Google currently has over 3,000 open positions listed online. Many have been posted in the last week, including roles like software engineer and program manager.
Laszlo Bock, a former Google HR head, told The Journal that Google had previously taken advantage of economic downturns to make some of its key hires, like in the dot-com bust 20 years ago.
"If you have a lot of resources and you're hiring and other companies are struggling, that's when you pick off the right people," Bock, who is now CEO of workplace culture startup Humu, said. (Humu recently announced layoffs and job cuts.)