AOL Jobs, through its partnership with CareerBuilder.com, has listed out the top ten U.S. companies hiring this week from March 21 to March 27.
We know that your job search can get quite frustrating these days with more people trying to find a job and fewer employment opportunities available. To ease the burden, we've tracked down 10 top companies that are hiring this week -- from sales jobs to finance jobs, full-time jobs to part-time jobs. We hope you find a job that's perfect for you, the AOL Jobs Contributor said in a statement.
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The New York-headquartered Morgan Stanley is a worldwide leader in the financial services industry, with more than 60,000 employees and nearly $750 billion in assets under management. In addition to the investment management services they provide for both their individual as well as corporate clients, the company is also actively involved in the fields of investment banking, commodities trading, and commercial banking.Morgan Stanley's non-executive chairman of their Asian division, Stephen Roach, has stated that the recent Japanese earthquake could cause the Japanese economy to slip into another recession. Such fluctuations could have far-reaching effects, both for the world economy as a whole, and for Morgan Stanley, whose business is closely tied to global economic conditions.Morgan Stanley provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals worldwide. It operates in 3 segments: Institutional Securities, Global Wealth Management Group, and Asset Management."Your experience very much depends on which team you are in. I loved my team and I would not change my experience there. I worked hard but the senior management understood when I needed to take vacations and did not break my plans," according to the employee review report by Glassdoor.com.ReutersThe strong Australian dollar together with weak domestic demand, rising overseas competition and the increasing cost of raw materials pushed the manufacturing sector back into the red in March according to the latest Australian Industry Group - PwC Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI). The seasonally adjusted index fell 3.2 points to 47.9 bringing it below the 50 points level separating expansion from contraction.ReutersThe Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered EarthLink provides both dial-up and broadband services to medium and large-sized businesses, enterprise customers, as well as over 1.5 million residential customers across the United States. The company currently employs over 1,800 workers and provides Internet service to more than 1.5 million customers.The company operates in two segments, Consumer Services and Business Services. The company's Business Services division provides a full complement of voice, data, mobile and equipment services over a SONET fiber optic network in the Southeast, and MPLS-based services nationwide.The company's Consumer Services division offers narrowband access comprising premium dial-up Internet access and value dial-up Internet access; broadband access that provides high speed Internet connection using a modem across an existing home phone line or cable connection; voice-over-Internet protocol that offers voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, call forwarding, and E911 service under various plans; and value-added services that include products for protection, communication, and performance, such as security products, email, home networking, email storage, and Internet call waiting.EarthLink recently completed the first phase of a project to increase high-speed bandwidth across much of Tennessee. The project's three phases are being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The new network will provide several institutions, including education and health-care providers, with Internet service. Additionally, the network will allow smaller, regional ISPs to provide Internet service for their customers."The people themselves were great, made some good friends during my tenure there. The work schedule was flexible and the compensation package other than salary was great," according to the employee review report by Glassdoor.com.EarthLinkThe Boston, Massachusetts-headquartered Iron Mountain provides its records management services to various media in North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. The hard copies of the documents they store, take up an impressive 440 million cubic feet of space! And the company stores an equally impressive amount of hard-drive space, computer backup tapes, and servers.It offers records management, data protection and recovery, and information destruction services. The company also sells corrugated cardboard storage cartons; and provides consulting, facilities management, fulfillment, and other outsourcing services. It serves commercial, legal, banking, healthcare, accounting, insurance, entertainment, and government organizations.With corporate communications showing no signs of slowing down, the potential market for Iron Mountain's services continues to grow. The company was recently named, along with nine other companies, as a "strong performer" in the field of text message storage and recovery, by Forrester Research, Inc."Lots of great people work at the company from all kinds of disciplines and backgrounds," according to the employee review report by Glassdoor.com.Iron MountainThe company began in 1920, when then 19 year-old Adi Dassler began making shoes in his mother's washroom. Four years later, he convinced his brother Rudolf (who would go on to become the founder of Puma) to join the business.So began a wave of multiple innovations, including a German patent for short-distance running cleats, as well as the invention of the first air sole. Through a series of successful sponsorships of Olympic athletes, going back to 1928, the company began to grow in celebrity. Today the company is actively promoting their Global Brand Campaign, featuring celebrities such as David Beckham, Katy Perry, and rapper B.o.B.The heart of the adidas product line is athletic shoes, but the company's iconic three-stripe logo appears on apparel and other jock accoutrements. As the #2 maker of sporting goods worldwide behind NIKE, adidas has inked deals with football and basketball athletes, as well as the New York Yankees, and it serves golfers through its TaylorMade-adidas Golf.The company operates some 2,200 retail locations under the adidas and Reebok banners. adidas, which boasts the official match ball (named "Jabulani") for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, expanded its business and breadth when it bought Reebok for some $3.8 billion."The company has a cool factor, as well as access to samples and great gear. Portland is a great place to live and work. Most product managers and sales reps are great people," according to the employee review report by Glassdoor.com.ReutersNetflix users will have to wait for sometime before they can catch up its online streaming services. Users have been facing problems of accessing both the site and the company’s streaming services for quite some time.ReutersThe Chicago, Illinois-headquartered Hyatt Hotels engage in the management, franchising, ownership, and development of Hyatt-branded hotels, resorts, and residential and vacation ownership properties worldwide. The company was formerly known as Global Hyatt Corporation and changed its name to Hyatt Hotels Corporation in June 2009.Founded by Jay Pritzker in 1957 with the purchase of the Hyatt House motel, near Los Angeles International Airport, the company eventually went public in 1962. Now headquartered in Chicago, the company currently maintains hotel properties in 45 countries around the world.As of December 31, 2009, the company operated or franchised 223 full-service Hyatt-branded hotels consisting of 97,528 rooms in 45 countries worldwide; and 176 select-service Hyatt-branded hotels with 22,503 rooms in the United States and Canada. It also managed 15 vacation ownership properties and 10 residential properties.After being a closely held, family-owned company for decades, Hyatt made shares of their stock available to the public in 2009, with an IPO that raised roughly a billion dollars. Hyatt recently received a perfect score in the 2011 Corporate Equality Index, an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign, for their treatment of LGBT employees and customers."Nice company to start out in if you want to work in a corporate environment and learn the ropes," according to the employee review report by Glassdoor.com.ReutersKaplan Higher Education is the division of Kaplan Inc. that offers various degree programs, on campus and online, that prepare students for employment in fields including health care, business, criminal justice, fashion, design and graphic arts, information technology, and paralegal studies.In addition to technical and undergraduate degrees, Kaplan offers law degree programs through its online Concord Law School. Kaplan Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Co.The company recently announced that they would extend their Kaplan Commitment program, which allows students to enroll and attend classes before making a long-term financial commitment, to many of their graduate programs."The company is growing very quickly, so there is the ability to take on new responsibilities and roles if you have the interest. You really are helping some students, which is gratifying," according to the employee review report by Glassdoor.com.Kaplan Higher EducationThe Deerfield, Illinois-headquartered Walgreen engages in the operation of a chain of drugstores in the United States. The company's drugstores sell prescription and non-prescription drugs, and general merchandise. Its general merchandise comprises household products, convenience foods, and seasonal items, as well as personal care, beauty care, candy, and photofinishing products.Founder Charles Walgreen initially got his start working at Horton's Drugstore (for $4 a week) in Dixon, Ill. In 1897 he became a registered pharmacist and by 1901 was able to purchase the storefront that would become his first pharmacy. Walgreen used his skills as a pharmacist to manufacture certain drugs himself, thereby producing a high-quality product at prices lower than his competitors.As of December 17, 2010, it operated 7,650 drugstores in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The company also owns 37 strip shopping malls. Walgreens recently pledged $150,000 to the American Red Cross, to be used in disaster relief efforts, for areas affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan."The company has a good grasp of pharmacy and has some good systems back there. The pay is good for the work of the manager. It is a growing sector of health care and should see growth for some time," according to the employee review report by Glassdoor.com.ReutersThe Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-headquartered Comcast provides consumer entertainment, information, and communication products and services to the residential and commercial customers in the United States. It is one of the nation's leading providers of cable TV, Internet, and phone services.The company owns a majority stake in NBCUniversal, which operates the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks. The Comcast Corporation is the parent company of Comcast-Spectator, which owns both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Flyers. The company operates in two segments, Cable and Programming.The company recently announced the release of their Xfinity Signature Support service, which will provide 24x7 technical support to a wide range of products their customers use to connect to their services.As of December 31, 2009, Comcast served about 23.6 million video customers, 15.9 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.6 million phone customers, as well as about 50.6 million homes in 39 states and the District of Columbia."It's always nice to work for a leader in your industry, one who strives to keep their products relevant and cutting-edge. I had the latitude to be involved in a fairly wide variety of projects outside of my regular scope of work...," according to the employee review report by Glassdoor.com.Reuters
