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Top 10 most liked employers

The 10 higher-education employers liked most often by academics and job seekers on Academic Jobs, ranked highest first. Each row also shows how many jobs the employer is currently advertising.

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  1. 1Harvard UniversityHarvard711jobs active jobs7,030likes employer likes
  2. 2National University of SingaporeNUS374jobs active jobs6,524likes employer likes
  3. 3Queensland University of TechnologyQUT23jobs active jobs6,224likes employer likes
  4. 4Bond UniversityBond14jobs active jobs6,062likes employer likes
  5. 5University of Oxford Oxford321jobs active jobs5,916likes employer likes
  6. 6Auckland University of TechnologyAUT7jobs active jobs5,868likes employer likes
  7. 7Stanford UniversityStanford674jobs active jobs5,598likes employer likes
  8. 8University of Cambridge Cambridge University254jobs active jobs5,579likes employer likes
  9. 9James Cook UniversityJCU19jobs active jobs5,490likes employer likes
  10. 10Yale UniversityYale 497jobs active jobs5,314likes employer likes

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