Hiring
GoDaddy Expands in Seattle and More Hiring News
Our weekly snapshot of who’s hiring and who’s firing across the IT landscape. Hiring Domain name provider GoDaddy is expanding in the greater Seattle area with a permanent office that it expects to open this month. The company is looking to hire software developers and engineers there. [Dice News] DigitalGlobe, a Colorado-based commercial satellite imagery data provider, plans to hire 505 people within the next five years. The new jobs are expected to pay an average of $95,000 annually. [Denver Post]… continue…
Tech Jobs: Apple, Mimecast, Answers.com and More
Our weekly snapshot of who’s hiring and who’s firing across the IT landscape. Hiring Apple could hire up to 7,400 people at its Cupertino, Calif., campus by 2016, boosting its headcount by 50 percent. This hiring binge comes as the company seeks to expand its facilities with a new, larger campus in Silicon Valley. [Dice News] Google plans to hire 75 people for the Shopping Operations team in its Pittsburgh office. The office is largely comprised of engineers and the… continue…
What Answers.com Wants in New Hires
In the nearly seven years since it was founded, Answers, a St. Louis-based knowledge exchange that operates the Answers.com website, has seen double-digit revenue growth annually, company officials say. Jim Yang, Vice President of Products and Community, attributes the rise in part to rapidly increasing mobile traffic. “We expect to grow throughout 2013 at a sustained rate as we continue to invest in new products and lines of businesses,” he says. In addition to Answers.com, the company operates WikiAnswers, ReferenceAnswers,… continue…
Cisco Looks to New Grads for UX Solutions
The people at Cisco are smart enough to know that a key factor in the company’s future success will be the user experience. Specifically, if consumers can’t easily get its devices to do what they want them to do, they’re not going to be worth very much. As a solution, Cisco is hiring fresh college graduates and putting them to work on projects designed to make sure that customers find its products logical and easy to use. The idea is… continue…
This Week’s 5 Most Popular Stories
For your reading pleasure, here are the stories most read by your fellow Dice users this week. NSA Needs Geeks in Utah: Despite a job market for IT specialists that seems a little rocky at moments, there’s a huge new opportunity for IT people with the right skills, the will to relocate, and a little discretion. Actually make that a lot of discretion. An Inside Look at How Apple Trains Its Geniuses: Who needs certifications for tech support and sales… continue…
Cloud Email Firm Mimecast Adds Engineers, Developers
Cloud-based email company Mimecast is expanding its U.S. footprint with new offices and plans to hire more than 100 people by the end of the year. The UK firm has opened regional offices in Dallas and Chicago and expanded its San Francisco office. Of the new hires, the company estimates 30 percent will be in IT, with positions ranging from software engineers to developers to network administrators, a company spokeswoman told Dice News. The expansion is designed to support Mimecast’s… continue…
Tech Jobs: AT&T, Mendix, Airbus
Our weekly snapshot of who’s hiring and who’s firing across the IT landscape. Hiring AT&T plans to hire more than 250 people in Mississippi, largely working in its network operations and call centers. A large portion of the jobs are a result of its Project Velocity IP, a three-year plan to expand its wireless and wired broadband networks. [Dice News] Mendix, an enterprise app platform company, plans to double the size of its headquarters in Boston and hire 20 people… continue…
TeleTech Will Add Veterans to Tech Staff This Year
Hiring of veterans received another boost last week when technology solutions provider TeleTech announced plans to hire 1,000 vets by the end of the year. A range of technology professionals will be among these positions, including principal SQL database administrators, release engineers and senior managers of technology services at offices across the U.S. TeleTech will identify potential candidates by relying heavily on technology itself. The company is using a Veterans Job Bank widget powered by the National Resource Directory, which… continue…
How to Get Hired by Comcast
The global media and technology company Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator in the U.S., as well as one of the biggest mass media, home Internet service and telephone service providers. The company has over 129,000 employees with 5000+ IT employees based all across the country, with IT hubs in Philadelphia, Denver, Washington, D.C., and several locations throughout California. By being at the intersection of media and technology, nearly all of the company’s employees have some connection to IT.… continue…
NSA Needs Geeks in Utah
NSA Needs Geeks in Utah (via slashdot) Despite a job market for IT specialists that seems a little rocky at moments, there’s a huge new opportunity for IT people with the right skills, the will to relocate, and a little discretion. Actually make that a lot of discretion. The NSA is building a $1.2 billion data center in Bluffdale, Utah… continue…
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