Google to hire record 6000 employees in 2011
GOOGLE said overnight it will hire a record number of people this year, taking on more than 6000 workers "across the board and around the globe." The internet giant added more than 4500 "Googlers" to its employee ranks in 2010 and plans to easily eclipse that figure this year, Google senior vice president of engineering [...]
Most Businesses Use Social Nets for Hiring
Nearly three-quarters of companies recruit on social sites Online job boards and third-party search firms may be losing out to social media when companies search for new employees, based on June 2010 research from recruiting platform Jobvite. Nearly three-quarters of companies surveyed were using social networks for recruiting, and 58.1% said they had successfully hired [...]
Does Social Media Make Taking Time Off Harder?
Summer is almost here, and that means vacation time for many employees. Or does it? The US has the highest percentage of mobile workers in its workforce, according to February 2010 data from IDC, with 75.5% of the workforce, or 119.7 million people, expected to be mobile by 2013. And 79% of them plan on [...]
