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US Companies Hiring the Most Employees in 2011

Home Depot and McDonald's lead the way

By 247wallst, Newser User

Posted Apr 8, 2011 9:18 AM CDT | Promoted on Newser Apr 8, 2011 4:00 PM CDT

(User Submitted) – Most recessions end as small companies regain the capital needed to hire small numbers of workers at a time. That will most likely not happen this time around, however, because smaller companies have little capital and banks are hesitant to give out loans, reports 24/7 Wall Street. So which large companies plan to hire this year?

Home Depot: 60,000 employees. Although the housing market has yet to fully recover, the chain plans to add 60,000 seasonal workers.
McDonald's: 50,000 employees. McDonald's same-store sales have been on the rise. These gains could mean jobs for 50,000.

Click to read the rest of the Top 10, which includes Lowe's and Ford.

Shopping carts sit outside a Home Depot store in Chicago. (Getty Images)

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serious

Apr 9, 2011 3:40 PM CDT

How many of those jobs were freed-up from illegals being fired, under pressure from the federal government?

DontLikeYou

Apr 9, 2011 3:34 PM CDT

McDonalds!?! The Obama economy rolls along.

weekendofsound

Apr 8, 2011 10:04 PM CDT

These two also have the highest turnover rates. Home Depot hires tons of people in the spring, by fall, at least 60% are usually gone.

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