Looking For A Job? RIM’s Stocking Up On Engineers And Product Developers

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Looking For A Job? RIM’s Stocking Up On Engineers And Product Developers

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion isn’t content letting Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) cut into its global cellphone market share. The Canadian-based firm is looking to hire more than 1,250 new employees, the Financial Post reports. Most of the positions are available at the company’s headquarters, and are in the areas of product development and research and development. RIM (NSDQ: RIMM), which has around 10,000 employees today, says it is still in a growth stage, even though it has been steadily hiring for awhile. It’s no secret why: the company has launched four new devices in just as many months, which is unheard of for the company in the past. An anonymous insider told the newspaper: “For the past three or four years, RIM has done the same thing companies like Nokia (NYSE: NOK) are doing now with a fraction of the workforce… Right now, for every engineer who is promoted, RIM is hiring two or three to replace them.” Apparently, the company hasn’t yet started to feel the pressure from the economic downturn.

Matt Kapko Dec 11, 2008 7:04 PM ET

Posted In: Companies, Apple, Nokia, RIM

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berhe daniel

i was a one of the worker in rim for the past of 4 months,to day i spent all my time for looking other job evry where after i get a call from my agency spherion i have no more work in rim ,that is pain i love my work in rim i extremely proud and excited about the talent and the progress of my ex company i wish all my best to RIM to lead the market of the wire less in the world at any time im ready to come back to my production if i get second chance.
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Tom Jones

I live in the Waterloo Region for over 20 years. I have been watching the growth of Research in Motion closely since 1984. Recently the RIM stock keep going up while other stocks are coming down. I am extremely proud and excited about the talent and skills we have in the Waterloo Region. Way to go RIM!

Sam Nichols

its good to see major companies is still willing to hire and recuirt new employees during the global melt down, its a sign that the economic still needs skilled people to increase the growth of economic.