Dave Lefkow, a fellow Jobsterite, has some interesting anecodes about Mitre, a not for profit corporation that runs a number of important federally funded R&D centers.

Dave writes:

First, they don’t have a salesforce or a marketing department - because they don’t need one. They’ve built an $800 million business through referrals and word of mouth.

Second - in my experience as a recruiting consultant, the best places to work for always have high numbers of employee referrals. Most companies average 30% - MITRE gets over 50% of their hires through referrals.

Mitre has been named as one of the top 100 companies to work at by Fortune for three years running, and one of the best places to work for working mothers. They’re also doing an innovator in recruiting practices, as you’ll see from their Jobster campaign.

If you are an expert in information security, or know one, you might want to pass on some of the positions below.

Information Security Positions at Mitre