Articles about Hiring – Page 5 of 10

GeekWork: Great jobs at WhitePages, INRIX, Zillow and The Seattle Times

Earlier this year an interviewer asked WhitePages CEO Alex Algard how he finds and keeps talent. “We’re so small and… Read More

Confirmed: Zillow to lease five more floors at downtown Seattle HQ

Fast-growing Zillow continues to gobble up space at its downtown Seattle headquarters, with the company confirming today that it will… Read More

Serial entrepreneur Jeremy Jaech’s secrets to hiring great people, and why Seattle VCs aren’t as ambitious as their Valley counterparts

Jeremy Jaech helped build some of Seattle’s biggest software companies, including Aldus (sold to Adobe) and Visio (sold to Microsoft).… Read More

GeekWork: Great jobs from EveryMove, Julep, Bonanza, Zillow and more

Two weeks ago, Seattle-based fitness startup EveryMove launched @Work, a version of its fitness tracking platform for businesses. The new… Read More

With Facebook’s footprint in Seattle growing, Gov. Jay Inslee pops by to offer praise and support

Facebook’s new office is booming in Seattle, so much so that it is now attracting the attention of the state’s… Read More

As eBay’s Portland office pushes past 200 employees, Kevin Hurst is named general manager

EBay has tasked Kevin Hurst with getting the word out that it’s aggressively hiring in Portland. As part of the announcement,… Read More

Tableau Software continues to grow, tops 1,500 employees

Tableau Software is bursting at the seams at its Fremont headquarters, growing so fast that it even plans to move… Read More

Chart: Amazon now employs 132,000, more than tripling in size in the past three years

Amazon.com’s growth in the past few years is nothing short of meteoric, and the chart above shows exactly what’s going… Read More

GeekWork: Great jobs at Zillow, Groupon, Adobe, and more

Three years ago, this week, Zillow went public. The Seattle-based real estate database saw tremendous success in its initial IPO and… Read More

Alibaba opening Seattle-area outpost, recruiting developers and expanding U.S. presence as IPO nears

Chinese e-commerce and technology giant Alibaba is recruiting for Seattle-based engineering jobs, signaling plans to open a new outpost in Amazon’s backyard… Read More

Groupon leases more space in Seattle with room to add another 75 employees

Two years after opening a Seattle office, Groupon is gearing up for another growth spurt. The Chicago-based daily deals company currently… Read More

Facebook eyeing expansion in downtown Seattle

Facebook appears to have already outgrown its office space in Seattle. The social networking powerhouse, which just two years ago… Read More

Ever-expanding Amazon takes another half-million square feet in four Seattle buildings

Amazon is growing so fast in Seattle, it’s hard to keep up. The tech giant is preparing to move into more… Read More

GeekWork: Great jobs at Avvo, Bonanza, EnergySavvy, Northeastern U. and more

Seattle-based software company EnergySavvy is growing fast, with the help of a new $7 million venture financing round, and one… Read More

Online retailers add jobs as Washington state economy continues to improve

Washington state’s employment picture continues to brighten, with a jobless rate of just 6.3 percent and about 6,700 new jobs… Read More

HR advice: Hire for velocity of learning

Let’s say you have an opening on your technology team: An urgent need for engineer that will expand your application… Read More

Chart: Tech industry helps Washington state reclaim jobs lost during ‘great recession’

The “Great Recession” is now in the history books. Washington state has officially climbed out of the hole created by… Read More

Want a job packing boxes? Amazon has 2,500

Amazon announced today that it has 2,500 job openings between six fulfillment centers in Chester, Va., Dupont, Wash., Coffeyville, Kan.,… Read More

GeekWork: Sweet gigs from Zillow, DoubleDown, Tellwise and PayScale

Are you a mobile, web or cloud developer? Are you a customer service specialist, sales manager or UX designer? Chances… Read More

Gov. Inslee ‘disappointed’ as Boeing moves up to 1,200 tech jobs out of Washington state

Aerospace giant Boeing is restructuring its Research & Technology Unit, shifting between 800 to 1,200 jobs from Washington state to new… Read More

Washington reports 9,500 job losses: Unemployment rate consistent for past 2 months

The latest stats from the state’s Employment Security Department show Washington’s unemployment rate staying consistent over the past two months despite… Read More

Survey: Majority of tech execs say talent shortage is stunting growth

New survey results from Technology Councils of North America reaffirm the lack of tech talent available to employers. TECNA, a non-profit… Read More

Amazon.com hiring 70,000 seasonal workers, 40% more than last holiday season

Amazon.com is going on a serious hiring spree in anticipation for a big holiday shopping season. The Seattle online retailer… Read More

GeekWork: Great jobs at DoubleDown, PayScale, Creative Circle and more

You asked for it, we’ve provided it. GeekWork is the place to find tech jobs in the Pacific Northwest and… Read More

Tableau hired 96 people in Q2, plans to continue to bolster ranks at ‘healthy clip’

Tableau Software is growing fast, and it’s looking to hire aggressively to take advantage of what CEO Christian Chabot described… Read More

GeekWork: Sweet gigs from WhitePages, RealNetworks, Expedia and more!

Hopefully, you’ve had a chance to check out our new jobs marketplace: GeekWork.com. And, if you haven’t, check out this introductory post from… Read More

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh: Hiring requires culture match, not just skill

If you want to get hired at Zappos, you have to have more than just the right skills. You also… Read More

Yes, we’re satisfied in Seattle: City ranks 3rd in employee satisfaction survey

The traffic congestion kind of sucks, and the rain certainly can be a bummer at times. But, for the most… Read More

Brain-teaser interview questions are useless, Google’s HR guy says

Those much-discussed brain teaser questions that were supposed to be a hallmark of a Google interview are gone. “They don’t… Read More

Convicts to coders: Maximum security prison teaches inmates computer science

Clallam Bay Corrections Center, a maximum security prison on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula, is worlds away from Seattle’s bustling high-tech… Read More