Apple insider Michael Hageloh discusses some of the less-known risks and errors that plague the job search process. “Some young people assume that the hiring process will naturally highlight their skills and ultimately lead them to the right position—but that’s just not true. You may be the best candidate for a given job, but the … Continue reading
Steve Jobs wouldn’t appear to have been an emoticon guy, but history will show that on at least one occasion, when words failed to convey his delight, he resorted to one. It was March 2007, and Jobs had received an e-mail from Eric Schmidt, then Google’s (GOOG) chief executive officer and a board member at … Continue reading
Foxconn wants to expand further beyond its roots as a parts supplier, and it’s looking to hire enough people to push that effort. The Taiwan-based company also known as Hon Hai announced this past weekend that it plans to hire 15,000 employees in its native country, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The hiring … Continue reading
Apple Inc. (AAPL) said it’s opening a new plant in Mesa, Arizona, that will create 2,000 jobs to make components for its products, part of a push by the world’s most valuable company to boost manufacturing in the U.S. Apple struck a deal to pay $578 million to GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (GTAT) to supply … Continue reading
What the newly hired get at Tech Companies. Facebook, LinkedIn, Square, Google, Apple, Twitter, Dropbox, Airbnb and more Continue reading
The Taipei Times is reporting that Hon Hai, known as Foxconn in America, is recruiting 90,000 Chinese workers for its Shenzhen, China production complex in order to meet demand by Apple Continue reading
A recruitment firm responsible for Foxconn’s plant in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, has started “large-scale” hires for a ramp up to build what one source called the “iPhone 6.” Continue reading
One of Apple Inc’s major suppliers, Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, said on Wednesday it has placed a hiring freeze on its largest plant in Shenzhen. Foxconn spokesman Louis Woo said the company is not hiring at the facility, citing the high rate of workers returning to the plant after celebrating the Chinese New Year. Woo … Continue reading
Apple is continuing to hire staff for its data center operations, with positions available at current and future locations in North Carolina, Oregon, California sites in Newark and Santa Clara, and a new data center under construction in Reno, Nevada. The current openings include a position for a Data Center Site Services Manager in Maiden, N.C. … Continue reading
Apple Inc is planning to bring back some of its production of Mac computers to the United States from China next year, Chief Executive Tim Cook said, according to a report published Thursday. The company will spend more than $100 million to build the computers in the United States, Cook was cited as saying in … Continue reading
It’s just their second year on the placement scene but the new Indian Institutes of Technology at Ropar, Patna, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar and Gandhinagar, among others, are already nipping at the heels of their much-older and more established counterparts. Big-ticket recruiters like Microsoft, Amazon and Google have descended on these campuses and average salaries have shot … Continue reading
Based on a study by Analysis Group in February 2012, Apple has directly or indirectly created 307,250 U.S. jobs.* These jobs — spread across all 50 states — include thousands of jobs in numerous industries, from the people who create components for our products to the people who build the planes and trucks that carry … Continue reading
Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, has acknowledged hiring teenagers as young as 14 in a Chinese factory, in breach of national law, in a case that raises further questions over its student intern programme. Labour rights activists in China have accused Foxconn and other big employers in China of using student … Continue reading
Apple UK, US, and Canada have all reported huge layoff numbers across Apple retail store outlets. Recent training groups all within their probationary period have been given the pink slip. We even hear recently promoted Apple employees being demoted back down to their original positions, all while part-time employees disappointingly discover zero hours per week … Continue reading
It seems that Apple is in the midst of reducing the working hours of staff at its retail stores, and even laying off those recently taken on. Apple has reportedly been making cuts to its retail workforce, many of them new employees fresh out of the store’s training program. Apple fan site MacRumors said that … Continue reading