Cvent says it intends to hire more than 1,000 people globally before the end of the year. The company says that, following a strong 2017 and the addition of several thousand new customers, the recruitment drive will help fuel Cvent’s future growth.

“We are looking to find the best talent with a passion for customer success and for transforming the meetings and events industry,” said Reggie Aggarwal, founder and CEO of Cvent (pictured).

“Cvent has continued to steadily grow from a small start-up in 1999, to the globally recognised software leader with more than 3,000 employees,” the CEO added.

To support the expanded headcount in 2018, Cvent will add more than 13,000sqm of office space worldwide, including 7,000sqm to its headquarters in Tysons Corner, Virginia, taking that to a total of 18,580sqm.

Many of the new employees will be hired at its headquarters in addition to its offices in Austin, Boston, Atlanta, Portland, Dallas, Draper (Utah), Fredericton (Canada), and its international offices in London, Singapore, Melbourne (Australia) and New Delhi.

Cvent says it also plans to open offices in Dubai and Germany later this year in order meet global demand for its eventand hospitality cloud platforms.

Cvent has been named one of the Top Workplaces by the Washington Post five years in a row and has been recognised as one of the best places to work by the Washington Business Journal seven times.

“Our recruiting team is already hard at work looking for new people to bring into our Cvent Nation across the globe,” said Sophia MacDonald, VP of Human Resources. “Cvent’s rapid growth creates opportunities for accelerated career trajectories, and we encourage everyone who wants to be part of an incredibly dynamic, fast-growing technology company to apply and join our team.”

For more information and a list of open positions, visit www.cvent.com/careers and follow the hashtag #CventNation on Twitter and Instagram.