Recruiter's heaven at Lockheed Martin.

• Position: Washington Pulse - Brief Article

Just a few years ago, in the height of the dot-com boom, it was difficult for aerospace and defense companies to recruit qualified engineers.

Now, companies such as Lockheed Martin get to have the first pick. of the litter. The Aeronautics Division, responsible for the F-16, the F-22 and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programs, gets 25,000 resumes per week, said R.M. Stevenson, the division's director of business development. Currently, Lockheed Martin is hiring 100 engineers per month for the F-35 program alone.

"We expect to begin hiring up to 120 per month soon," he told reporters...