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Comment by TradingPlaces | Hacker News Reader

Large non-tech companies and government agencies still hiring.

Walmart has 1278 job openings with “software” in the title https://careers.walmart.com/results?q=software&page=1&sort=r...

CVS has 458 https://jobs.cvshealth.com/job-search-results/?keyword=softw...

UnitedHealth has 625 https://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/job-search-results/?ke...

WSJ just wrote about this https://archive.is/2Ll06

Go down the list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_500

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Sorry to say this, but everyone in this thread should be aware of ghost job openings.

https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/fake-jobs-hide-cooler-...

It's sometimes incompetent HR process and sometimes intentional market signalling, but these companies may just be stockpiling resumes for future use without any intention of hiring right now.

Walmart is serious, or at least I think they are. They had around 1700 job openings at the end of last year, culled that significantly in Jan/Feb. At that point there were about 1000 remaining, and it’s been creeping up again. So I think these are real.

I work for CVS. I've made lots of referrals to super-qualified people, for them to be auto-rejected. The company is tightening their belt it seems - no layoffs as far as I've seen, but corporate travel was cancelled and some contractors' contracts weren't renewed.

It's a wonderful company and pays super well, great people, but good luck getting in.

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