Norfolk Southern To Hire 2,600 Workers In 2012

Going to cross-post this here and employment forums. Anyone here planning on retiring this year? Congrats! Tell us your stories! And good luck to those applying.

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http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/01/ ... s-in-2012/

Brief, fair-use quote:

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Norfolk Southern is hiring — in a big way.

“We have a large number of retirements coming up,” Dave Pidgeon, a spokesman for Norfolk Southern, said. “Across the industry, about 30 percent of our workforce – that’s about 67,000 people are going to need to be replaced because of retirements. That’s between now and five years from now.”

These are good paying jobs with a starting salary of at least $40,000, but you better be ready to work outside and do some heavy lifting too.

Hello, My Grandfather and Great-grandfather both worked for the railroad. I have become interested in it now as well. I didn't realize until I started doing some research how great the benefits are! anyone got any advice to help me land a clerk position in the Atlanta area? I looked over the job requirements on the NS website that position meshes well with my experience at my current place of employment. I live in Decatur, GA so all of the Atlanta area office are very convenient for me. I understand from reading about the company on glassdoor.com that we are supposed to wait on a email to see if we have been picked to get interviewed. Any advice anyone can give would be greatly appreciated.