By mining the 4+ years of data accessible through Analytics 2.0, WANTED can detect when companies increase their Hiring Demand. Using statistical techniques, the Gazelles Peport lists and details company's with spikes or upward trends in their levels of recruitment advertising. Every week, we feature five companies appearing in the Gazelles Report.

Smithfield Foods (NYSE:SFD) was a top gainer on Friday October 9th. Since May, it has been steadily building up its delivery fleet by advertising for "Motor Vehicle Operators".  Smithfield Foods posted 10 such jobs in April, but 44 in September. Its stock price has closely followed its hiring levels with a correlation of 0.61 in the past year. Smithfield Foods is a Fortune 1000 corporation with over 14 billion in annual revenues.

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Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD), the chip manufacturer recognized as Intel's main rival, has shown a improvement in Hiring Demand for both "Engineers" and "Computer Specialists". Hiring Demand and AMD stock price hit a low in December/January, when its stock price hovered around $2 and it advertised only for 5 Computer Specialists and 28 Engineers – AMD has more than 10,000 employees. In September, it advertised for 83 Engineers and 79 Computer Specialists.  AMD has a market capitalization of $4 billion on quarterly revenues of $1.2billion.

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Centene Corporation was also a top gainer on Friday October 9th (NYSE:CNC). According to its website, "Centene Corporation has established itself as a national leader in the healthcare services field". It has triggered Gazelles alerts by posting for "Registered Nurses", "Medical and Health Services Managers", and "Customer Service Reps".

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Amerigroup Corporation (NYSE:AGP), another healthcare company, was a top gainer as well during today's trading by appreciating by 4.5% (not yet reflected in the graph below). Over the past three months its stock price has been sliding, even though it has shown robust Hiring Demand in its core business. Amerigroup Corporation has quadrupled its hiring for "Medical and Health Services Managers" and "Registered Nurses". "Computer Systems Analysts" are also on the rise, suggesting programs centered around medical document digitization. Amerigroup Corporation has a market capitalization of $1.2billion.

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Finally, Expedia (NASDAQ:EXPE), the travel website, has triggered a Gazelles alert with its Hiring Demand for "Computer Software Engineers" and  "Marketing Managers". Over the past four years, the correlation between its stock price and Hiring Demand has been 0.46. Hiring Demand has gone up 550% and its stock price has appreciated %250 since the bull market started on March 9th. Its market capitalization now stands just shy of $7 billion.

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