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Google Adding New Jobs In Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor (WWJ) - Google has confirmed that it would add jobs at its Ann Arbor operation as part of its plans to hire 6,000 new workers globally this year.

The hiring plan - described by a Google executive in a blog post as "our biggest hiring year in company history" - includes growth for the company's Adwords office on Division Street in downtown Ann Arbor.

AnnArbor.com reports the news comes about five years after Google officially launched its Ann Arbor operation with plans to hire 1,000 workers by 2011.

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