August 20, 2008 – 7:45 pm
There are still a few good jobs to be had. Here’s the latest installment.
StarTek will add another 100 jobs at its call center in Greeley, CO to help out one of its largest global telecommunications clients.
First Solar of Perrysburg, OH, an installer of solar panels, will add at least 134 jobs and double the size [...]
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Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP plans to expand its Charlotte, NC operations, adding 200 jobs and investing more than $3 million.
Fluor Corp., an engineering and construction firm, is expanding and adding jobs at its Sugar Land, TX complex.
Urban Outfitters [...]
These companies are not only surviving the downturn, they are thriving. Some of them are putting record profit on the books. Some are benefiting from higher stock prices. And, believe it or not, they aren’t all oil companies.
Why shouldn’t their fortune be your gain? The answer is, it should.
So, I’ll be following their fortunes and [...]
It’s back! I’ve found more companies adding jobs. Here’s the latest.
Atlanta. I know it’s not a company, but the state’s minting jobs, mostly in the hospitality (hotels, leisure, tourism). Jobs in this industry grew nearly 4% and are expected to grow 2.2% next year.
Vermont-based URMC, a utility-focused risk management services company, is hiring 12 GIS [...]
There are few sectors hotter than the energy field, especially now. Horrific gas prices and their strangle hold on our economy has laser-focused big industry on the need to develop new ways of powering our lives. Clean energy is all the rage, and rightfully so since it’s the dirty stuff that’s ruined our oceans, wild [...]
Unfortunately, I can’t tell you that the bad part is over, but I can tell you that there are still companies expanding, still hiring. Here are just a few.
Amazon.com - Amazon.com is looking to hire “several hundred” full-time employees at its Whitestown, Indiana fulfillment center opening this summer. Amazon is hiring to fill [...]
As I’ve been working my way through the crowds at the Cannes Ad Fest, I’ve met a lot of very interesting, if inebriated, folks. Once we make it through the minutia–Who are you? Who do you work for? Are you on the short list?–my fellow festival-goers had some very interesting stuff to [...]
So, I’m back on the French Riviera enjoying the 2008 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. I have developed a certain begrudged fondness for the folks who attend this raucous festival. Much as I’ve made fun of them, I have to admit that they do know how to party like rock stars.
Thus far, the [...]
That’s right! Twenty-six percent (26%) of employers expect to increase hiring activity this quarter (July-September). That’s what Manpower’s Q3/200 Employment Outlook Survey revealed. Released today, the report also revealed that fifty-eight percent (58%) of employers expect no change in hiring activity, while only 10% expect a decrease in hiring activity.
But all sectors [...]
With growing unemployment, skyrocketing fuel and food costs, plummeting homes sales and scores of folks ditching worthless homes, and a stock market that reacts like a 12 year-old girl to every “OMG!” moment, what can you do to find a new job, keep from being laid off or keep your business going?
More than any question [...]