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Hiring

Facebook’s Zuckerberg on Seattle: ‘There’s so many good engineers up here’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Seattle today, visiting the company’s fledgling office across the street the Pike Place Market… Read More

Chart: Washington state sheds jobs as tech companies lament tight talent pool in Seattle

It may be too early to call it a “double dip.” But Washington state’s job growth slowed in May, as… Read More

Tech Moves: Medio taps ex-Amazon, VMware vet Biswas to head engineering

Medio Systems, a heavily-funded Seattle company that specializes in mobile analytics, has named Prabudda Biswas senior vice president of engineering.… Read More

Computer science grads entertain juicy offers as tech hiring heats up (Video)

King 5 takes a look at the tech hiring boom in Seattle, focusing on Google’s growth plans and talking to… Read More

How Z2Live accidentally hired a 17-year-old whiz for its new iPhone air combat game

In the annals of high-tech, this may be one of the more unusual hiring stories. Z2Live, maker of the popular… Read More

Chart: Google, Amazon hiring fast; Microsoft takes it slow

Microsoft added a net total of 684 employees worldwide last quarter — the largest increase in its employment since the… Read More

Amazon.com profits tank as company adds whopping 4,200 employees in one quarter

Amazon.com just reported quarterly profits significantly below Wall Street’s expectations, despite revenues that exceeded them, and the reason is spelled… Read More

Startup execs vow to boost hiring, if they can find the tech talent

We’ve been writing a lot about the tech talent crunch in Seattle, noting companies such as Tableau Software, ExtraHop Networks… Read More

Podcast

Rewind: UW’s Ed Lazowska on the engineering talent crunch

Our guest this past week on the GeekWire Podcast was Ed Lazowska, the longtime computer science professor who holds the… Read More

Tech companies are starved for talent, but the jobless rate doesn’t budge

The market for software developers and engineers in the Seattle area is pretty tight, as evidenced by Zynga’s swanky party… Read More

Hey developers: Forget the cheeseburgers, have a LOLcat

The guys from Seattle startup Giant Thinkwell will be our guests on the next GeekWire Podcast. And it looks like… Read More

Is there really a hiring boom going on in tech?

It is starting to get a little wacky on the hiring front for skilled technology workers. Silicon Valley companies such… Read More

Cequint to add staff in Seattle, CEO laments tough hiring climate

It’s been five months since Seattle mobile software startup Cequint got gobbled up for as much as $112.5 million by… Read More

Xbox 3D? Job listings tip Microsoft’s hand

Nice catch by PC World this morning, digging up a series of job posts on LinkedIn that show Microsoft staffing… Read More

Amazon.com continues to grow like a weed in Seattle

Amazon.com is quickly establishing its presence in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, with Vulcan Real Estate announcing today that the… Read More

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