Another year and another set of resolutions. You might not stick to all of them. The gym gets old. Not many of those novels get crossed off your to-read list. You don't make it to the theater as much as you expected because "American Idol" is addictive. In other words, life happens.

One resolution that many people make at midnight is to find a new job. Unemployed job seekers and unsatisfied workers alike want a new job. They want good compensation. They want to do what they love. And after the last few years of a frustrating economy that didn't make finding work easy, job seekers are eager for 2011 to be the year when it finally happens.

We can't promise you a job, but we can point you in the right direction. In this instance, 22 directions. We put together a list of companies who are hiring in the new year. Across several industries, employers are hiring workers of all levels. Not a bad start to 2011.

So, let's cross one resolution off your list right now. Check out this list of companies hiring in the new year:

Aaron's, Inc.
Industry: Retail sales
Sample job titles: Manager trainees, deliver drivers, customer service representative, sales managers, collections managers
Location: Nationwide

Access Insurance
Industry: Insurance
Sample job titles: Auto claims adjuster, bodily claims adjuster, bi-lingual customer service representative
Location: Atlanta, Orange, Calif.

Alpine Access
Industry: Customer service
Sample job titles: Customer service associate
Location: Nationwide

Bayada Nurses
Industry: Health care
Sample job titles: Pediatric RNs and LPNs, occupational therapists, clinical managers
Location: N.J., Penn., N.Y., R.I., Ariz., N.C., Colo., Ga., Fla., S.C.

Bob Evans
Industry: Retail/restaurant
Sample job titles: Restaurant manager
Location: Nationwide

Cardinal Health
Industry: Health care
Sample job titles: Sales, IT, engineering
Location: Nationwide

Centene Corporation
Industry: Healthcare
Sample job titles: Health coach, case managers, management, member connection representatives
Location: Austin, Dallas, St. Louis

Daymon Worldwide
Industry: Consulting, retail
Sample job titles: Business manager, sales and merchandising manager, retail sales manager
Location: California, N.Y., Md., Conn., Ohio, Tenn. Nc, Pa, Kans., Texas, Ma, Fla., R.I., Mich.

Emeritus Senior Living
Industry: Senior living
Sample job titles: Staff accountant, part-time concierge, maintenance director, resident assistant, assistant executive director, financial analyst
Location: Nationwide

Fifth Third Bank
Industry: Financial services
Sample job titles: Mortgage loan originator, personal banker, financial center manager, customer service rep, wealth management advisor, commercial portfolio manager, business development officer
Location: Ohio, Ken., Ind., Mich., Ill., Fla., Tenn., W.V., Penn., Mo., Ga., N.C.

FirstGroup
Industry: Transportation
Sample job titles: Bus driver, mechanic
Location: Nationwide

First Data
Industry: Merchant services
Sample job titles: Product manager, sales, IT
Location: Nationwide

Fresenius
Industry: Health care
Sample job titles: Home therapies RN, patient account representative, Ultracare case manager
Location: Nationwide

Infor Global Solutions
Industry: IT/software
Sample job titles: Associate software engineer, senior business consultant, sales, account management
Location: Ann Arbor, Greenville, Grand Rapids, Colorado Springs, Atlanta, Malvern, Penn., Houston

Liberty Tax Service
Industry: Tax preparation
Sample job titles: Tax preparer, marketer, office manager, marketing manager
Location: Nationwide

NAPA Auto Care
Industry: Automotive
Sample job titles: Automotive specialists
Location: Nationwide

Overland Solutions
Industry: Audit and loss control
Sample job titles: Premium auditor, insurance inspector, loss control consultant
Location: Nationwide

Paetec
Industry: Telecommunications
Sample job titles: Regional sales director
Location: Nationwide

Paycom
Industry: Payroll services
Sample job titles: Outside sales representative
Location: Texas, Okla., Ill., Ga.

REI Systems, Inc.
Industry: Software development and design
Sample job titles: Applications mockup developers, business analysts, database engineers, enterprise report writers, Java developers, Linux system administrators, .Net software engineers, project managers, quality assurance engineers, SharePoint architects
Location: Va., Washington D.C.

Schneider National, Inc.
Industry: Transportation
Sample job titles: Dedicated truck driver, tanker truck driver, truck driver/owner-operator, tanker truck driver/owner-operator, class A truck driver, intermodal truck driver, regional truck driver, team truck drivers
Location: Penn., Los Angeles, Memphis, Davenport, Iowa, Indianapolis, Akron, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Green Bay, Milwaukee

Veolia Environment North America: Veolia Water North America, Veolia Transportation, Veolia Energy North America, Veolia Environmental Services North America, Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies
Industry: Environment
Sample job titles: Business development managers, project managers, general managers, operators, maintenance mechanic, mechanical engineer, plant operations supervisor, project engineer
Location: Nationwide

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Anthony Balderrama is a writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com and its job blog, The Work Buzz. He researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues.