Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 11/2/09. 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 Business Services, Shipping, Retail, Defense, Telecommunications verticals remain the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ top job boards.
Seasonal retail hiring continued strong, in preparation for the holiday season, with Sears, Kmart, Macy’s, and Radio Shack leading, with Blockbuster and Food Lion also added to top hiring companies. Seasonal holiday hiring also affected shipping with UPS and FedEx making the top employers list. H&R Block continued heavy advertising to staff up in advance of tax season.
Business Service firms IBM, SAIC, Booz Allen, Deloitte and CSC are all top hiring firms – SAIC & Booz are largely supporting federal government and DOD contracts. US Army, Northrop, Raytheon and General Dynamics led Defense hiring.
Other interesting top hiring companies included HP, Sun Microsystems, Liberty Mutual and Combined Insurance.
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):
- IBM
- H&R Block
- UPS Packaging
- Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- U.S. Army
- AT&T
- McDonald's
- Northrop Grumman
- Kmart
- Pizza Hut - Yum! Brands, Inc.
- SAIC
- Raytheon
- UnitedHealth Group
- Blockbuster Inc.
- Macy's
- JPMorgan Chase
- Verizon Wireless
- General Dynamics
- Gentiva Health Services
- Booz Allen
- Deloitte
- RadioShack
- Food Lion
- Avon
- FedEx
- HCA Healthcare
- Wells Fargo
- Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
- HP
- Snap-on Tools
- Krystal Company
- Liberty Mutual
- Aflac
- Sun Microsystems
- Combined Insurance
Job Openings Added This Week:
The Business Services, Telecommunication, Defense, Retail and Shipping verticals are the top industries with new job ads based on a survey of recent advertisements from the nations’ top job boards.
Consulting firms companies continue to expand with IBM and SAIC, and IBM continuing to hire, joined by Accenture and PWC. While state governments continue to lead layoffs, it’s interesting to see the California State Personnel Board make the top hiring company lists.
Job Openings Added this week by direct advertisers (Recruiters & Staffing Companies not included):
- IBM
- AT&T
- SAIC
- US Army: Army Corps of Engineers
- Northrop Grumman
- Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- UPS Packaging
- Murphy USA
- Kaiser Permanente
- General Dynamics Information Technology
- Gecko Hospitality
- Kmart Corporation
- UnitedHealth Group
- Kmart Corporation
- RadioShack
- Verizon Wireless
- Macy's
- Accenture
- Cracker Barrel
- JPMorgan Chase
- Gentiva
- Wells Fargo
- Sun Microsystems
- HP
- Liberty Mutual
- Advance Auto Parts
- Wachovia Bank
- Raytheon
- Avon
- Food Lion
- Kaiser Permanente
- CA State Personnel Board
- Pizza Hut
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Allstate
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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