Google has clearly gotten over the recession as evidenced by their plans to hire over 500 new personnel. Among the positions are a development manager within the Google TV Advertising group and a display sales operations manager, media and platforms at Google s exchange AdX.
We’re investing heavily for the long term to maintain and increase the company’s pace of innovation, said a Google spokesperson. This means an investment, first, in people.
Source: Ad Week {link no longer active}