RIM says looking for 3,000 recruits to meet BlackBerry demand

The maker of Blackberry phone handsets, Canada's Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday it was recruiting 3,000 new workers to keep pace with demand despite the global economic crisis.

"We have grown our employees base by 50% in 2008. And we're still hiring and we plan to keep hiring. We have growth in our business," co-chief executive Jim Balsillie told AFP on the sidelines of an industry event.

"We hired about 4,000 people in 2008, currently we have 3,000 open jobs.