24 Companies Still Hiring During COVID-19
[Last updated on August 27, 2020]
With unemployment and job-security-related anxiety on the rise, it's only natural to feel concerned about landing a new job in the current climate. But COVID-19 hasn't impacted all companies equally.
Whether you've recently been laid off or have been looking for a new job for a while, here are 24 companies that are still hiring:
Microsoft
"We believe that more diverse teams create greater innovations with more diverse approaches, questions and ideas. With this belief in mind, we strive to be a leader in attracting women to careers in high tech. Inside the company, and in partnership with others, Microsoft is involved in a wide range of programs aimed at trying to attract, recruit, retain, and develop women from around the world in the field of computer technology."
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
"It's an exciting time to work at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Health care is changing, and we're leading the way. We offer more than health insurance our customers can count on. We're committed to better health and better health care − in our communities and beyond. Our employees bring energy and creativity to the workplace, and it shows in our innovative approach to improving the health and well-being of North Carolinians."
T. Rowe Price
"T. Rowe Price takes a long-term view on associates and their careers. For over 80 years, we have invested in our associates and as a result, each will find growth opportunities through personal and online training, management development programs, and career development opportunities. Our individualized approach equips, motivates and guides associates through different disciplines according to business needs and their interests and skill sets."
Freddie Mac
"Freddie Mac makes home possible for millions of families and individuals by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Since our creation by Congress in 1970, we've made housing more accessible and affordable for homebuyers and renters in communities nationwide. We are building a better housing finance system for homebuyers, renters, lenders and taxpayers."
Raytheon Technologies
"Our world-class workforce drives our competitive advantage. Raytheon stands out by offering far-ranging and industry-leading opportunities to do noble work that helps make the world a safer place.
We work every day to foster an inclusive and culturally competent workplace that embraces all our differences as opportunities to expand global growth, build competitive advantage and drive collaboration."
Surescripts
"Surescripts was founded in 2001 when the pharmacy industry and other collaborators set out to replace paper prescriptions with electronic. Today, we're the nation's largest health information network, connecting pharmacies, care providers, benefit managers and technology partners to get the right information to the right place at the right time. We offer industry-leading solutions that digitize manual workflows and use our unparalleled breadth of data to vastly improve healthcare connectivity, patient safety and provider efficiency."
Trail of Bits
"Trail of Bits helps secure the world's most targeted organizations and products. We combine high-end security research with a real-world attacker mentality to reduce risk and fortify code. We take on difficult security challenges by designing and building new technology, researching new techniques, and reviewing the security of new tech products. To learn more, check out our blog.
Our employees are our most valuable asset and we do our best to treat them that way. We believe in flexible scheduling, generous benefits, and ample opportunities for growth and experimentation within the field."
New Relic
"New Relic is the industry's largest and most comprehensive cloud-based instrumentation platform built to create more perfect software. The world's best software and DevOps teams rely on New Relic to move faster, make better decisions and create best-in-class digital experiences. If you run software, you need to run New Relic. We're proudly trusted by more than 50% of the Fortune 100."
Snap Inc.
"Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. We contribute to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together."
CircleCI
"CircleCI is the world's largest shared continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform, and the central hub where the world's code moves from idea to delivery. CircleCI is a globally distributed company, operating 24/7 to serve our global customer base."
"Founded in 2004, Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Over 2 billion people use Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Messenger every month to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what's going on in the world, and to share and express what matters to them"
Shogun
"We are: Shogun, a powerful page builder and AB testing platform for eCommerce stores. We were in the Winter 2018 batch of Y-Combinator, and we have over 10,000 active paying clients!
Flatiron Health, Inc.
"Flatiron Health is a healthcare technology and services company focused on accelerating cancer research and improving patient care. Our platform enables cancer researchers and care providers to learn from the experience of every patient. Currently, Flatiron partners with over 265 community cancer clinics, five major academic research centers and 13 out of the top 14 therapeutic oncology companies. Flatiron is backed by Google Ventures, First Round Capital, Roche and others."
Smartsheet Inc.
"In 2005, Smartsheet was founded on the idea that teams and millions of people worldwide deserve a better way to deliver their very best work. Today, the company delivers a leading cloud-based platform for work execution, empowering organizations to plan, capture, track, automate, and report on work at scale, resulting in more efficient processes and better business outcomes."
SoundCloud Inc.
"SoundCloud is the world's largest open audio platform, powered by a connected community of creators, listeners, and curators on the pulse of what's new, now and next in culture.
Founded in 2007, SoundCloud empowers the world's audio creators with the best tools, services, and resources to build and grow their careers. With over 200 million tracks from 20 million creators heard in 190 countries, what's next in music is first on SoundCloud."
Sentropy Technologies
"At Sentropy, our mission is to make the internet safer. We're reimagining how communities of any size can use technology to protect and improve the experiences of their users. Powered by cutting-edge machine learning technology and guided by our experience fighting fraud, terrorism, and human trafficking, Sentropy's platform allows digital communities to gain quick access to data and intelligence that can enable proactive abuse detection and power content discovery to drive deeper user engagement."
MongoDB
"MongoDB is the leading modern, general purpose database platform, designed to unleash the power of software and data for developers and the applications they build. Headquartered in New York, with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, we are close to where you do business. MongoDB has more than 13,000 customers in more than 100 countries. The MongoDB database platform has been downloaded over 70 million times and there have been more than 1 million MongoDB University registrations."
Teachers Pay Teachers
"Teachers Pay Teachers is the world's most popular online marketplace for original educational resources. More than 3 out of 4 U.S. teachers come to TpT to access over 4 million resources for all aspects of PreK-12 education. What began as a humble exchange for teachers looking to share lesson plans is now an education powerhouse serving 6 million teachers worldwide."
PagerDuty
"At PagerDuty, we believe that people do their best in a culture that fosters inclusion, innovation, and success. Our values - Champion the Customer, Take the Lead, Run Together, Ack + Own and Bring Yourself - serve as the foundation of our collaborative and dynamic culture. Whether it's conducting a retrospective, participating in our monthly Hackdays, cranking out a new product feature, supporting our two PagerDuty bands, or doing our day to day work, Dutonians live and breathe these five values every day. Together, we solve real customer issues and fulfill our mission of connecting teams to real-time opportunities and elevate work to the outcomes that matter."
Slack
"Slack has transformed business communication. It's the leading channel-based messaging platform, used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. Only Slack offers a secure, enterprise-grade environment that can scale with the largest companies in the world. It is a new layer of the business technology stack where people can work together more effectively, connect all their other software tools and services, and find the information they need to do their best work. Slack is where work happens."
Rockstar Games
"Rockstar Games is a developer and publisher of some of the most recognizable interactive entertainment properties in the world. With a commitment to progressive and innovative game design, the highest production values and complex storytelling, Rockstar Games produces critically acclaimed video games for an audience with broad and diverse interests."
S&P Global
"S&P Global provides essential intelligence for companies, governments and individuals to make decisions with conviction. Our legacy is built on an unwavering ability to deliver data and insights that are vital to the world's economy."
Zynga
"Zynga is a global leader in interactive entertainment with a mission to connect the world through games. To date, more than one billion people have played Zynga's franchises including CSR Racing™, Empires & Puzzles™, Merge Dragons!™, Words With Friends™ and Zynga Poker™. Zynga's games are available in more than 150 countries and are playable across social platforms and mobile devices worldwide."
ActZero.ai
"At ActZero, our mission is simple: Stop cyber threats, protect the world.
We are developing the most effective, managed security service powered by AI, while building a rewarding and values-centered environment for our team.
We're a team of talented engineers and security professionals. Our team has led cybersecurity at the White House, led NVIDIA's cloud platform, helped build Akamai's security practice, and launched ML at WatchGuard.
While we're a small and rapidly growing team, we have the stability and funding of a series B company. We believe in doing the best work of our careers in a collaborative environment supported by work-life balance, great benefits, a stable work environment, and building a culture led by our values."
QuickenLoans
"As a team member at Quicken Loans, you're empowered to build solutions that make life radically simple. Whether helping clients navigate the home buying process or creating new financial products, you join an organization that's changing the face of lending – just as we have for over 30 years. What began as a summer experiment has become America's largest mortgage lender,* with offices in Detroit, Cleveland, Phoenix and more. Over 17,000 professionals work for our suite of fintech services. Along with nearly 100 brands across industries from real estate to sports, we form the Rock Family of Companies – united by an obsession to find a better way for our clients, team members and communities."
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Diversity Reboot 2021: The One Hundred Day Kickoff
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