Social sharing site Meebo has just opened a new office in San Francisco; within shouting distance of their headquarters in Mountain View. They’ve also announced plans to expand their workforce by 25%. (They’ve raised over $70M in funding over the past six years.)
We see Meebo jobs posted in New York, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Chicago, and Wisconsin.
Hands needed for jobs in engineering, marketing and business development.
Okay, so maybe it’s time to think in the box: Silicon Valley based Box.Net has just landed $48 M, the CEO has announced plans to double their work force from 150 to 300, and they’ve already started actively recruiting in Boston.
On the openings list: jobs in engineering, and sales/marketing.
Link: Barclays Seeks to More than Double Number of Financial Advisors
Barclays’ Wealth Management division is on a mission to expand their wealth management practice from 250 advisors in the Americas to 650 by the end of 2014. To date, they’ve picked up 14 advisors with an aggregate book of business worth $4B. These advisors are working in San Francisco, Boston, LA, New York and Miami.
While these are big jobs, watch for names of new hires to surface in the news. If you’ve experience in the industry, here’s a savvy move: send a welcome note to new hires.
Link: 10 Industries That Will Hire the Most in 2011
This is a nice overview of hot spots for hiring demands. Want a job in these hot sectors other than those described? Think about needs of companies who work in these spaces.
Example: Increased demand for physicians
Physicians need patients; patients need appointments.
Enter: ZocDoc, a company that helps consumers book appointments. With big fans in major metro areas including San Francisco, Chicago, and New York is rapidly expanding across the country…And you don’t have to be a doctor to work for them.
Link: 10 Industries That Will Hire the Most in 2011
This is a nice overview of hot spots for hiring demands. Want a job in these hot sectors other than those described? Think about needs of companies who work in these spaces.
Example: Increased demand for physicians
Physicians need patients; patients need appointments.
Enter: ZocDoc, a company that helps consumers book appointments. With big fans in major metro areas including San Francisco, Chicago, and New York is rapidly expanding across the country…And you don’t have to be a doctor to work for them.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has announced that 3-D design and software firm Autodesk will hire 75 as part of office expansion in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The company has expanded office space by 16,000 square feet. With all the talk recently of shrinking cubicles in many office workspaces—16,000 square feet to accommodate 75 leaves us wondering what else Autodesk plans to ad?
You can find job listings here.
Tip: You may want to think in 3-D when applying for a position that requires skills in 3-D. Work portfolios and samples are likely appreciated. If you don’t know how to do something, search YouTube for training videos.
Raytheon’s got over 2,000 jobs posted nationwide. They need folks from Boston to San Jose, and many places in between—especially in Dallas, Indianapolis, and Centennial, Colorado.
Raytheon specializes in developing and manufacturing products for defense, homeland security and other government markets. Many of these positions require engineering, so they love hiring people with strong skills in math, science, and engineering.
As today, 3/14 is the mathematical equivalent of Pi (remember PI = 3.14 from high school math), Raytheon’s celebrating the numerical arts and sciences: the company is sending pies to heaps of high school math and science teacher as a thank you—and a friendly reminder: they need more applicants who like math and science.
Zensar Technologies, an IT software and services company headquartered in Pune. India with offices in 18 countries, plans to hire 1,000 new employees within the next year—200 of these jobs will be in the U.S. You can see a few of them here.
Positions range from Tech Lead and Data Architect to Sales with locations from San Jose to Princeton, NJ.
Source: Economic Times
P.S. Here’s a tip for applying for jobs with a multi-national: If you have work authorization in other countries, say so on your resume. Any experience speaking foreign languages is also worth mentioning.
Add Brokerage firm Edward Jones to the list of employers who are actively scouting for employees—and who have trouble finding enough candidates. Last week Edward Jones announced plans to hire an additional 600 advisors nationwide with an emphasis on California, Utah and the Northeast.
Based on the firm’s 2010 employee attrition rate of 15%, Investment News estimates that Edward Jones may need to “recruit 2,400 advisers this year to hit it’s aggressive growth requirements.”
Edward Jones is ranked 11th on Fortune ‘s 2011 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For, and currently has over 1,500 active job postings with an estimated salary of $70,000 or above.
YouTube is celebrating the company’s 5th birthday, and like many five-year-olds they are boasting how big they will be next year. In a celebratory blog post, the company announced plans to grow by 30%. The Wall Street Journal estimates 30% equals 200 new employees.
You can see the jobs here. Most of them are in California.
Here’s an idea: consider including a video resume when you apply…show off those editing and production skills. You can find plenty of examples on—where else—YouTube.
