Fortune Magazine Lists and Rankings (www.fortune.com/fortune/alllists)
A wealth of updated company rankings from Fortune magazine: 100 Best Companies to Work for; 100 Fastest-Growing Companies; America's Best Companies for Minorities; America's Most Admired Corporations and more.

Forbes Largest Private Companies (www.forbes.com/2002/11/07/privateland.html)
Annual December feature from Forbes ranks the largest private companies by revenues. Each company entry includes link to the company's website, number of employees, sales ranking & a brief company description.

America's Most Admired Companies (www.fortune.com/fortune/mostadmired)
Fortune offers a ranking of the most admired companies after asking outside executives, directors, and securities analysts to evaluate companies on criteria such as innovation, quality of management, and corporate responsibility.

The 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers (www.workingmother.com/100best.shtml)
Working Mother Magazine selects the best companies in the U.S. for women based on benefits for working families.

Best Companies for Workers over 50 (www.mygeneration.org/departments/2002/career/1205_a.html)
My Generation, AARP's magazine, selects 15 companies with great workplaces for older workers. Also includes What Makes a Company Great for Older Workers.

InformationWeek 500 (www.informationweek.com/iw500)
Annual listing of most innovative users of IT including coverage of vertical industries--Automotive, Biotech, Energy, Healthcare, etc.

Forbes - The 200 Best Small Companies (www.forbes.com/2002/10/10/200bestland.html )
Forbes magazine feature on little-known, fast-growing technology firms.

Best Places to Work in IT(www.computerworld.com/departments/surveys/bestplaces/us/0,10957,,00.html)
Computerworld's feature companies by training, employee, tenure, salary, bonuses, mentoring and management diversity. The List of 100 Best Companies is in .pdf format.

Employee Ownership 100 (www.nceo.org/library/eo100.html)
From the National Center for Employee Ownership: list of the largest U. S. companies with over 50% owned by a broad employee ownership plan such as an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), a stock purchase plan, etc.