Tip: Citigroup to Hire More than 1,000 Veterans
Atten-shun! After hiring nearly 700 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans last year, Citigroup plans to hire more than 1,000 of them in 2012. So far it's added 300 in January and February. The firm will hire for operations, technology, retail businesses and institutional businesses like investment banking. It will also tailor the recruitment process to the individual's ship-out/leave schedule.
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Tip: PwC to Hire Bean Counters
As part of its plans to hire around 40,000 per year for the next few years, PricewaterhouseCoopers will hire 400 employees in North Texas over the next 12 months. Most of the hires will be based in Dallas, where there are currently 1,400 employees. The rest will stay in Fort Worth, along with 100 other employees. PwC told FINS earlier this year the company wants to hire accountants who can help clients navigate new regulatory issues.
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Tip: J.P. Morgan Feels the Brotherly Love
J.P. Morgan is opening a Philadelphia office of its financial advising arm and hiring around a dozen advisers over the next two years for the effort. The firm ended last year with 439 advisers and plans to bring on 1,000 in total over time. The adviser unit trades stocks and bonds on commission and doesn't have any wealth minimum requirement, unlike the lender's private banking unit which takes families with at least $25 million in investable assets.
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