Apple hires 2,300 full-time staff in a year

CALIFORNIA, USA: During the the financial year ended September 2009, technology major Apple has hired 2,300 full-time employees, taking the total full-time employees' count to 34,300.

For the September 2009 financial year, the company had nearly 34,300 full-time equivalent employees and 2,500 temporary equivalent workers and contractors, a PTI report said citing its annual report.

The total head count at Apple - including full-time and temporary people and contractors - shot up to 36,800 for the fiscal year ended September 26, 2009. In the year ended September 2008, the number stood at 35,100 - 32,000 full-time people and 3,100 temporary employees, the report said.