, slurries or powdered materials to and from various vessels and processes.
Starting hourly earnings: $23.00
Work experience required: Less than 5 years
Typical on-the-job-training: Moderate-term
7. Community health workers:
discuss health concerns with community members, educate people about the importance and availability of healthcare services, such as cancer screenings.
Starting hourly earnings: $19.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Short-term
8. Dispensing opticians:
help fit eyeglasses and contact lenses, following prescriptions from ophthalmologists and optometrists. They also help customers decide which eyeglass frames or contact lenses to buy.
Starting hourly earnings: $17.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Long-term
9. Bicycle repairers:
repair and service bicycles.
Starting hourly earnings: $13.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Moderate-term
10. Physical therapist aides:
clean treatment areas and set up therapy equipment, wash linens, help patients move to or from a therapy area and do clerical tasks.
Starting hourly earnings: $13.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Short-term
11. Residential advisors:
coordinate activities in resident facilities in secondary and college dormitories, group homes or similar establishments, and order supplies and determine need for maintenance, repairs and furnishings.
Starting hourly earnings: $13.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Short-term
12. Ambulance drivers and attendants:
(except emergency medical technicians) drive ambulance or assist ambulance driver in transporting sick, injured or convalescent persons.
Starting hourly earnings: $15.25
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Moderate-term
13. Restaurant cooks:
prepare a wide selection of dishes and cook most orders individually. Some restaurant cooks may order supplies, set menu prices and plan the daily menu.
Starting hourly earnings: $11.00
Work experience required: Less than 5 years
Typical on-the-job-training: Moderate-term
14. Food service managers:
are responsible for the daily operation of restaurants and other establishments that prepare and serve food and beverages. They direct staff to ensure that customers are satisfied with their dining experience.
Starting hourly earnings: $25.00
Work experience required: Less than 5 years
Typical on-the-job-training: None
15. Lodging managers:
ensure that guests on vacation or business travel have a pleasant experience at a hotel, motel or other types of establishments with accommodations.
Starting hourly earnings: $27.00
Work experience required: Less than 5 years
Typical on-the-job-training: None
16. Property, real estate and community association managers:
take care of the many aspects of residential, commercial or industrial properties. They make sure the property is well maintained, has a nice appearance, operates smoothly and preserves its resale value.
Starting hourly earnings: $32.00
Work experience required: Less than 5 years
Typical on-the-job-training: None
17. Social and human service assistants:
provide client services, including support for families, in a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation and social work.
Starting hourly earnings: $15.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Short-term
18. Pharmacy technicians:
help pharmacists dispense prescription medication to customers or health professionals.
Starting hourly earnings: $15.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Moderate-term
19. Orderlies:
assist patients with moving about the facility, clean equipment and facilities, change linens and stock supplies.
Starting hourly earnings: $13.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Short-term
20. Insurance sales agents:
contact potential customers and sell one or more types of insurance. Insurance sales agents explain various insurance policies and help clients choose plans that suit them.
Starting hourly earnings: $31.00
Work experience required: None
Typical on-the-job-training: Moderate-term