Two Amazon Fresh grocery stores opening in Seattle region in latest brick-and-mortar expansion Amazon’s brick-and-mortar grocery footprint is expanding in the Seattle area as the tech giant confirmed it is opening two new… Read More
Amazon to add another 100k seasonal positions, preparing for holidays in midst of pandemic Amazon says it will hire another 100,000 seasonal workers this year, bolstering its fulfilment and distribution operations for a holiday… Read More
Amazon to hire 100,000 new operations workers in latest spree fueled by pandemic demand Amazon plans to hire an additional 100,000 full- and part-time workers across its operations network in the U.S. and Canada… Read More
Most Seattle tech companies are actively hiring despite the pandemic, analysis shows Even with the ongoing economic and health crisis, a majority of Seattle’s tech companies are still hiring. That’s one takeaway… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Tech job market flips; Surface Earbuds arrive; Gates Foundation CEO on COVID-19 Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. COVID-19 has upended the tech startup hiring market: There… Read More
Amid widespread tech industry layoffs, some companies are still hiring in a ‘flipped’ labor market Document engineering startup Docugami has doubled its team to 20 people since raising a $10 million funding round in early… Read More
Amazon to double seasonal hiring to record 200k workers as business continues to boom Amazon plans to hire 200,000 seasonal workers this year, twice as many as last year, suggesting that it expects a… Read More
Amazon tops 750,000 employees for the first time, adding nearly 100,000 people in three months Amazon’s headcount around the globe now exceeds three quarters of a million people, a major hiring milestone for the second… Read More
Today is ‘Career Day’ at Amazon, and they’re really, really excited to meet you Amazon is hosting a ‘Career Day’ on Tuesday across six cities — Seattle, Arlington, Boston, Chicago, Dallas and Nashville —… Read More
When LinkedIn isn’t enough: Ex-Microsoft leaders raise $6M for recruiting startup SeekOut LinkedIn can be a valuable resource for hiring managers sourcing potential candidates. But oftentimes it isn’t enough — and that’s… Read More
Augmented writing platform Textio now predicts what you want to say Textio, a Seattle startup that helps companies write better job listings, today introduced a new feature that uses artificial intelligence… Read More
Amazon hiring 800 in HQ2 runner-up Austin Amazon is hiring 800 new tech workers in Austin and expanding into a new 145,000-square foot office in the Texas… Read More
US immigration policy has employers eyeing Canada for job growth As the United States cracks down on employment-based immigration programs, Canada has been aggressively marketing itself as a friendly alternative… Read More
Facebook tops 3,000 Seattle-area employees as major hiring spree continues Facebook’s dizzying growth all over the Seattle area continues unabated, and now the social media giant’s regional presence is up… Read More
Facebook hiring at record pace, adds more than 10k people to headcount in one year Facebook is making regular headlines for expanding its footprint with big new office leases in the Seattle region, and new… Read More
Top Amazon recruiting executive: Don’t be afraid to say ‘I don’t know’ in a job interview Ardine Williams knows a lot about job interviews. She was an HR leader for years at Intel before briefly retiring… Read More
After leading 4,000 job interviews, here’s what Smartsheet’s co-founder loves to ask candidates As a veteran tech entrepreneur and co-founder of companies like Onyx Software and Smartsheet, Brent Frei has conducted more than… Read More
Amazon headcount drops by 2,900 employees in Q1 — first decline in nine years Amazon’s overall headcount declined by 2,900 people to 563,100 full- and part-time employees in the first quarter, according to new… Read More
Employment lawyers puzzled over IBM’s non-compete suit against Microsoft’s new diversity chief IBM’s decision to sue a longtime human resources executive for taking a new job at Microsoft is raising questions among… Read More
Job hunting? Tech skills increasingly tied to higher wages and economic opportunity Digital prowess has become one of the most powerful bargaining chips in the American job market over a relatively short… Read More
Political skills in high-demand at tech companies in Seattle, New York, and San Francisco Political skills are becoming a hot commodity on the tech talent market. That’s according to LinkedIn’s monthly workforce report for… Read More
Amazon tops 540K employees after swallowing Whole Foods in $13.7B deal Amazon added a whopping 159,500 employees in the last quarter, pushing its total employment to 541,900 people worldwide, according to… Read More
Amazon hiring 120k holiday workers in U.S. in 2017 — same as last year, for first time in many years Amazon says it plans to hire more than 120,000 seasonal workers at its U.S. fulfillment centers, sortation centers and customer service… Read More
Amazon sues former AWS VP over non-compete deal; Smartsheet calls claim against its new product chief an ‘enormous overreach’ Amazon.com is alleging that one of its former high-ranking executives violated a non-compete agreement when he accepted a job at… Read More
Trump plans review to crack down on ‘abuse’ in work visa program relied on by tech companies President Donald Trump plans to sign a series of executive orders today aimed at cracking down on abuse of the work… Read More
Amazon creating 5,000 part-time, work-from-home jobs in its Virtual Customer Service program Amazon may be hiring thousands of people to fill jobs on its Seattle campus or at fulfillment centers around the… Read More
It’s true: Seattle tech engineers are more loyal than those in San Francisco, Indeed data confirms Software engineers in Seattle stay at companies an average of six months longer than do their counterparts in San Francisco,… Read More
Facebook takes on LinkedIn with new job postings feature Microsoft-owned LinkedIn might be facing its greatest threat yet with a new feature Facebook rolled out this week. Businesses in… Read More
HR software maker Unitive acquires Seattle startup TalentSonar to help companies remove bias from hiring Unitive, a San Francisco company that makes hiring and HR software, is acquiring TalentSonar, according to CEO Alvin Loh. The… Read More
Taking a stance on gender inequity can help companies retain employees, study finds In the tech industry, hiring and retaining top talent is essential to thrive. Companies are offering more and more extravagant perks to… Read More
