Verizon Communication a leader in delivering broadband and wireline and wireless communication innovations has 1,288 open jobs to fill listed on their website as of today.  The company headquartered in New York generated $88 billion in revenue last year from 63.7M customers.  Its diverse workforce of nearly 242,000 people continues to grow as the company generates innovative products that allow them to expand their market share and grow their presence into new markets.  In 2006, people of color made up approximately 45% of the company’s workforce and 38% of the management team.

The company has won the following employer awards:

• Business Week named Verizon “One of the Best Places to Launch a Career”
• Working Mother named Verizon ” 100 Best Companies”
• Black Enterprise named Verizon as one of the “40 Best Companies for Diversity”
• Latina Style named Verizon as one of the country’s top 50 employers for Hispanic Women

Sampling of the open jobs as of January 22, 2008:

1. Account Manager/Senior Account Manager
2. Accounting
3. Accounting Manager
4. Administrative Assistant
5. Apprentice Telecom Technician
6. Application Developer
7. Assistant General Counsel
8. Audit
9. Avaya Technical Specialist
10. Benefits Specialist
11. Billing Analyst
12. Business Solutions Consultant
13. Business Analyst
14. Call Center Manager
15. Channel Manager
16. Cisco Network Engineer
17. Client Account Manager 
18. Client Executive
19. Client Service Manager
20. Conference Coordinator
21. Conference Sales Manager
22. Contracts Attorney
23. Corporate Account Manager
24. CPE Sales
25. CPE Specialist
26. Director, Real Estate
27. Director, Sales
28. Director, Security
29. Employee Communications
30. Engineers ( IP, LAN, International, Network)
31. Executive Assistant
32. External Affairs
33. Facility and Construction Engineer
34. Federal Sales Director
35. Financial Analyst
36. Government Sales
37. Health and Wellness Coordinator
38. Help Desk Analyst
39. Implementation Manager
40. Incident Problem Manager 
41. Inside Account Manager
42. Installation Technician
43. Interns, Student
44. Manager, Business Operations Support
45. Manager, Product Management
46. Manager, Sourcing (Purchasing) 
47. Manager, Tax
48. Marketing
49. Marketing Communications
50. Network Administrator
51. Pricing Analyst 
52. Project Managers
53. Product Development Managers
54. Program Managers
55. Relay Operators
56. Regional Sales Manager
57. Sales Engineer 
58. Sales Managers
59. Sales Support
60. Security Analyst
61. Security Engineer
62. Telecom Technician

The Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit located in Washington, D.C., expects that about one-third of the federal government’s 2 million workers will retire or leave public service within five years.

This pilot program will start with the U.S. Department of Treasury which expects to have 14,000 key jobs open in the next two years.  About half are with the Internal Revenue Services. 

IBM Corp is pairing with the Partnership for Public Service to form an initiative to transition experienced employees to move onto new jobs with the federal government.  The pilot program will begin in July  and will focus on IBM retirees and employees nearing retirement.

Orlando City Council voted on Monday to create 2 new jobs targeted at reducing gang activity in the city.  One new employee with work with the Orlando Police Department and the other would work for the City’s Department of Families, Parks and Recreation.  Once hired, the two new employees would work primarily with middle and high school students

W.W. Grainger a diversified wholesaler headquartered in Lake Forest, IL has 296 open positions posted on their website.  Grainger is a Fortune 500 company with $5.9B in annual sales and over 17,000 employees.  The company is a perennial member of Fortune Magazine’s Most Admired Companies list. 

Additional best employer awards earned by W.W. Grainger are:

1. No. 6   - The 50 Best Companies to Sell For - Selling Power
2. No 16. - The Top 25 Military Friendly Employers - G.I. Jobs Magazine
3. Top 25 Companies to Work For in Chicago - Chicago Magazine
4. No. 78 - The 100 Best Companies to Work for in IT - IT Magazine
5. 100 Best Corporate Citizen of 2007

The company had a record breaking year in 2007 and celebrated their success at their annual National Sales and Service Meeting held in Orlando, FL last week.  The event hosted thousands of Grainger employees from its service and sales areas.  The celebration include an inspirational talk from Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe, comedians,the Bethune Cookman College marching band, visits by celebrity guests William” The Refrigerator” Perry and NASCAR’s Matt Kenseth and rounding the celebration off by closing Disney’s Magic Kingdom for an evening of just Grainger employees.  This company knows how to work and play hard.

 Here are areas within the Grainger with open jobs as of 1/14/08:

1. Accounting (3)
2. Clerical/Administrative (2)
3. Civil Service/Government (1)
4. Communications (2)
5. Computer (1)
6. Customer Service (83)
7. Engineering (2)
8. Finance (18)
9. Financial Services (3)
10. Human Resources (5)
11. Internet/New Media (2)
12. Management (13)
13. Marketing (7)
14. Publishing (2)
15. Purchasing (7)
16. Real Estate (1)
17. Retail/Merchandising (1)
18. Sales (93)
19. Technology (8)
20. Training (1)
21. Warehouse (43)