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Companies hiring this week

The London 2012 Olympic Games are officially underway.

The website for the 2012 Games reveals some interesting facts about the Games and the people who helped make them happen:

  • The total workforce for the Olympics is around 200,000 people, including more than 6,000 staff, 70,000 volunteers and 100,000 contractors
  • More than 4,000 people who worked on the Olympic Park and Village were previously unemployed
  • 14 million meals will be served at the Games; the Olympic Village will serve 45,000 meals a day
  • 10,000 local workers are involved in the opening and closing ceremonies, ensuring both go off without a hitch

Let the excitement and energy of the Olympics, and all of the work that goes into the Games, motivate you in your job search. Here are 10 companies that are hiring this week:

1. CapTech Consulting
Industry: Information technology
Sample job titles: Java developer, IT project manager, business systems analyst, data warehouse architect, business objects architect, ETL database developer

2. Crescent Processing
Industry: Banking and financial
Sample job titles: Outside sales, account manager

3. Devereux Foundation
Industry: Behavioral health
Sample job titles: Development director, direct support professional, teacher’s assistant, residential counselor

4. Equifax
Industry: Credit risk assessment
Sample job titles: IT, sales, finance, engineering

5. GTA Professional Staffing 
Industry: Engineering staffing firm
Sample job titles: Design release engineer, engineering manager, Catia V5 designer

6. Progressive
Industry: Insurance
Sample job titles: Customer service representative, inbound sales representative

7. Riverside Research
Industry: Government defense
Sample job titles: Linux kernel developer, IT specialist, subcontract administrator, materials physicist

8. Sleepy’s
Industry: Bedding/mattress sales
Sample job titles: Distribution associate, sales associate, transportation manager, help desk technician

9. Suddenlink
Industry: Telecommunications
Sample job titles: Direct sales, broadband technician, customer service representative, engineer, information technology professional

10. WMS Gaming
Industry: Gaming
Sample job titles: Software engineer, artist, product engineer

Debra Auerbach

About Debra Auerbach

Debra Auerbach is a writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com and its job blog, The Work Buzz. She researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues. Born and raised in Minnesota (ya betcha!), she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (go Badgers!) with a journalism and mass communication degree and currently resides in Chicago. She despises cold weather, which is obvious given the places she’s chosen to live. When not working, Debra enjoys (reading Us Weekly and watching “The Real Housewives of [Insert City]”) spending quality time with her husband.
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