Whos Hiring - Week of 10-26-09

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 10/26/09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth. Despite the recession, these companies are all expanding.

Total Job Openings:
The Shipping, Retail, Telecommunications, Consulting, Defense and federal Government verticals are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ top job boards.

Retail hiring continued strong, in preparation for the holiday season, with Macy’s, Sears, Kmart, and Radio Shack leading, with Blockbuster and Target also added to top hiring companies. Consulting firms Deloitte, IBM, Booz Allen, and SAIC – Booz & SAIC are largely supporting federal government and DOD contracts. Northrop, Raytheon, US Army, & General Dynamics led Defense hiring. Top hiring financial institutions included JPMorgan Chase, Ameriprise, Aflac, and Combined Insurance made this week’s list.

Other interesting top hiring companies included the CIA, and Snap-on Tools.

Based on surveys of US job advertisements in the top job board aggregators, the following companies added the most job openings:

Total Job Openings by direct advertisers (Recruiters & Staffing Companies not included):

1. UPS
2. Macy's
3. Sears Roebuck and Co.
4. Blockbuster
5. McDonald's Corporation
6. Kmart
7. AT&T
8. Deloitte
9. Northrop Grumman
10. JPMorgan Chase
11. Verizon Wireless
12. Advantage Sales and Marketing
13. IBM
14. Raytheon
15. General Dynamics - IT
16. RadioShack
17. Marriott
18. Federal Government
19. U.S. Army
20. Booz Allen Hamilton
21. Siemens
22. CIA
23. SAIC
24. Ameriprise
25. Target
26. St. John's Regional Hospital
27. Snap-on Tools
28. Aflac
29. Combined Insurance
30. Quest Diagnostics

Job Openings Added This Week:

The Shipping, Retail, Telecommunication, Consulting, Financial, Defense, Shipping, and Hospitality verticals are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ top job boards.

Consulting firms companies continue to expand with Deloitte and IBM continuing to hire, joined by Booz Allen, Accenture, SAIC, and EDS. UPS, Macy’s Kmart, Radio Shack, Sears, and Target continue to prepare for the holiday rush.

Job Openings Added this week by direct advertisers (Recruiters & Staffing Companies not included):

1. UPS
2. Macy's
3. AT&T
4. Kmart
5. Sears
6. Deloitte
7. Booz Allen Hamilton
8. IBM
9. Verizon Wireless
10. JPMorgan Chase
11. Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC
12. RadioShack
13. Northrop Grumman
14. Boston Market
15. Federal Government
16. Target
17. Raytheon
18. Accenture
19. Marriott
20. St. John's Regional Hospital
21. Sears
22. Target
23. SAIC
24. EDS
25. Kaiser Permanente
26. Flextronics
27. Alliedbarton Security Services
28. Combined Insurance
29. AT&T

Sources: CareerBuilder, Monster, Indeed, SimplyHired, HotJobs, Google. Excluded: Recruiters, Staffing firms, Training, Franchise, and Work-from-home opportunities

Readers – If you know of employers announcing significant hiring plans, or employers actively adding large numbers of employees, please comment below to add to this list.

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