Knowing how your military experience translates into skills utilized in the civilian labor market is often a challenge. And knowing which companies are best suited to take advantage of those skills can be even tougher. While this is a challenge the Warrior Gateway will address when it launches, in the meantime G.I. Jobs has compiled a list of the Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers.

Here are the top 10:

1) Johnson Controls

2) BNSF Railway

3) Union Pacific

4) USAA

5) ITT Corporation

6) Mantech International

7) Applied Materials

8) CSX Transportation

9) The Home Depot

10) EG&G

You can access the full list here in PDF form. There’s also an article accompanying the list here. Here’s a good excerpt:

The Top 50 list represents diverse industries and geographies. From railroads to microchips, from finance to utilities; the entire country is looking for veteran talent to keep our country moving forward.

While there is a certain amount of civic pride in hiring service members, appreciation of a veteran’s service is not a foundation of good business: appreciation of veteran talent is. That is why, when corporate America looks for ways to build its business, military experience is part of the solution. Like an Ivy League diploma, military service is recognized shorthand for “quality experience and training.”

There is no padding here. Companies understand the need to hire veterans. This year’s “Top 50 Military-Friendly Employers®” are the best of the best in veteran hiring among companies earning more than $1 billion in annual revenues. Each company was surveyed and found to demonstrate strong military recruiting efforts, high percentage of new military hires and instituted proactive policies for National Guard and Reservists. Out of the nearly 2,500 companies that were eligible, only 2 percent made the list.