PSA: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Costco Job Openings (Student Internships, too!)

[mshan]

(last updated 9/16/13)

"The growth of the [index] in recent months suggests that employment is likely to moderately expand through the fall," said Gad Levanon, director of macroeconomic research at the board. "The rapid job growth in the first half of 2013 was faster than we had expected given weak economic activity and only moderate improvement in the ETI. The slowing down of employment in the past two months brings the six-month trend to a more sustainable rate."
...
The board said seven of the ETI's eight components contributed to the August increase. The biggest positives were the ratio of involuntary part-timers to all part-timers and the percentage of respondents who say jobs are "hard to get."


http://news.morningstar.com/all/dow...-employment-trends-index-rises-in-august.aspx

ATOT Hiring Managers Perspective thread (September 2013): http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2341182 (there is alot of very good personal insights on this thread and whole thread is well worth reading)

- millenials: http://www.mainstreet.com/article/c...negative-perceptions-0?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO

- http://finance.yahoo.com/news/what-you-need-besides-experience-to-get-that-job-155123491.html




ATOT Raises and Promotions thread (March 2013)::

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2305863 & http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2322650




ATOT IT Staffing Firms thread:

- http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2234252 & http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2322436






2013 IT Salary Survey: http://www.informationweek.com/glob...lary-survey-2013-11-career-insights/240152665

"Information technology workers averaged a 4.5% increase in pay over the past 12 months. In places like Seattle, "there has been an almost crazy demand for IT workers," said Bardaro."

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/11/pf/jobs/us-wages-oil-workers/index.html?source=yahoo_hosted

Unemployment Rates by Level of Education Attained:

- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea05.htm

Survey of Top Companies to Work For:

- http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-companies-where-everyone-wants-to-work.html

- http://www.universumglobal.com/stored-images/d1/d1ab7acf-1f7c-4cc0-9dba-edef590321a5.pdf




Colleges Help Students Scrub Online Footprints:
- http://news.yahoo.com/colleges-help-students-scrub-online-footprints-184052483.html



Resume and Cover Letter Critiques:
- http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-arent-getting-job-interviews-145616570.html



Broad Job Search Websites:
- http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2313885




Job Interview Mistakes:
- http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-top-mistakes-people-make-in-job-interviews-190143044.html
- http://www.classesandcareers.com/advisor/what-you-wish-youd-known-before-your-job-interview/





Starting Salaries Rising for New Graduates:
- http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/10/pf/college/graduate-salaries/index.html?source=yahoo_hosted




Enhancing a Liberal Arts Degree:
- http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/08/27/more-hope-for-liberal-arts-majors/2703707/

"College students earning a liberal arts degree can nearly double their job prospects — and boost their starting salaries to boot — by picking up a few technical skills before they graduate, a study suggests.

The analysis, based on a review of millions of entry-level job postings, offers hope for new graduates majoring in fields such as English, anthropology and philosophy, which have posted some of the highest unemployment rates for recent grads.


All they have to do is couple their liberal arts education with "a relatively small dose" of field-specific skills, the study says. Those skills fall into eight categories: marketing, sales, business, social media, graphic design, data analysis and management, computer programming, and information technology networking and support. Most can be acquired through internships, an academic minor or similar experiences, the study finds.


"With just a little bit greater awareness of what employers need, (students can) unlock a huge array of jobs that might not otherwise have been open to them," says Matthew Sigelman, CEO of Burning Glass, a Boston-based labor market analytics company that works with colleges, employers and recruiters.


The study complements other research showing that employers first and foremost hire people who can communicate clearly, think critically and solve problems — all hallmarks of a traditional liberal arts education."

Amazon:
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/jobs/ref=gw...s?tag=at055-20
- http://college.amazon-jobs.com/career-paths/#Internship

AreaCode707 comments: "Amazon was the most interesting company I ever worked for. It's not run like a corporation, it's run like a series of startups that have a centralized administration center. They operate on a lot of tribal knowledge rather than documentation but somehow don't seem to suffer from it like a lot of large companies that ignore documentation and process."

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2266826&highlight=bezos

"Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't really have SREs and they make engineers pretty much do everything, which leaves almost no time for coding - though again this varies by group, so it's luck of the draw. They don't give a single shit about charity or helping the needy or community contributions or anything like that. Never comes up there, except maybe to laugh about it. Their facilities are dirt-smeared cube farms without a dime spent on decor or common meeting areas. Their pay and benefits suck, although much less so lately due to local competition from Google and Facebook. But they don't have any of our perks or extras -- they just try to match the offer-letter numbers, and that's the end of it. Their code base is a disaster, with no engineering standards whatsoever except what individual teams choose to put in place."

...

"Jeff Bezos is an infamous micro-manager. He micro-manages every single pixel of Amazon's retail site. He hired Larry Tesler, Apple's Chief Scientist and probably the very most famous and respected human-computer interaction expert in the entire world, and then ignored every goddamn thing Larry said for three years until Larry finally -- wisely -- left the company. Larry would do these big usability studies and demonstrate beyond any shred of doubt that nobody can understand that frigging website, but Bezos just couldn't let go of those pixels, all those millions of semantics-packed pixels on the landing page. They were like millions of his own precious children. So they're all still there, and Larry is not."


https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX (interesting blog posting about inception of Amazon Web Services)

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/mac-mcclelland-free-online-shipping-warehouses-labor

Amazon Hiring 7,000 workers in 13 states (distribution centers): http://www.cnbc.com/id/100920187

Apple :
- http://www.apple.com/jobs/us/index.html
- Apple also looking for interns fluent in foreign languages to expand their Siri service (6 month internship):

"The job listing, for Cloud Services Engineering Interns, asks for interns native or fluent in Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Korean, Norwegian, and Swedish to work on "delivering Siri in different parts of the world." Languages where Siri is currently unavailable on that list include Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish."

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/11/20/apple-job-listing-suggests-siri-coming-in-9-more-languages/

Craigslist:
- http://www.craigslist.org/about/craigslist_is_hiring
- http://www.businessinsider.com/here...-packard-pays-87532-per-employee-on-average-1




Dell:
- just anecdote of another member who, without a college degree or actual work experience, but computer savvy, just got entry level job at Dell server farm
- seems like win win because he gets real job experience, chance for college tuition reimbursement, and Dell gets skilled worker at most likely much less than what it would cost for similar worker with college degree and lots of pre-existing work experience
- http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2273008

""As the economics of the PC market deteriorate, Dell hopes to transform itself from a maker of commodity boxes into a trusted enterprise solutions provider on par with Hewlett-Packard HPQ and IBM IBM. This is the path to creating shareholder value, but we doubt non-PC technologies will become the dominant characteristic of Dell's business model anytime soon.

Selling commodity Windows machines has lost its appeal. The large PC manufacturers act as assemblers that add little value while Microsoft MSFT and Intel INTC capture the value in the PC supply chain. Dell has scale, but that is the bare minimum to compete in the PC industry and does not create a competitive advantage when rivals have similar bulk. Additionally, selling prices continue to decline as low-cost devices drive down price expectations for consumers. Finally, virtualization and cloud computing technologies threaten to minimize the data processing and storage that occur on individual devices, further reducing differentiation among client devices.

Dell is pursuing a couple of tactics to revitalize its position. First, the firm is changing tactics in the consumer PC segment, expanding into retail outlets. This is increasing the addressable market for Dell, especially internationally. However, it puts pressure on average selling prices and decreases Dell's control of the client relationship. Additionally, this could disrupt the cash-conversion cycle that has helped created such attractive returns. Second, Dell is pushing into adjacent markets such as tablets and smartphones to help stimulate growth in the consumer market. This is a natural extension of endpoint devices, but we believe moving into these areas simply extends Dell's reliance on commodity products. Apple AAPL has successfully made the transition from PC to phones because its core strengths lie in software, an area in which we think Dell is unprepared to compete.

The crucial strategy for Dell is its push into data center technologies, including servers and storage, which offer greater switching costs and often drive consulting services. However, more than two thirds of Dell's revenue remains tied to commodity hardware (desktops, laptops, peripherals) while storage represents just 3% of revenue. We think changing the balance will require significant time and cost."

(from Morningstar Premium membership stock analysis of Dell

Facebook :
- http://www.facebook.com/careers#locations
- top of one employee Best Place to Work survey: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-place-2013-164937935.html
- Facebook and Google Intern salaries: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/much-facebook-interns-lot-224703661.html


Global Foundries (Semiconductor Foundry Jobs in upstate New York?):

"If you're on Twitter, then keep up with Global Foundries. They're building something huge in upstate New York, and they're hiring an assload of people. They post job openings on their Twitter, and there are many, many postings on their Web site. They need people. Pretty much all the places need GOOD people. It's a good industry."


http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2342041

IBM:
- 2500+ current job openings spread across US
- https://jobs3.netmedia1.com/cp/find.ibm.jobs/location/USA/
- negative insights from other AT members: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2277109



Google Jobs / Google Student Opportunities all across country, and around the world, too:
- http://www.google.com/about/jobs/locations/
- Their Students subsection looks like it has internships and well as full time positions, and looking for some PhDs, too.
- Google for Entrepreneurs: http://www.google.com/entrepreneurs/
- AT member who interviewed with Google, but chose another company:

I just turned down a job offer from Google. Actually their interview process isn't that hard; I'm guessing it has eased up as the company has grown bigger. Nowadays, the kind of questions they ask are comparable (in difficulty & actual content) to other software dev companies in SF/south bay, big or small. In fact my toughest interview was probably with the smallest company (~15 man startup) I talked to.

This came as a huge surprise to me. I walked into the Google interview thinking it would be my hardest *by far*. I'm not sure the truth was even that pleasing... sure it's nice to breeze through another interview, but it would've been really cool (and fun too) if they had challenged me b/c then succeeding would've felt like a huge win. Which to be honest isn't that hard b/c I'm not the smartest and I don't even have a CS background. I guess I was thinking the questions would be like TopCoder's Div I or Google CodeJam (which I often cannot solve). But then again, with nearly 20k engineers, I guess Google cannot afford to select for only the best of the best with their interview process. (Not saying that the best of the best don't work at Google; they do... and so do plenty of others.)

The one place where Google's interview wasn't comparable to others was on the personal level. At other companies, I talked to engineers who were clearly thrilled to be working there, and who were outgoing/social enough to convey this in a way that let me feel their excitement. Things were different at Google with many interviewers being all business; it was nearly impossible to engage a few in conversation, try as I might (that said, the guy at lunch was really cool). This in turn made the interview process feel much less personal & less fun. It felt more like a mechanized process of Google applying their interview algorithm to me, rather than a more organic process of two sides (company & interviewee) trying to feel each other out & evaluate the fit. As a further example, every other company I talked to invited me back on-site to talk to VPs or even CEOs/founders to let me better evaluate their future directions. And that seems like a pretty severe issue when your only first-hand experience w/a company is the interview process. It felt like Google assumed that I wanted to work there really badly, and as a result, did little to convince me that Google is awesome.

Also, the fun of actually working there is pretty dependent on what team you end up on. Some are amazing, others not so much--hence why Google is now having some issues retaining employees. Google has some small-company aspects but it definitely no longer has the same feel (unsurprising since they have like 20k engineers). The tech world perceives Google as a "safe" place to work. They pay really well, the benefits are amazing (food, health, retirement, family-oriented, etc), job safety is high... but it's at a huge company where you can't wake up today, say "I want to implement this project" and do it (red tape first). There's also limited upside for your equity--Google will continue to grow, sure. But you aren't getting a factor of 10 any time soon (and in trade, they aren't going to fold either; not to mention they give excellent retirement benefits).

If I was older and had a family to look after, I think Google would be the perfect job. But this is my first job, which makes me more risk tolerant & looking for a work environment that's a little crazier/less stable... a little more fun/exciting."

...

"Yeah, high-end software dev companies (yelp, twitter, facebook, google, palantir, dropbox, etc) are all paying out the nose for talent. There's actually a substantial shortage of smart/capable programmers right now and everyone is fighting for them. Whether or not I'll have a job in 10 yrs is a different story but it's not like any of these companies will fold in the short term. (And even if the tech 'bubble' in SF goes pop, I only barely care b/c I can always work at a DOE national laboratory.)"

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2277492&page=2

Maxim Integrated
- Looks like they have lots of openings in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Massachusetts, Texas, in addition to California:
- http://www.maximintegrated.com/company/careers/career-opportunities/
- as WhoBeDaplaya says below, also seem to have student internship opportunities, too.



SalesForce.com:
- very fast growing company focused on cloud computing
- http://www.salesforce.com/careers/main/



Samsung:
- eventual expansion into Silicon Valley?: http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-storms-silicon-valley-plans-build-massive-semiconductor-191429900.html




Member joshsquall says his company is usually looking for Sharepoint Developers in this thread:
- http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2279115




Odd Lot Jobs:

"The model is similar at all of the sites, though: Consumers are offered a variety of odd jobs for varying amounts. Among the current offerings: $35 to test the customer service experience at a national retailer, $4 to photograph a restaurant's menu or $29 to stand in line at a popular BBQ joint in Austin and deliver the food to an office."

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tiny-j...133912848.html

"Many businesses — big and small — post micro-projects through a free iPhone app called Gigwalk (an Android version is in the works).

A national retailer or restaurant chain, for example, might need someone in your town to mystery shop or dine at a local outlet and evaluate the experience. An automaker may need to know what a new parking garage in your town charges so the data can be added to in-car navigation systems.

It's important for companies to get these micro-jobs done, but it makes no financial sense to assign them to full- or part-time employees.

Many Gigwalk jobs involve photographing businesses or product displays in stores. It's how Microsoft is gathering the thousands of panoramic photos it needs for its Bing search engine.

You don't necessarily need to invest in expensive camera gear — the iPhone's camera is good enough for most vendors. A few jobs might require DSLR-quality photos.

Once registered with Gigwalk, you're notified of tasks that come up in your city. You compete with other Gigwalkers and "apply" for gigs with a 140-character message.

As a newbie, you'll make $10 or less for many tasks. But as your reputation and positive feedback snowballs, you're shown increasingly lucrative jobs of $50 or more. The money can really add up if you tackle several tasks a day.

Some companies invite experienced and reliable Gigwalkers to private teams, which is sort of like becoming a regular freelancer."

...

TaskRabbit is another popular micro-job platform. Currently serving a dozen major cities in the U.S., TaskRabbit started out as a safe way for homeowners to get help with odd jobs like house cleaning, pet sitting and assembling Ikea furniture.

TaskRabbits must pass a screening process that includes a video interview and a thorough background check. Many TaskRabbits are college students, retirees and moms.

A lot of businesses owners have discovered that TaskRabbit is also a great way to find on-demand virtual assistants, event staff and delivery drivers. Bakery shops and other boutique retailers often need extra help to handle holiday orders. But they don't have the time or resources to find qualified temporary workers."


http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2012/11/16/cash-smartphone-komando/1694555/

General Motors to hire 10,000 computer programmers in next 3 - 5 years:
- http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news...ing-10000-information-technology-workers?lite
- http://careers.gm.com/career-tracks/technical/information-technology.html
- auto makers also looking for engineers (60 - 120k, 5 - 8k signing bonus; video clip says Nissan looking for 50 - 60 engineers) http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000114536&play=1

Calling all 'codaholics': Automakers vie for tech talent


"The competition has already pushed up starting salaries for software engineers and forced recruiters to redouble their hiring efforts. There are five software and electrical engineering jobs for every college graduate in these fields, said Garth Motschenbacher, director of employer relations at Michigan State University in East Lansing.

Five years ago, auto engineers were willing to accept starting salaries between $50,000 and $45,000, said Matt LePage, lead technical recruiter for GTA Staffing, a Dearborn, Michigan-based firm focused on the auto industry.

Now, starting annual salaries can be two-thirds higher, ranging from between $65,000 and $75,000 or even higher, according to LePage and others including staffing firms and university officials.

"We do recognize that the cost of living is very different here than in the West Coast," said Felicia Fields, Ford's vice president of human resources. "So we're not trying to match that. We're paying competitively for this area, and that's where the vast majority of these jobs are."


http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/calling-codaholics-automakers-vie-tech-talent-110437002.html

Ford:
- http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130610/BIZ/306100093



Durr Auto Parts trying to lure back engineers with potential 120k salaries:
- http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1834541087001/engineering-facing-skills-shortage-in-hiring



Chatanooga, TN offering some sort of relocation incentives for teckies (programmers) willing to relocate there:
- http://finance.yahoo.com/news/calling-geeks-chattanooga-pays-techies-205635149.html
- http://thegigcity.com/geekmove


Volkswagen Academy (Chattanooga, TN apprenticeship):
- http://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-12-us-apprentices-graduate-170335492.html

GlassDoor.com:

- saw this link mentioned by another member on another thread
- provide employee reviews of various employers
- also seem to have some job listings based upon local area, too
- http://www.glassdoor.com

http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings/the-25-best-jobs

 

[mshan]

If you left the construction business during housing downturn, it is possible, in select new home builder markets, that they are looking for skilled labor again:

"The shortage is across the spectrum, but especially in need are framers, concrete workers, plumbers, roofers and painters."

http://www.cnbc.com/id/48926517
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000114263&play=1

Morningstar analyst Bob Johnson is also puzzled how new home builder can now be building 250,000 more homes (750,000 instead of 500,000, yet the official government monthly jobs report (BLS) hasn't of yet show builders hiring any new construction workers since nadir.

His latest commentary on nascent housing recovery and it's implication for more jobs is here:
http://www.morningstar.com/cover/videocenter.aspx?id=568200

Toll Brothers (luxury home builder):

- based upon comments I've seen on CNBC, they seem to be doing very well. For example, IIRC, CEO recently said they saw strength in all markets in which they build, and are actually seeing a shortage of construction workers in select markets. They seem to be doing well in corridor from Washington D. C. (NoVA suburbs) all the way up to Boston, in particular urban New York projects, which are apparently red hot.

- some job openings on their website, but construction ones seem mainly at level of project manager. Don't know if that means they don't need construction workers, or typically hire on very local level.

http://www.tollcareercenter.com/index.shtml

Hot Single Family Home Construction Markets:

http://realestateconsulting.com/content/LBMI-201210

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49476348 & http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000123781&play=1






If you are truly mobile and really need a job, there are probably job openings of all types in North Dakota (Bakken Shale oil and natural gas fracking region):

- video clip #1: http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000041194
- video clip #2: http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2011/10/27/pf_boomtown_oil_jobs.cnnmoney/
- as pointed out further down thread, housing is scarce, so rents have gone through the roof and the area also apparently has very frigid winters (IIRC, rent for generic apartment is $3000 or more per month when the CNBC original was on tv)
- http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/28/pf/north_dakota_jobs/index.htm?iid=EL

Katie Sargent, 03/28/2012 11:09 PM

"Oil field wife here, my husband works out of Williston, ND and has for several years. Everyone is concerned with housing but there are loop holes around that, like making sure that the company you apply for has housing available. The housing my husband is currently in is free. Don't move your family there, I stay in Oregon while my husband goes out to work there, his schedule is awesome now, 1 month on, 1 month off but it hasn't always been this way, used to work 3 weeks on 1 week off, stuff like that. Even if you move your family out there, working the hours the companies require you never see your family (we tried it when he first started in the oil field in Wyoming)...I stay in Oregon with my family. Not all families can do this but it works for us. We may spend 30 days apart but then we spend 24 hours a day for 30 days together & probably spend more time together than most married couples. As for the locals, if they have just as much of a chance getting those jobs as anyone else if they want to work that hard. Oil field work, no matter where is VERY VERY hard work, long hours, dirty, tiring ect. but if you want to make that kind of money, it is worth it! If you have mechanical sensibility, a good work ethic, don't do drugs, have enough of a brain to learn new things, you can get a job out there. Every company my husband has worked for has been very strict on drugs, driving records, back ground checks ect so we have not seen this flow of scary people moving up there."

Roustabouts and Roughnecks

"The labour crunch has already seen pay for a roustabout, the least skilled worker on a rig, nearly double in the past five years to $18-$20 an hour. A roughneck, a rank higher, earns about $27-$28, said Roberts, the U.S. rig manager.

"When the rousta gets a raise it doesn't just stop there," he said. "It goes all the way to the top."

A rig operates on 12-hour shifts and typically workers do 14 days and then rotate out for a break for another 14 days.

The schedule puts off many and with salaries in IT and other industries growing, an engineering graduate or technician has other options.

"Skilled labour is becoming difficult to find," said Scott Kerr, chief executive of Norwegian deepwater drilling company Sevan Drilling."

Off-Shore / Deep-Water Oil Rigs: http://news.yahoo.com/lonely-hard-oil-rigs-salaries-soaring-210944273--finance.html

Chesapeake Energy apparently doing some drilling around Canton, OH: http://www.cnbc.com/id/49468542

U. S. may soon become the world's top oil producer?: http://news.yahoo.com/us-may-soon-become-worlds-top-oil-producer-173753430--finance.html





Costco is supposed to treat their employees very well, and pay them fairly, too:
- http://www.costco.com/jobs.html
- The Costco Craze: http://www.hulu.com/watch/368405 (co-founder Jim Sinegal discusses his philosophy of treating employees well around 19 minute mark; video says wages were about $20 / hour; benefits including medical available to about 90% of their employees)

"You almost have to know someone who works there. That is how I was hired as a temp. They get stacks of applications every week. But, they try to promote from within, so you have to start at the bottom. The available jobs are posted in the break room, employees get first dibs at them. The only jobs that ever get past that, for outside people, are the lowest jobs. If there is a new Costco opening near you, you have a better chance of getting hired as an outsider. But, most of the positions are filled by people that already work at other stores and want to move up. So even at those stores, it is mostly the lower positions available."

"Most full time Costco employees "top- out" in 5 years. There are no raises except for cost-of-living after that. To make more money you have to be promoted into management.
So, Once you are there for 5 years, a forklift driver or a stock person will make the same hourly wage as everyone else that has reached the top of the scale. It doesn't matter if you are there for 5 or 20 years. At that point, the increase you see is in your 2 "extra checks" every year. At 5 years the extra checks are $2500 at 20 years they are $4000."

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2335191&page=4





** New York Times article about Negatives of Part-Time / Retailer type work: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/b...hift-for-american-workers.html?pagewanted=all **





Request for Social Security Number during application process:

"Employers are incredibly protective of their candidate databases; you will not have this issue when applying directly to a company. They're not out there trying to turn their recruiting department into a profit center by selling email lists. If you've had this issue, it'll have been from job search sites like Monster that are trying to monetize their business as much as possible.

OP, SSN is typically used to do background checks and, depending on the job, credit checks. It's not usually collected up front during the initial application but the retail industry is an exception to this. Because of the volume of candidates they handle and the drop-off rate that they get if they come back and ask for more info later, they'll usually try upfront to get everything they need to process you all the way through to hire.

Is there a risk? Eh, no more than average. If it's a paper application you're depending on the people handling it to treat it securely, and that's probably hit or miss. If it's an online application you're a little better off but you're still expecting the software provider and configuration choices of the employer to treat it securely, and honestly that can be hit or miss too. You're unlikely to know either way though, and it's an unavoidable piece of life and work at the present time."

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2339207

Walt Disney Company
- company seems to be doing really good business (raising prices at parks and still seeing tremendous number of customers still come to parks http://www.cnbc.com/id/48557316), so presumably they are hiring
- http://disneycareers.com/en/default/

"Disney owns the rights to some of the most famous characters ever created, including Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh. These characters and others are featured in several theme parks Disney owns or licenses around the world. Disney makes live-action and animated films under several labels and owns ABC, Disney Channel, and ESPN. Disney also owns a 42.5% stake in A&E, The History Channel, and Lifetime Networks. The company generates about 25% of its sales from outside the United States."

Jobs Without a Degree:

- video clip: http://www.todaysthv.com/news/article/228357/2/At-6-Jobs-available-that-dont-require-a-degree

"According to the Georgetown University study, an average salary for some of these jobs is $42,000 a year. Almost 40 percent of employers pay these workers above $50,000. Segraves says any salary depends on the company, job requirements and the employees' attitude and aptitude.

"It's not where you start off. It's where you end up...your success is determined by your work ethic...showing up for work, doing a good job, paying attention, those things determine what will make you a success in the long run," Segraves said.

Segraves reiterated a commonly-known fact: basic skills are essential for any job seeker, particularly computer skills.

While higher-level positions do require at least a four-year degree, Segraves says the vast majority of entry-level jobs do not."

- http://finance.yahoo.com/news/employers-looking-hire-143354275.html

- http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2012/05/31/15-great-jobs-that-dont-require-college-education/





Oil Fields instead of College (50k/yr+):

- http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/us/26montana.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&hp





Member Highland145 mentions union trainer in South Carolina that is looking for Welders:

"I have a customer that's a trainer at the union. They're paying $28/hr. Last time I talked to him, he said he could use 100 welders between Savannah River Site and Plant Vogtle. Hard to get them because other parts of the country are paying a lot more (he said $42/hr) and it's difficult work. Hot in the summer, cold in the winter, quality of work, etc.

So there is $$ in it."

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2277508

Skilled Factory Worker Apprenticeships: (Siemens and others in Charlotte, NC local area)

"Siemens is a diversified global manufacturer operating in three sectors: industry, energy, and health care. About 54% of revenue comes from the industrial segment, which features Siemens automation and drive technologies. In the energy segment, Siemens produces turbines used in a variety of power plant applications."

- http://www.npr.org/2012/07/26/157033600/bypassing-college-dreams-a-different-road-to-work

- http://www.bizjournals.com/charlott...06/17/a-big-investment-in-youth.html?page=all

- http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/23/gps-job-special-putting-america-to-work/

- http://apprenticeship2000.com/




100 Paid Manufacturing Interships (Chicago area; starting January?)
- http://www.nbr.com/videos/video/1910814444001#.UIG2DoYSHng
- From comments in this thread (http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2277728), Chicago appears to be high cost, high tax, and perhaps not best to live if you have lots of choices)




Modern Manufacturing Requires Manual Math Skills:

"During the recession, more than 2 million manufacturing employees lost work. Since then, just about half a million jobs have come back. You can do the math: that means at least 1.5 million people are still out of work.

But when you talk to employers, they say they can't find good people to hire. North American Tool Corp.'s Jim Hoyt has two openings right now for his northwest Illinois company, and he expects to continue hiring. But he often sees the same problem crop up during the application process.

"I'll write a few numbers down, mostly numbers with decimal points, because that's what we use in manufacturing, and have them add them or subtract them, or divide by two," Hoyt says. Job applicants often can't do the math.

Having basic math knowledge, especially of decimals, is important because of the precise inputs modern machines need. Like most manufacturers, North American Tool uses CNC, or computer numerical control, equipment. CNC machines make everything from the cutting tool parts North American Tool makes to automotive and medical equipment.

But calling these machines computerized is almost a misnomer because there are still plenty of manual calculations. And if you're off, even by a fraction, the equipment can crash.

Hoyt says a CNC crash usually happens because of a number that's typed in wrong or calculated incorrectly. "I'll hear a wreck in my office and pretty much the whole shop will get quiet," he says. Those crashes can cost tens of thousands of dollars in fixing the expensive CNC machines and lost productivity."


http://www.npr.org/2012/07/10/155837962/for-manufacturing-jobs-workers-brush-up-on-math

(Specific Chicago area training program mentioned in article: http://www.jane-addams.org/jarc-programs/list-of-jarc-programs/)

General Electric
- industrial conglomerate in many different industries
- 1800 plus job openings spread across many states in US
- http://jobs.gecareers.com/

"General Electric is a diversified manufacturer and is organized into four segments: technology infrastructure, energy infrastructure, home and business services, and capital services."

FYI Teachers: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/teachers-money-selling-materials-online-090533341.html

- http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
- http://www.sharemylesson.com/




Good Luck, everyone!

 

[Rumpltzer]

Microsoft is adding 1000 new jobs... in China.

Tech Radar also noticed a dozen adverts last month for people to work on the Surface tablet. http://www.techradar.com/news/mobil...-already-working-on-surface-2-tablets-1091358

 

[mmntech]

2) If you are truly mobile and really need a job, there are probably job openings of all types in North Dakota (Bakken Shale oil and natural gas fracking region): http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000041194

They're screaming for oil and gas workers for the Alberta Oilsands.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Maxim Integrated still has an engineering internship position open (in CA, I think)
I'm at the Dallas site, so not sure about the other sites / design centers.

 

[mshan]

delete (added to OP)

 

[shortylickens]

I been applying to Amazon for years. They keep ignoring me.
Not qualified for the others.
Thanks though.

 

[CPA]

1) If you left the construction business during housing downturn, it is possible, in select new home builder markets, that they are looking for skilled labor again:



2) If you are truly mobile and really need a job, there are probably job openings of all types in North Dakota (Bakken Shale oil and natural gas fracking region): http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000041194



3) Costco is supposed to treat their employees very well, and pay them fairly, too:
- http://www.costco.com/jobs.html
- The Costco Craze: http://www.hulu.com/watch/368405 (co-founder Jim Sinegal discusses his philosophy of treating employees well around 19 minute mark; video says wages were about $20 / hour + benefits, including medical)




4) Whole Foods Supermarkets
- don't know how well they pay and how good the working environment is; when they show up on business channel tv, the company always seems to be doing very well, so I am guessing they are probably hiring around the country
- http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/careers
- Supermarkets, Inc: http://www.hulu.com/watch/221947




Good Luck, everyone!

You better be able to kiss lots of ass if you want to work at Whole Foods. non-manager employees have a say in firing other employees.

 

[CountZero]

You better be able to kiss lots of ass if you want to work at Whole Foods. non-manager employees have a say in firing other employees.

Only when you start. You are basically on probation for X weeks (can't remember how long) and then the team members essentially vote. At the store I worked at I don't recall anyone on any team not getting voted on after the probation period. After that the other people don't get a say unless they are a supervisor or above.

 

[Svnla]

PSA: if you want to work in N. Dakota oil fields, be ready to shell out a lot of cash for housing and the extreme freezing winter (base on my own research).

 

[rh71]

They're screaming for oil and gas workers for the Alberta Oilsands.

get paid a lot but cost of living is high too. $400k and up when we were in Calgary for the new housing. Unless you want to live in old ranches. There's still the cost of just living with everyday expenses that are comparable to NY. And yeah the weather, though they keep saying they get chinooks!

 

[cabezoney]

Lots of jobs in North Dakota, that's true. I've looked into it quite a bit, and like Svnia said, the issue is housing and the weather. And, oil field jobs are brutal. But, there are all kinds of other jobs being created due to the boom...retail, restaurant, health care, you name it. Truck drivers are in big demand too, because they truck water to the frack site, and waste water away from it.

Here's a good resource for those interested...

http://www.bakkendispatch.com