Advertiser Watch – UPS, 1-800-Flowers, LaBarge, Wells Fargo, Oracle

Charles Thibault — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:03:41 +0000

Every week, WANTED Technologies produces what's called a "Gazelles Report". The Gazelles Report list companies who have triggered a Gazelles alert. A Gazelle alert is triggered when a company has posted significantly more jobs in the past 4 weeks than what we would have expected given its previous behavior in the past year. In our weekly Advertiser Watch feature, we look at 5 companies that showed up in our Gazelles report, mostly focusing on publicly traded companies.

Source: WANTED Gazelles Report

UPS (NYSE:UPS) has shown strong Hiring Demand for Motor Vehicle Operators and Material Moving Workers. In the past 90 days, it has posted 2,043 new jobs on Monster.com (up 2000 job ads), and another 1,434 new job ads on Yahoo! HotJobs – up 1,400. It's hiring is up across all major US metro areas.

Source: WANTED Analytics

1-800-Flowers (NASDAQ:FLWS) was a top gainer in today's trading, appreciating over 8%. It had a nice a nice run in October where its stock price improved $1.50 on a $3.25 base, a 46% gain. It's Hiring Demand over the past month is triple its historical average.

Source: WANTED Analytics

LaBarge, Inc. is a recognized leader in the electronics manufacturing services industry (AMEX:LB). It was a top gainer in today's trading. LaBarge specializes in manufacturing engineering, so it's no wonder that it recruits mostly for Engineers (see table above).

Source: WANTED Analytics

Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) was a top gainer. It triggered a Gazelles alert with Hiring Demand that was 70% higher than its one-year historical average. Its hiring has been concentrated on Financial Clerks, Services Sales Representatives, and Financial Specialists. Given the amount of hiring that Wells Fargo is doing, it seems to be bullish on its own business operations.

Source: WANTED Analytics

Finally, Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) almost doubled its Hiring Demand in November compared to October. Its top occupation is Computer Specialists.

Source: WANTED Analytics

Weekly Advertiser Watch

Charles Thibault — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:03:13 +0000

In our weekly feature, we detail job postings at the individual company level. Every week, WANTED produces a 'Gazelles' Report, which is meant to detect companies who's Hiring Demand has spiked.

Radio One (NASDAQ:ROIA) was a top gainer on July 17th. Radio One has appeared in three consecutive weekly Gazelles Reports. Its Hiring Demand for advertising, marketing, or sales related occupations marks strong growth in its core business.

Source: WANTED Analytics 2.0

RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) has appeared in our Gazelles Report for five consecutive weeks. Its stock has appreciated more than 200% since March 9th, 2009. Hiring Demand at RadioShack has progressed in all major US markets. On an occupational level, Hiring Demand has surged for retail sales workers and their supervisors.

Source: WANTED Analytics 2.0

SAIC (NYSE: SAI), short for Science Applications International Corporation, has seen its Hiring Demand rise by 50% since June. Hiring Demand for computer occupations has shown a nice progression. SAIC stock has been trading within a relatively stable $16-$18 bound since March.

Source: WANTED Analytics 2.0

Finally, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has shown a slight softening in its Hiring Demand, matched by softening of its stock price.

Source: WANTED Analytics 2.0

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Advertiser Watch – UPS, 1-800-Flowers, LaBarge, Wells Fargo, Oracle

Weekly Advertiser Watch