Companies That Are Hiring

There is some good news. Companies that say they are hiring include:

• Wynn Resorts - With the construction of its new Las Vegas hotel, Encore, the company will hire about 5,500 new employees. They need everything from executive chefs to managers to card dealers. Wynn Resort's CEO, Steve Wynn, posted a video on his company's website encouraging people to apply, and there have been commercials about the hiring frenzy in the Last Vega area. If the application process is anything like Wynn's past hotels', the company expects to receive at least 50,000 applications.

• Infosys - The Bangalore, India-based tech firm plans to hire 31,000 new employees globally this fiscal year, a 35% increase in its workforce. (Compare that with the 22,567 new hires in 2007 and the 16,878 in 2006.) The company is hiring mostly IT personnel, and, to make it to the final round of interviews, applicants must take a logic test that can include analytical thinking, arithmetic, reasoning and written communication skills. Once hired, those brought on right after college go to a training center in Mysore, India, for a 14-week training program.

• Accenture - The international consulting, technology and outsourcing company plans to hire 60,000 new employees this fiscal year--that's a 34% increase in its staff. Those new hires are across the board, including positions in consulting, human resources and management. All new consultants go to one of three training centers (St. Charles, Ill., London and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) to learn how Accenture operates.

• Commerce Bank - (Now known as TD Commerce Bank since it was acquired by Toronto Dominion Bank)
  The bank hires between 6,000 and 7,000 new employees each year, adding 47% to its workforce. The hiring spree occurs mostly at the branch level because of turnover and the increasing number of bank branches. The company gets about 165,000 applicants for those jobs and whittles them down through a series of online questionnaires. Once hired, new employees are given a CD with important documents and forms that they can fill out at home so their first day isn't filled with bureaucracy. Most new hires spend their first day in an orientation that's filled with games meant to break the ice and introduce them to the company culture and their specific jobs.

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