Who's Hiring - Top employers week of 3-22-10

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 3/22/10.

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.

Total Job Openings:

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

Telecommunications firms topped this week’s list with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon still staffing actively. Retail continued staffing into March, as Sears, Kmart, Blockbuster, Lowe's, Macy’s, and Radio Shack were top hiring firms. Business Service is still looking, with IBM, Deloitte, and CSC continued strong hiring.

Banking continued recruiting as JPMorganChase, PNC, Bank of America and Fifth Third were included in the top hiring companies. Health care hiring continued strong hiring for the past half year, led by HCR ManorCare, Gentiva Health, Amedisys Home Health, UnitedHealth, Fresenius Medical Care, Genesis Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, DaVita, Kindred Health Care, Quest Diagnostics and Hgi Health Care among the health care top hiring companies.

Hospitality added employees with PizzaHut, Marriott, Hilton, and Friendly's making this week's list.

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. AT&T 
2. Sears
3. IBM
4. Kmart
5. JPMorgan Chase
6. T-Mobile
7. Blockbuster Inc.
8. HCR ManorCare
9. Lowe's
10. PizzaHut
11. Gentiva Health Services
12. General Dynamics
13. Deloitte
14. Amedisys Home Health
15. UnitedHealth Group
16. Raytheon
17. Verizon Wireless 
18. PNC
19. Fresenius Medical Care
20. Genesis Healthcare
21. Macy's
22. Snap-on Tools
23. U.S. Army
24. Marriott
25. Kaiser Permanente
26. DaVita
27. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
28. TruGreen
29. Hilton Hotels
30. Friendly's
31. Aflac
32. Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
33. Terminix
34. Kindred Healthcare
35. Bank of America
36. Combined Insurance
37. Quest Diagnostics
38. RadioShack
39. Fifth Third Bank
40. Hgi Healthcare

Job Openings Added This Week:

The Telecommunications, Retail, Banking, Business Services, Insurance, 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.

Telecommunication led new hiring advertisements with AT&T and T-Mobile taking the top two spots this week, with Verizon also making the top new job listings this week. Retail continued staffing this week as Sears, GNC, Kmart, Lowe's, Toys"R"Us, Macy's, T.J. Maxx, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Dollar General were top job advertisers.

Banking stayed strong this week, as JPMorgan Chase, PNC, and Wells Fargo added job listings over the past seven days. Business Services came in next with IBM, Deloitte, and Booz Allen were included in the top job advertisers this week.

Insurance increased it's hiring and broke the top ten with Aflac as one of the week;s top job advertisers. Health Care is back on the top ten this week with Genesis Health Care, followed by Gentiva Health Services, UnitedHealth, Merck, DaVita, HCR Manorcare, Bayada Nurses, Genzyme, Concentra, and Kindred Healthcare among the top job advertisers this week.

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

1. AT&T
2. T-Mobile USA, Inc.
3. Sears
4. JPMorgan Chase
5. IBM
6. GNC
7. AFLAC Incorporated
8. Kmart
9. Genesis HealthCare
10. Lowe's
11. Deloitte
12. Toys"R"Us
13. PizzaHut
14. PNC
15. Raytheon
16. Booz Allen Hamilton
17. Gentiva Health Services
18. UnitedHealth Group
19. Merck
20. Edward Jones
21. Friendly's
22. DaVita
23. Snap-on Tools
24. Macy's
25. Wells Fargo
26. HCR Manorcare
27. Bayada Nurses
28. T.J. Maxx
29. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
30. Genzyme
31. TruGreen
32. Marriott
33. General Dynamics
34. University of Southern California
35. Verizon Wireless
36. Bed Bath and Beyond Inc.
37. Dollar General
38. Hilton Hotels
39. Concentra
40. Kindred 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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