Google cranks up Chicago hiring with emphasis on minorities – Crain’s*

The company will hire 10,000 staffers in Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta over the next five years as part of an effort to more than double its number of Black employees and “invest in the long-term growth of U.S. locations that contribute to a high quality of life for Black+ Googlers,” CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post today. Google will hire 1,000 of those workers next year. The company didn't offer specifics about the number or type of jobs it would add in Chicago.