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Newport / Walmart hiring 400 workers
Walmart plans to hire 400 workers for its new Walmart Supercenter and Neighborhood Market stored opening in Newport News. Walmart has opened a hiring center to make it easy to apply. You can stop by the hiring center located at 10524 Jefferson Avenue in Newport News Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. … Continue reading
US / The Top 10 Companies Hiring In Sales
Forbes and the online job search engine Indeed.com have collaborated to put together a list of the 10 companies with the most sales job postings at all salary levels. The lists 1. Oracle Number of open higher-level sales executive and B2B positions: 411 2. Edward Jones Number of open higher-level sales executive and B2B positions: … Continue reading
Montreal / Yellow Media hiring 170 digital staff
Yellow Media plans to create about 170 new Montreal-based information and digital technology positions as the directories publisher transitions to an online media company. But Yellow Media also said about 125 clerical positions will be moved to other company offices across Canada from Montreal, as the company reorganizes various office locations into specialized teams. “We … Continue reading
Survey / Hiring managers will hire Matures over Millennials
A recent survey on behalf of the staffing firm Adecco USA Inc. finds that hiring managers will hire Matures (50 years old and above) over Millennials (22 through 31 years old). In fact, they hire Matures three times as often (60 percent versus 20 percent). As might be anticipated because of the level of responsibility, … Continue reading
UK – DPD – 10 new depots creating 15,000 jobs
UK parcel firm DPD is to invest £175m to expand its capacity, creating 10 new depots, one new parcel sorting hub and creating 15,000 jobs in response to the online retail boom. The parcel firm plans to spend £100m on a new parcel sorting hub in the East Midlands in addition to refurbishing two of … Continue reading
US – Job Openings essentially unchanged from August says DOL but…
There were 3.6 million job openings on the last business day of September, essentially unchanged from August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.1 percent) was little changed while the separations rate (3.0 percent) declined in September. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm … Continue reading
Ireland – McDonald’s to create 700 new jobs
Fast food giant McDonald’s is to create 700 jobs across the country over the next three years. The organisation announced plans for a 20 million euro investment in its Irish operations between now and the end of 2015, which will include the opening of 12 new restaurants. Junior minister for jobs John Perry welcomed the … Continue reading
India – Attrition – Mere 51% employers plan to hire
Employers seem to be wary abouthiring for new positions and would rather concentrate only on filling up chairs that are empty because of attrition. A report by online job portalHeadHonchos.com called ‘Management Hiring Perspective Report 2012’ stated that only 51% of employers surveyed wanted to increase their headcount. ‘The hiring outlook is even more subdued … Continue reading
India – Hiring stronger than elsewhere according to LinkedIn
Hiring trends in India is relatively strong than other markets around the world as nearly half of employers believe the recruitment volume this year is up from 2011, a survey says. According to the LinkedIn Recruiting Trends survey with over 3,000 professionals/recruiters from the HR/Talent Acquisition department, of which 255 were from India, hiring in … Continue reading
Saudi Arabia – Hiring 500 staff nurses and 20 respiratory therapists
The Northern Mindanao Philippine Overseas and Employment Administration (POEA) Regional Extension Unit-10 has announced the immediate hiring of 500 staff nurses and 20 respiratory therapists for Saudi Arabia. The POEA 10 said that this will be a government-to-government hiring of female staff nurses and female respiratory therapists. Qualified applicants for both openings will have a … Continue reading
Netflix Posting in New Markets including Asia
Netflix has given the clearest indicator that it is set to massively increase its international reach after the company posted a job listing seeking “experienced linguists” to help localize the movie streaming service into seven new languages: Turkish, Dutch, Hindi, German, Italian, Korean and Japanese. The US-based company, which last week launched in Sweden, Denmark, Norway … Continue reading
General Motors – Hiring 3,000 Hewlett-Packard tech workers
General Motors will hire 3,000 workers from Hewlett-Packard as the carmaker moves more computer functions in-house. The move is part of a larger GM strategy to have more control over the technology it uses in cars and to run its business. The H-P employees already work on GM projects. GM says that making them full-time … Continue reading
American Airlines – Plans to hire more than 1,500 new flight attendants
American Airlines Inc. today said it would hire more than 1,500 new flight attendants in the next year to serve its international flight and training needs. American will begin the recruiting and hiring process next month and training will begin in January. The hiring news comes three weeks after 2,250 American flight attendants signed up … Continue reading
China – Hiring to hit lowest point in 4th qtr
Employers on the Chinese mainland are expecting the lowest hiring demand for 2012 in the fourth quarter, with about 53 per cent saying they will recruit more people, according to the latest Hudson Report released on Wednesday. But the report, which questioned 6,400 employers, said hiring demand on the mainland remains the highest among all … Continue reading
US – Amazon : Hiring 50,000 seasonal workers
It’s only October, but companies like Amazon are already thinking about the holidays. The online retailer is the latest to announce its seasonal hiring plan, and it’s significant: 50,000 jobs in the United States Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) currently employs 20,000 people at its 40 fulfillment centers across the country, where the seasonal employees will … Continue reading
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