Google Growing by 6,000+ Employees in 2011

Good news for folks recently laid off at MySpace or anyone looking for a tech job, Google is going on a hiring spree.

In their biggest acquisition of new talent ever, Google plans to hire even more people than it did in 2007 when 6,000 new employees joined their team. In 2011 they expect to entice even more professionals to join their ranks.

Google is headquartered in Mountain View, California and ranked No. 4 on the list recently released by Fortune of the "Best Companies to Work For." Their perks include everything from standard benefits to free food, fitness and even a laundry service. Creative thinkers can expand their minds in break rooms that have beanbag chair and foosball tables. Last year employees were given a sweeping 10% pay hike and many of them took advantage of the employee referral bonus offered.

Now, with the launch of Android, Chrome and other products the company is on the rise and the profits are pouring in at 29% over last year’s numbers. Google wants to keep the momentum going. The best way is to generate new ideas and new projects and they can do that through creating new jobs. As in totally new jobs that people probably don’t have experience for because the products they will produce have never existed before.

Google Voice, an all-Web PC operating system and robot cars are all in Google’s current project queue with many more coming. Each new idea they have is assigned a team and treated like a start up with in the larger company set up. Initially, the teams typically consist on average of 3.5 software engineers which Google finds beneficial for both productivity and employee retention.

So what is it exactly Google is looking for in their applicants? Vice president of engineering and research, Alan Eustace, said in the company's blog, "We're looking for top talent -- across the board and around the globe -- and we'll hire as many smart, creative people as we can to tackle some of the toughest challenges in computer science."

Passion, creativity, and problem solving are the most desirable skills someone can bring to the table right now. They are looking for out of the box free thinkers who want to revolutionize the world as we know it with their innovative concepts, the skills to put it together, and the determination to see the project past launch and beyond.

By Heather Fairchild - Heather is a multimedia developer with experience in web, film, photography and animation as well as traditional fine arts like painting and sculpting. In addition to writing for TechCareersBlog.com, she is co-founder of design and promotion company, Creative Kazoo with fellow Nexxt blogger, Staci Dennis. Heather’s spare time consists of making puppets, teaching Sunday School, building Legos and doing science experiments with her children.