LinkedIn was just one of the companies making news this week in the Bay area. Here are others who’ve made headlines – and who are looking to grow quickly.

• EventBrite announced $50M in series E funding earlier this week. The company, which recently moved into bigger office digs in San Francisco that will enable them to double in size, plans to increase headcount by roughly 25%— or another 60 employees by year’s end. Many of these jobs will be in Customer Service; they want to answer your phone call as fast as they can. But they have jobs across the company, from Accounting, Engineering and Marketing to Sales and Quality Assurance.
   
• Also on the fast track to double in size is Practice Fusion, a San Francisco based company that helps hospitals and healthcare systems with the Federally mandated transition to electronic health records (EHR).  This week, Practice Fusion announced their goal of doubling staff from 75 to 150 by December; they are also looking for more office space to accommodate staff.
   
• With less than 18 months on the marketplace, enterprise mobility software company MobileIron has over 400 customers – and opened an office in Tokyo this week. Self-described as one of the fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley, Mobile Iron is hiring for 10 different software engineering positions, a Director of Engineering, and an HR Manager. Check ‘em out.
   
• Not only the tech sector that sweet in San Francisco right now;  the Bay Area’s been named the top place in the country to get a Finance job . The list, published by Accounting Principals, names Denver and Paramus, New Jersey to the number 2 and 3 spots. Leading the pack for Finance jobs in the Bay Area is Delotte with over 200 job postings with an estimated salary of $80K or higher.

Want one of these jobs? Make sure to study up on the industry first—and apply quickly. Even in a rush to hire, it’s important to take the time to understand the nature of the business that you are working in.

If you’re in Beantown and you want to work in a position with IT security, there’s a networking event that you may want to attend. Event’s set for tomorrow April 14 at the Longwharf Marriott. Eventful reports on the details…

The Boston Tech-Security Conference features 25-30 vendor exhibits and several industry experts discussing current tech-security issues such as email security, VoIP, LAN security, wireless security, USB drives security & more. There will be lots of give a ways and prizes such as iPods, $25, $50 and $100 gift cards, as well as cash prizes and lots more! This unique conference format will provide educational speaker sessions as well as tremendous networking opportunities.

And on the seventh day, the applicant became an employee. Concord, Massachusetts based travel company Kayak reports aggressive growth plans to scout for tech talent- they are doubling the size of their staff, and aim to make a hiring decision within seven days of receiving an application.

The company reported revenue of $171 M in 2010. You can read about hiring plans in the Boston Globe, but the best way to get a job is to use your network. Here’s how the Kayak team markets their openings.

We’re constantly looking for exceptional and unique talent that can add to our team.

If you think you have something interesting to add, we’d be very interested in hearing about it. And if you are someone with exceptional talent, we’re going to take a leap of faith and assume that you’ll be resourceful enough to get in touch with one of us through available networking tools.

If you haven’t checked out StartWire’s share features, this might be a good opportunity to do so. Check out StartWire, we will recommend people you know or who know someone at Kayak; you can then drop them an e-postcard in one click.

Tech recruiting firm CyberCoders has announced the opening of a Beantown Office and a major expansion of staff in southern California. The Boston office will have over 60 recruiters.

Sectors covered by CyberCoders recruiters include technology, healthcare, sales, legal, marketing, accounting, finance.

Job search tip: As CyberCoder recruiters advertise multiple positions on behalf of their clients, the best place to find openings working at CyberCoders is on the company’s jobs section of their own website.

If you work in advertising, business development or with any company that uses online marketing to bolster sales, you could probably learn a lot by listening in on the the Search Engine Strategies conference (SES). Listen closely, and you’ll also learn best practices on how to use social media for your job search.

The conference started today March 22 and runs through Thursday in New York. If you’re reading this, you’re probably not there.

Here’s a schedule of programs, courtesy of Outspoken Media.

You can pick up tips and tricks from the conference 24/7 for the next few days with a Twitter Search on #sesny.

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.

Kevin Willer will be heading up the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, a branch of Chicago’s Chamber of Commerce that identifies and boosts start-ups.

Willer launched Google’s Chicago office and grew it to 400. Here are his goals for his new job:

“We’re trying to identify high-potential entrepreneurs with big ideas and connect them with the right mentors and resources to help them become scalable businesses that can create jobs,” said Mr. Willer, 37

Source: Crain’s Chicago Business

P.S. Want to keep an eye on start-ups that may be hiring in Chicago? Set up a Google News Alert on “Kevin Willer and Chicago and hiring.” That way, you’ll get wind of hot companies poised for growth. (Modify the search string for leads in other cities and industries)

Infor is four years old; today the Atlanta-based company announced plans to hire 400 software engineers by the end of the year. Current job opportunities in many U.S. locations as well as Germany, France and the Netherlands.

According to the company’s website; Infor is now the world’s 10th largest software company.

Fast Facts

Infor Career Site

Even if you have a friend at Infor who can recommend you to a hiring manager, you should definitely apply for a job to get full consideration. Here’s why this is a good practice at any organization: You can’t be counted as an official applicant by HR unless you’ve applied. And if you aren’t an official applicant, you can’t get hired.

There’s a big hiring push at Riot Games…to the tune of 100 + jobs. Most of them are in the LA area, with a handful Marketing positions in Europe and Publishing Management positions in Asia as well.

Riot Games doubled in size last year and has been designated as a Top 30 developer by Game Developer Magazine.

You can see some of the jobs here.