Even though the US Department of Labor reports half-a-million job losses in April, 2009, companies are snapping up 80% of those who have been let go.
Related to our recent post on Why Smart Companies are Still Recruiting, the Wall Street Journal published an article on the same topic, talking about how many companies are hiring, even while they still have impending layoffs on the books.
The WSJ article notes how large, multinational corporations like Microsoft, AT&T, IBM and Boeing are having to simultaneously let people go, while rapidly ramping up their …