Part of the WTIA’s mission is to grow a strong and sustainable workforce, which means we’re passionate about keeping local talent plugged into our state’s technology industry. In addition to our job board, every Wednesday we’ll be keeping you connected to Washington’s job market with the latest in local hiring news.
Top 10 Career Stories of 2015
CIO | Sharon Florentine | Dec. 30
http://www.cio.com/article/3017769/careers-staffing/top-10-career-stories-of-2015.html
“2015 was another great year for IT professionals thanks to low unemployment rates, more hiring and increased wages. For CIO readers, training, education, professional development, certifications and corporate culture topped the list of things that mattered most.”
View the 10 most popular IT careers stories of 2015 here
Apps That Conduct a ‘Stealth’ Job Search for You
The Seattle Times | Randy Woods | Dec. 30
http://www.seattletimes.com/nwshowcase/careers/apps-that-conduct-a-stealth-job-search-for-you/
“Mobile apps like Anthology, Caliber, Jobr and Switch can help job-seekers quickly match their skills with available job openings and introduce them to recruiters — all without alerting their employers or competitors that they are considering a career move.”
10 Best Tech Companies to Work for in 2016
Information Week | Dawn Kawamoto | Dec. 30
http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/10-best-tech-companies-to-work-for-in-2016/d/d-id/1323541
“Google slipped off its perch as the No. 1 place to work on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list, unseated by an Internet travel company. Here’s a look at 10 top tech companies where you may want to hang your hat in the new year.”
View Glassdoor’s 10 best tech companies to work for here
Lyft on Pace to Hire 80 for Seattle Office in 2016; Company Names Most Popular Destinations
GeekWire | Taylor Soper | Dec. 29
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/lyft-pace-hire-80-seattle-office-2016/
“Todd Kelsay, general manager for Lyft’s Seattle office, told GeekWire that the ride-hailing company is set to move into a permanent 11,200 square-foot engineering center at the National Building in Pioneer Square this March…In Seattle, the company will have employees working on DevOps, systems engineering, developer productivity, dispatch technology, and more. The office will also be home for Lyft’s local operations and marketing team, while providing a place for Lyft drivers to ask questions or pick up materials they may need.”
Latest Job Postings at Lyft
Human Inc. Raises $700K to Change How We Experience Sound, Use Headphones
GeekWire | Taylor Soper | Dec. 22
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/human-inc-raises-700k-change-experience-sound-use-headphones/
“Benjamin Willis and Joe Dieter want to change the way we listen to audio. The Seattle-based entrepreneurs recently raised $700,000 for their new company, Human Inc., which employs 15 inside the old Rainier Brewery building just south of downtown Seattle… The company plans on launching a crowdfunding campaign for its first product next summer and will bring on an additional 15 employees early next year.”
Latest Job Postings Pending for Human Inc.
Biotech Spinoff Will Yield New Cancer Company Here
Seattle Times | Rami Grunbaum | Dec. 22
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/biotech-spin-off-will-yield-new-cancer-company-here/
“Next year Seattle will have a new publicly traded biotechnology company with four products on the market — a lot more than most local biotechs can claim…Aptevo Therapeutics, to be spun off in mid-2016 by Maryland-based Emergent Biosolutions, has a product candidate for prostate cancer in Phase 1 clinical trials. Trubion’s technology lies at Aptevo’s core, but that was ‘two generations ago in its design,’ said Daniel Abdun-Nabi, Emergent’s president and CEO…Aptevo will have 70 to 90 Seattle employees focused on research and development, he said.”
Winging It — 175-Foot-Long Robots Being Readied for Boeing 777X Work
Puget Sound Business Journal | Steve Wilhelm | Dec. 21
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/12/winging-it-175-foot-long-robots-being-readied-for.html
“Electroimpact Inc. has 100 people working on the Automated Fiber Placement tools and three other kinds of giant, highly sophisticated assembly machines for the new Boeing jetliner. Electroimpact Inc. is doing much of this work in a 30,000-square-foot building finished in November, said Ben Hempstead, Electroimpact chief of staff…Partly in response to all this growth, Electroimpact will early next year start work on another 41,000-square-foot building, Hempstead said. The company employs 745, and is adding a few people each week, Hempstead said.”
Latest Local Job Postings From Electroimpact
Spanish Aerospace Tech Champion Puts Down Puget Sound Roots
The Seattle Times | Dominic Gates | Dec. 18
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/spanish-aerospace-tech-champion-puts-down-puget-sound-roots/
“Spanish tooling company MTorres, which specializes in innovative automation technology, has bought 15 acres adjacent to Boeing’s widebody-jet plant in Everett, where it will invest $15 million to consolidate its operations in a new engineering and fabrication facility…Since buying Pacifica in 2012, MTorres has doubled the workforce it inherited to about 115 people today. With the new facility, management plans to add 60 additional people, mainly young engineers. Iñaki Elia, general manager of MTorres America, said the company tries to attract and keep talent by offering high-end jobs where engineers not only design such tools, but also integrate the electronic and mechanical systems, then install the tools at the manufacturer and get them up and running.”
Latest Career Information for MTorres
WeWork to Open Third Location in Seattle with Room for 600 New Members
GeekWire | Taylor Soper | Dec. 17
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/wework-opens-third-location-seattle-room-600-new-members/
“The six-year-old New York-based company, which manages 53 co-working spaces in 19 cities worldwide, is opening its third location in Seattle this coming February. WeWork will take over the 10th and 11th floors of the Westlake Tower in downtown Seattle, where it will have 32,000 square-feet of space with room for 600 new members.”
Expedia Details Major Expansion Plans for Seattle Waterfront Campus
Puget Sound Business Journal | Marc Stiles | Dec. 17
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/12/expedia-details-major-expansion-plans-for
seattle.html
“Expedia plans to expand its future headquarters on the Seattle waterfront, and first up is a new, 546,000-square-foot office building and new parking facilities that will add 1,441 stalls to the campus. The size of the new office building is roughly the same as a typical 40-story tower, but the Expedia building will be only four stories tall with expansive floor plates. Expedia says that 4,500 employees will work at the new campus when it opens in 2019, up from the 3,000 that work at the current headquarters.”
Latest Job Postings at Expedia
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