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Top Student Destinations: Disney, Google and Foggy Bottom

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What do Walt Disney, Google and the State Department have in common? They were chosen as the top three most ideal places to work in a poll of 37,000 college seniors. BusinessWeek reports that the Philadelphia-based Universum Communication’s annual poll also put two other federal agencies -- the FBI and the CIA -- at numbers four and five, respectively.

Universum CEO Claudia Tattanelli credits popular television shows such as 24 and Alias with creating a glamorous, recognizable brand for these agencies, boosting their popularity among the 20-something set.

The shows, Tatanelli told BusinessWeek, have "highlighted a possibility in the government they never saw before.”--Karen Rutzick

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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