Jan 9, 2020 - Technology

Google received 3.3 million job applications in 2019

Ina Fried, author of Login

Workers constructing a Google booth at CES 2020. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images

The so-called techlash isn't hurting Google, at least by one measure. The search giant told Axios that Google received 3.3 million job applications in 2019, up from 2.8 million applications in 2018 — an 18% increase.

Why it matters: The move comes despite a wave of employee activism and outside calls to rein in the power and scope of Big Tech. One of the big question marks is whether those trends will ever begin to hurt recruiting efforts.

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