Best Buy to add 500 new Geek Squad agents by end of year

A week after Best Buy announced it would be cutting 650 Geek Squad jobs in August, the Richfield-based company said Friday it will hire 500 new Geek Squad agents by the end of the year. Best Buy said the new hires will require broader skill sets, concentrate on small businesses and the company's next generation Connected Stores, and less on basic home installations.