Whos Hiring – Top employers week of 1-25-10

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 1/25/10.

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.

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The hospitality, business services, retail, banking, defense, health care, and telecommunications verticals are the top industries currently hiring based on a survey of active job advertisements from the nations’ leading job boards.

Hospitality held onto the #1 spot this week as Pizza Hut, and Hilton were among the top hiring firms this week. Business Service firms IBM, Deloitte, Accenture, CSC and SAIC continue strong hiring.

Retail hiring continues strong in January, with Sears and Kmart still in the top 10 a month after the holiday season. Other top retail hiring firms include Blockbuster, Food Lion, Radio Shack and Bed Bath & Beyond. Banking continued strong this week as JPMorganChase stayed at #5 on the hiring list, while Wells Fargo, PNC, Fifth Third and Citizens Financial were also included in the top hiring companies.

Defense companies remained top hiring firms led by US Army, Raytheon, and General Dynamics making the list. Health care hiring continued its strong past quarter, led by UnitedHealth, HCR Manorcare, Amedisys Home Health, Gentiva Health, Fresenius Medical Care, Genesis Healthcare, DaVita, Brookdale Senior Living, Aegis Therapies, Hgi Healthcare, Quest Diagnostics and Kindred Healthcare among the health care top hiring companies.

Telecommunications continued strong hiring, with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon still staffing actively.

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. PizzaHut
2. IBM
3. Sears, Roebuck and Co.
4. Kmart
5. JPMorgan Chase
6. U.S. Army
7. UnitedHealth Group
8. AT&T
9. Raytheon
10. HCR ManorCare
11. General Dynamics
12. Amedisys Home Health Services
13. T-Mobile
14. Blockbuster
15. Gentiva Health Services
16. Deloitte
17. Verizon Wireless
18. Fresenius Medical Care
19. Accenture
20. Genesis Healthcare
21. Wells Fargo
22. Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
23. Snap-on Tools
24. DaVita
25. PNC Financial Services Group
26. Brookdale Senior Living
27. SAIC
28. Aflac
29. Food Lion
30. Aegis Therapies
31. Hgi Healthcare
32. Hilton Hotels
33. Quest Diagnostics
34. Fifth Third
35. Allstate
36. RadioShack
37. Kindred Healthcare
38. Bed Bath and Beyond Inc.
39. Citizens Financial Group
40. Combined Insurance

Job Openings Added This Week:

The Hospitality, Business Services, Retail, Telecommunications Defense and Health care verticals are the top industries with new job postings based on a survey of the nations’ leading job advertisements added during the past seven days.

Hospitality led new hiring advertisements this week, as Pizza Hut and Hilton took out new employment listings. Business Services continued heavy hiring with IBM, SAIC, Accenture, Deloitte and Booz Allen all in the top employers. Retail continued strong post holiday hiring with Sears, Kmart, Pilot, Murphy and Radio Shack in the top hiring firms.

Telecommunications remained strong for the past quarter with T-Mobile moving up one spot to #5, followed by AT&T. Verizon also continued as a top employment advertiser. Defense was back with US Army in the top 10, and also included Raytheon as a top hiring company.

Health care dropped a bit, but added new firms to the top hiring firm list with Genesis HealthCare, Gentiva Health Services, Merck, UnitedHealth, Hgi Healthcare, Brookdale Senior Living, DaVita, Amedisys Home Health, Boehringer Ingelheim, Quest Diagnostics, Apria Healthcare and PSA Healthcare included in the top employment new ads this week.

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

1. Pizza Hut
2. IBM
3. Sears, Roebuck and Co.
4. Kmart Corporation
5. T-Mobile
6. AT&T
7. U.S. Army
8. Pilot Travel Centers
9. Murphy USA
10. SAIC
11. Genesis HealthCare
12. JPMorgan Chase
13. La Petite Academy
14. Accenture
15. Gentiva
16. Deloitte
17. Raytheon
18. Merck
19. Booz Allen Hamilton
20. UnitedHealth Group
21. Wells Fargo
22. Hgi Healthcare
23. Brookdale Senior Living
24. Snap-on Tools
25. DaVita
26. Amedisys Home Health Services
27. Symantec
28. R-Solutions
29. Verizon Wireless
30. Comcast Cable
31. Boehringer Ingelheim
32. Quest Diagnostics
33. RadioShack
34. URS Corporation
35. Apria Healthcare
36. Hilton Hotels
37. Meineke Car Care Center
38. Combined Insurance
39. TruGreen
40. PSA Healthcare

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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