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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg announced this morning that it is planning a larger than expected "hiring surge" for the upcoming holiday shopping season. Newegg did not say how many people it intends to hire for its seasonal positions, and how many permanent staff it is hoping to add.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Chandler, Arizona-based Zovio , a provider of education technology services, says it plans to boost hiring in San Diego, as well as in Chandler, Arizona and Denver, Colorado, as a result of soaring unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it provides personalized learning products for higher education institutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. He comments that in spite of the digital revolution, the hiring process hasn’t changed from its low priority, last minute, subjective roots.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 24, 2022

A number of tech companies have made the headlines this week for hiring new members of staff, only to rescind such offers before they start. Along with rescinded job offers, swathes of other tech companies have taken similar measures to cut costs, including pausing hiring and laying off staff. Sign up for Tech.co's newsletter today.

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Berkonomics

MAY 3, 2018

Many executives and managers have made the mistake of using the financial and sales forecast to plan and execute hiring of new employees – so that they could be trained and up to speed when the demand arrives. Although hiring early does add to overhead by bringing employees aboard before they.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Irvine-based outsource customer support and experience services provider Alorica claims it plans to hire more than 33,000 people, saying it has added more than 20 new clients in the first half of the year. The company already has operations in 14 countries, employing 100,000 providing customer experience services to brands.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Even as the global pandemic has thrown growth plans into question, apparently, at least one Los Angeles company is ramping up its hiring: Jam City. According to a report, the LA mobile games developer has "dozens of positions" open at the company.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Many of us go through the motions of hiring to fill a position, trying to use our intuition and skills to find the best candidate for the job. And over the years, we students of business success have learned that there is a science to the hiring process that continues through the life of an employee’s tenure with the company.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Amazon is in a major expansion in Santa Barbara, with plans to hire as many as 300 people in a new, three story downtown location, all working as part of the Amazon Alexa team.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

We carefully vet the potential hire for experience required. Ninety days or longer later, if that person is terminated by management, it often is for actions resulting from the person’s relationship with others in the organization more often than failure to perform the specific task for which the person was hired.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2018

CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity software developer which has major operations in Irvine, has hired an IPO banker and is eyeing an IPO before the end of the year, according to a report from Reuters. According to the report, CrowdStrike has hired Goldman Sachs to run its IPO process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2020

Business success is all about having the best team, yet the average entrepreneur has little prior experience with hiring people and building top-notch teams. Hiring requirements must be anticipated and implemented with the same precision and tracking as manufacturing volumes, sales leads, and customer service.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2020

The problem is that a visible hire that “cuts” the competitor makes the competitor’s management bleed. To protect yourself, first it is important that the target new hire either have already quit the job from the competitor, or has approached his or her senior manager with a request to exit and work for your company.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Consultants are good in that you can sample their work with short projects, change to other consultants quickly, and stop using them when a project is completed. I have a partner in a consulting practice that specializes in the travel industry.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Members hire Associations, Members fire Associations is what the new mantra will be for Association Executives in 2018. Members Hire Associations, Members Fire Associations. Will not be hired by your prospective members. In 2018 the new mantra will be: Members hire Associations, Members fire Associations.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Silicon Valley technology hiring site Hired said this morning that it is rolling out its services in Los Angeles, looking to capitalize on the area''s growing startup community. hired angeles recruiting technology engineering posting' The startup is based in San Francisco READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In a move which likely reflects issues with with the streaming content market,

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socalTECH

JUNE 3, 2014

Agoura Hills-based TouchCommerce , which helps provide brands with online software and services for helping better connect with their customers and potential customers, said today that it is planning growth and hiring at a new headquarters in Agoura Hills. The company did not say how many people it hopes to hire at the new location.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Pasadena startup CarbonCapture Inc. secured $35 million in Series A financing and named veteran cleantech industry executive Adrian Corless chief executive.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Los Angeles-based SGN (Social Gaming Network), the mobile games startup headed by Chris DeWolfe, the co-founder of MySpace, said Thursday that it is launching an "aggressive" hiring program. hiring jobs employment videogame content game social mobile zynga' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 19, 2017

Los Angeles-based infrastructure developer AECOM says it is in a big hiring push, and is hoping to fill 3,000 jobs across North America over the next six months.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 13, 2018

Thursday, April 19, 2018 -- HR101: Hiring, Onboarding, and Paying Employees. The SCORE/Paychex seminar, HR101: Hiring, Onboarding, and Paying Employees, helps entrepreneurs select and develop productive and engaged employees. See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Silicon Valley-based payment technology provider Yapstone has big hiring plans in Los Angeles, with plans to double the size of the company''s office from 35 to 70 people in the next year. According to the company, it is hiring across marketing, sales, engineering, and product. YapStone was founded in Santa Monica in 1999. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Apple is planning to hire 1200 employees in San Diego, in a major expansion of the company's presence in the area. Apple had announced a plan to expand hiring in both San Diego, as well as Culver City, in November of 2018.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

On Tuesday, Haptik announced it has acqui-hired Convrg, a Los Angeles-based startup that develops chatbots, to serve customers in North America. Convrg recently hired Timothy Carey, an industry veteran, who now serves as Haptik’s General Manager for the region.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 27, 2020

” The company has already been staffing up with key c-suite hires including a chief product officer, a chief revenue officer and vice presidents of marketing and sales. Some of the money will support Replicated’s continued hiring push, while another chunk will go into product development.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 15, 2015

New hires can shore up the weak areas of a business in ways existing employees cannot, if hiring is done to fill true needs. Slow down and take more care in the hiring process. Hiring is one of your most important duties, a way to increase the quality and productivity of your company’s staff.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Residential solar installer Sunrun said this morning that it is planning a major hiring and expansion drive, with the hiring of 800 additional employees and the opening of ten new offices--many of them in Southern California. cleantech hiring installation lease solar sunrun' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile gaming developer Jam City is announcing this morning that it has hired two executives to the firm, including the former CEO of Linden Lab, the creator of the Second Life virtual world. The company appears to be in the midst of a major hiring surge, saying it has hired more than 130 employees since June.

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Berkonomics

JULY 18, 2019

By carefully recognizing and focusing upon the very core of the business, these CEO’s are allocating their scarce cash resources to hire the best talent they can find to support that core business, and then reaching out to partners, independent contractors, and other small businesses to provide all other functions.

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APRIL 23, 2018

Simi Valley-based Xavient Digital , a provider of IT solutions and software services, said it is in a major hiring push in the region, and plans to hire 250 people in the next few months in Los Angeles, San Diego, as well as other locations across the US.

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JULY 11, 2019

Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter company Bird is in an expansion in Europe, and has opened up an office in Paris, with plans to hire up to 1,000 people in the city, according to the company. Bird said it hopes to hire those thousand employees in the next two years.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

in a Series C funding round, which it said partially go to expanding hiring at its San Diego offices, the company announced on Wednesday. Health IQ plans to use the funding to fuel hiring in its Mountain View and San Diego offices, continue product development and accelerate customer growth, according to the company.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2021

Los Angeles-based online electronic retailer Newegg said on Friday that it is looking to take advantage of the recent closure of Fry's Electronics, to both hire and place workers from the now defunct electronics chain.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Santa Monica-based Tongal , the crowdsourced, marketing and advertising content firm led by Rob Salvatore, has been ramping up hiring, saying today that it has added a significant number of people this month--including three executives to its senior leadership team.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 23, 2017

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 -- Navigating the Modern Hiring Process. This event will provide you with the tools and resources to get through the modern hiring process and learn more about the questions and tests that developers and engineers get these days.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2013

The United Talent Agency is ramping up its outreach to early stage, digital media companies, with a new hire from the Los Angeles technology industry.

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