Ample applications
Since announcing a recruitment drive last week, Google has been swamped by applications from people desperate to join the search giant's mobile push.
So much so, that Google has received over 75,000 job applications from across the globe in just one week, setting a new company record, according to Bloomberg.
A Google spokesperson told the news service that the pile of resumes has beaten Google's record set in may 2007 by 15 percent. The company reportedly already had 24,000 workers at the end of last year and the application frenzy has been sparked by its desire to expand its workforce by 6,000 in 2011.
Last week, Google said it is recruiting developers, engineers and product managers with ideas for applications to bolster its mobile services business.
In a blog entry posted last week, Google's senior VP of engineering and research, Alan Eustace, said: "We're looking for top talent. We'll hire as many smart, creative people as we can to tackle some of the toughest challenges in computer science: like building a Web-based operating system from scratch, instantly searching an index of more than 100 million gigabytes and even developing cars that drive themselves."
While it appears a lot of people want to work for Google, the company has been trying to stem the flow of its employees moving to Facebook, offering incredibly generous packages to hang onto its talent and prevent a brain drain.
