Here are the companies hiring right now

The job market is starting to rebound toward its pre-pandemic levels, giving job seekers more options for employment.

“The outlook for hiring is really strong given that employers are trying to recoup the employment loss that they've seen over the past 13 to 14 months,” Nick Bunker, an economist at Indeed, told Yahoo Money. “It does look like there's a lot of appetite to add new workers right now.”

Over 20 million jobs were lost at the pandemic’s onset, but as of May 14, Indeed’s job postings were roughly 26% above February 1, 2020 levels. Job openings reached a March record of 8.1 million, the highest since recording began in December 2000, according to the BLS. But there’s still 8.2 million fewer jobs than before the pandemic.

“We were in a tremendous hole but we've been recovering since then,” Bunker said, calling the future “very promising” considering the rate of recovery thus far. “We are still quite a ways from pre-pandemic levels, but it looks like there's lots of potential for really strong growth and getting back to that level relatively quickly.”

Certain sectors or job categories are rebounding faster than others with jobs “related to either producing goods or moving goods to people” being “relatively strong throughout,” Bunker said.

Here’s who’s hiring now.

Financial services

• Citi - 9,500 positions

• Fidelity Investments - 2,600 people

• Capital One - 1,200 positions

• KPMG - 9,000 roles

• Wells Fargo - 4,900 roles

• PwC - 22,300 workers

Government contracting and consulting

• Booz Allen Hamilton - 2,800 roles

• Lockheed Martin - 3,300 workers

• Accenture - 40,000 roles

Grocery and food service

• McDonald's - 35,000 people

• Albertsons - 50,000 people

• Taco Bell - 50,000 people

• Domino's

• Chipotle Mexican Grill - 5,550 people

• Papa John's - 1,700 workers

• Kroger - 9,800 positions

• Whole Foods Markets - 4,000 roles

• Wendy’s - 9,400 roles

• Giant Eagle - 2,500 workers

• IHOP - 10,000 workers

• Aramark - 5,500 workers

• Panda Express - 3,000 roles

Healthcare and pharmacy

• CVS Health - 39,000 roles

• Walgreens - 30,000 employees

• HCA Healthcare - 22,000 people

• AdventHealth - 6,500 people

• Rite Aid - nearly 3,000 people

Logistics

• UPS - 4,500 people

• XPO Logistics, Inc.- 2,700 roles

• Harbor Freight Tools - 3,200 people

Misc.

• Department of Veterans Affairs - 2,600 positions

• Tesla - 5,000 workers

• Nestle - 2,220 workers

• Kaiser Permanente - 3,900 roles

• Carvana - 1,000 roles

Retail

• Amazon - 100,000+ people

• Dollar General - 54,000 employees

• Lowe’s - 15,700 positions

• The Home Depot - 22,700 jobs

• Dollar Tree - 6,900 workers

• 7-Eleven - 13,600 employees

• AutoZone - 47,000 people

• PetSmart - 4,000 positions

• Bass Pro Shops - 2,000 positions

• JCPenney - 4,100 roles

• Big Lots - 2,200 people

• Best Buy - 2,800 people

• Macy’s - 10,900 people

• Kohl’s - 2,800 workers

• Walmart - 62,000 roles

• Nordstrom - 3,200 roles

• Sherwin-Williams - 7,100 roles

• Ulta - 4,900 roles

• IKEA - 2,100 roles

• Michaels - 2,000 workers

Security

• Allied Universal - 8,900 people

• Securitas Security Services - 1,200 people

Tech

• Apple - 3,000 roles

• Microsoft - 15,000 roles

• Dish Network - 4,500 people

• IBM - 20,600 open positions

• Raytheon Technologies - 2,500 open roles

• Salesforce - 7,900 positions

• Cisco - 1,800 roles

Stephanie is a reporter for Yahoo Money and Cashay, a new personal finance website. Follow her on Twitter @SJAsymkos.

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