Dallas, Texas-based Affiliated Computer Services will expand its Port San Antonio facility, hiring an other 300 workers to join the existing 530 employees. The city of San Antonio is giving ACS a $300,000 economic development grant. Founded in 1988, ACS Affiliated Computer Services is a Fortune 500 company that provides information technology services as well as business [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 9, 2009
Irving, Texas-based Fluor Corporation will hire over 100 workers in Greenville, South Carolina, as part of a military contract to build and operate military bases in Afghanistan. The US Army contract is worth $7 billion over the next five years. Fluor will manage power, food service and transportation at 62 bases in Afghanistan, plus build and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Thomas L. Cardella & Associates is planning a new call center in Grinnell, Ohio, creating 100 jobs. Hiring will begin in September. Thomas L. Cardella & Associates provides direct marketing for Fortune 500 clients in the financial services, insurance, publication, technology, telecom, entertainment, utilities, and travel industries. The firm has existing call centers in Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Keokuk, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 28, 2009
Oil and gas producer Devon Energy will combine its international and gulf divisions into one offshore division based in Houston, eliminating some jobs. Spokesperson Chip Minty, who is also apparently a Ben & Jerry’s flavor, said the number of persons laid off should not exceed 75, and that some workers will be relocated within the firm. Oklahoma [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Capital One Bank has notified 180 employees in Baton Rouge, Louisiana of their impending unemployment. Most of those targeted work at the Capital One Direct Bank Department in Baton Rouge. The rest work at the bank’s downtown headquarters. Capital One will create 70 new positions at facilities in Texas and Maryland. Most of the layoffs will take place [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 15, 2009
Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Fiserv is consolidating plants in Westport and Olivette, Missouri, plus a Boston office, into a single warehouse in Hazelwood, Missouri. The deal will move 300 jobs to north St. Louis County. The Fortune 500 company, which manufactures credit and debit cards, is moving 50 jobs from its location in Boston, which shut down this [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 30, 2009
The Principal Financial Group is cutting 75 jobs in its global asset management division. Most of the layoffs will affect workers at the firm’s Des Moines, Iowa headquarters. In December, the company laid off 550 people, or 3% of its workforce. In March, they cut pay across the board, including top managers. The Principal Financial Group is [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Jones Apparel plans to close 225 locations over the next two years, a fifth of its stores. Up to 1,000 jobs will be lost. The Bristol, Pennsylvania-based company will shut stores in its Nine West and Bandolino retail apparel chains. Jones Apparel Group, a Fortune 500 company, is a designer, marketer and wholesaler of branded clothing, shoes [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 13, 2009
ArvinMeritor will shut two Canadian plants, and laid off 250 people in February and March. Almost 100 job cuts came from the light vehicle division’s headquarters in Detroit, and the auto supplier’s global headquarters in Troy, Michigan. The job cuts, plant closures, and salary cuts create $430 million in annual savings for ArvinMeritor. ArvinMeritor, a Fortune 500 company, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 9, 2009
Affiliated Computer Services, or ACS, is in the process of expanding its presence in San Antonio, Texas with 500 jobs to support a new contract. The Dallas-based company will be providing customer service on behalf of an unnamed Fortune 500 company. ACS is holding two job fairs this week to fill as many as these open positions [...]
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