Google Plans to Hire More than 6200 Employees This Year

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

This year has brought the biggest opportunities for the tech guys. The biggest Search Engine – Google has planned to hire more than 6, 200 employees this year.

An online news portal about business and economy - economictimes.indiatimes.com, writes about it, “Google executives have consistently brushed aside those concerns, saying that the company needs to aggressively recruit the smartest computer engineers and most persuasive sales representatives to maintain its lead in online search and advertising, as well as to diversify into other services in computing, telecommunications and the media.

The company outlined its hiring plans Tuesday with The Associated Press without providing many specifics beyond its pledge to hire more people than it did in 2007 when it added 6,131 workers. Google hired nearly 4,600 people last year to end 2010 with 24,400 employees. Based on its hiring commitment, Google's work force will increase by at least 25 percent this year.

Analysts polled by FactSet expect Google's net revenue to increase 22 percent this year.

Google wouldn't say how many of the new jobs will be based in the United States, where most of its current workers are located. In a speech Tuesday, Schmidt said Google will hire more than 1,000 workers in Europe this year. All told, Google has more than 60 offices in 30 countries.”

Further it writes, “Managing a company with the population of a small city will pose another challenge for Google co-founder Larry Page as he prepares to take over as the company's CEO April 4 in a shake-up that will reassign Schmidt to executive chairman. In that role, Schmidt will focus on meeting with government officials, business partners and potential takeover targets while Page runs the company.

Page, 37, served as CEO in Google's early days when the company was far smaller. Google had fewer than 300 employees when Schmidt replaced Page as CEO a decade ago.

Google has become a coveted place to work, largely because Page and fellow co-founder Sergey Brin have always insisted on making the company's offices seem like a home away from home in an effort to make people more productive. All meals, snacks and drinks are free at Google, and employees can commute on free shuttles equipped with Internet access to San Francisco and other cities located within a 50-mile (80-kilometer) radius of the company's Mountain View, California, headquarters.”

Hiring in Google more than 6,200 employees this year is the biggest event like hiring in TCS of 37,000 professionals.

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