Marissa Mayer: More People Want to Work at Yahoo Now

Marissa Mayer's tenure as CEO of Yahoo seems to have helped the company in at least one noticeable way so far: more people want to work there now.

During Yahoo's first-quarter earnings call Tuesday, Mayer revealed that the number of people applying for jobs at the company has nearly doubled year-over-year and the number of resumes Yahoo received more than tripled during the March quarter. (Mayer didn't outline exactly how many people had applied.)

Mayer also noted what she calls the "boomerang" effect: the company is seeing more former Yahoos apply to work at the company and 14% of new hires last quarter were ex-Yahoos. At the same time, she said the rate of "top talent" leaving the company is about half of what it was a year prior. Read more...