Mr. Kerry's campaign noted that despite recent hiring, private-sector jobs were still down 1.8 million since President Bush took office.

Today, we have had a 40 percent increase in enrollment for the spring semester and half of our recent hirings are women.

The head of personnel reported on some recent hirings.

Even with recent hiring in the high-security laboratory, it will take several weeks to reach full operating potential.

Much of the recent hiring has obtained engineers and technicians who develop computer software for A.T.M.'s.

But he praised the utility for its recent hiring of several experienced managers.

Included in the 2003 budget was the recent hiring of 47 new officers.

Union officials are also troubled by the city's recent hiring of civilians instead of firefighters as fire inspectors.

Mr. Sexton said the success of the university's recent hiring in economics is a model for what it hopes to do in other departments.

And he said his recent hiring of new top aides demonstrated that he might not be leaving soon.