
While many companies decided to look inward to fill job openings over the past two years, a recently released survey indicates outside hires began to pick up once again last year, particularly through referrals and job boards.

Executive vice president of Acquity Group Jim Newman, whose team created the infographic below, believes the current tech hiring trends shows that top tech companies including Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft are hiring like crazy despite the global economic downturn. “Whether the students choose business or technology disciplines, getting experience with Internet-enabled solutions will give [...]

Contributing to the declining unemployment rate last month was the addition of more than 20,000 temporary jobs, which brought the overall number of these positions to 2.4 million.