Coinciding with the crash of the housing market 3-4 years ago, the total number of jobs lost in the construction industry has been felt the hardest in Arizona, Nevada, and Florida.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has published the following construction job declines for the period of the recession: Arizona 53.2%, Nevada 52.3%, and Florida at [...]
18. March 2010
Cincinnati-based Convergys Corp. plans to begin a “staggered reduction of employees” beginning at the end of march and continuing through the end of June.
Among the layoffs will be 677 employees at a call center in Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico Business Journal reports the layoffs in Albuquerque were caused by the loss of AT&T as a [...]
18. March 2010
Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms announced Avis Budget Group and Geico plan to hire or relocate 210 workers to the city.
Avis expects to move 15 workers to Virginia Beach and hire 85 additional management and support staff employees. Geico, based in Chevy Chase, Md., has already hired 65 people and will add 45 more employees [...]
18. March 2010
Boston-based Charles River Associates expects to cut 47 jobs as part of a company-wide restructuring.
Charles River Associates provides management and financial consulting services. The company performed well below expectations last quarter when revenue fell from $65.8 million to $58.8 million, according to a press release. The company said the job cuts are coming through the [...]
18. March 2010
The Seton Family of Hospitals, the largest hospital system in central Texas, announced Wednesday it is eliminating 150 jobs in an effort to trim its budget.
According to the Associated Press, the positions being cut include 74 that are currently vacant. The rest of the cuts will affect both full- and part-time workers.
The majority of the [...]
18. March 2010
A jobs bill that will give business owners $18 billion in tax breaks and provides $20 billion for highway and transit projects was signed into law by President Barack Obama Thursday morning.
During the signing ceremony at the White House Rose Garden, Obama called the bill only a first step in getting America back to work. [...]
18. March 2010
West Asset Management will hire 100 people for new positions at its call center in Wausau, Wisconsin. The new hires will be working with customers of leading financial institutions to modify existing loans. These positions are entry level and provide comprehensive benefits packages, including pay with a possible monthly bonus. Workers are needed for [...]
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A study conducted by Portfolio.com declares Austin, Texas to be the best place in the country for young adults to find a new job. Austin stands out because it continues to add jobs to its economy. Two thirds of the job markets in the U.S. have fewer jobs now than five years ago but Austin [...]
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This morning President Barack Obama is expected to sign the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) bill that passed through Congress just yesterday. The bill passed the Senate 68-29 in a bipartisan vote on Wednesday. It includes about $18 billion in tax breaks and extends highway and mass transit programs through 2010. $20 billion will [...]
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Sprint has announced that it will hire 200 new people to work at its contact center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Sprint is holding a hiring event Friday, March 19 from 9am to 3pm at the center. Representatives from the company will meet with prospective employees to discuss the details of the new positions. According [...]
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Unemployment claims have fallen slightly for the third week in a row but there are still too many first time claims being filed to indicate that there have been significant job gains. Unemployment claims fell 5,000 to 457,000 according to the Labor Department. The four-week average of unemployment claims dropped to 471,250. Despite this the [...]
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Having lost 9,100 jobs across the state in the month of January, New Jersey’s 9.9% unemployment rate continues to exceed the national average. Since the beginning of the economic recession in December of 2007, 5.6% of the states total workforce now finds themselves jobless. The range of losses in the private sector are distributed across multiple industries, [...]
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Fleet One LLC, which provides fuel cards and fleet-related payment solutions to businesses and government agencies, plans to add 49 jobs in Middle Tennessee. The company currently employs 190 people at its Nashville headquarters. That number has quadrupled since Fleet One merged with Transplatinum Services Corp. in 2001, the Nashville Business Journal reports. “We are immensely proud [...]
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U.S. Gas & Electric announced it will remain in South Florida and create an additional 125 jobs in the area following a $162,000 pledge for job growth incentives from Miami-Dade County and the state. According to the South Florida Business Journal, U.S. Gas & Electric had considered moving its headquarters to Pittsfield, Mass. But with the [...]
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18. March 2010
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