Connecticut-based home health care manager CareCentrix will open a facility in Overland Park, Kansas, creating 150 jobs next year. The firm will hire 90 people by February 2010. East Hartford, Connecticut’s CareCentrix is the nation’s leading home health benefits manager, serving 20 million clients. It has locations in Melville, New York; Tampa, Florida; and Phoenix and Albuquerque, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 16, 2009
Fifty employees at Cessna’s Columbus, Ohio plant will be notified within two weeks of their impending layoffs, part of the elimination of 1,300 jobs across the firm. Up to 500 Cessna workers will get layoff notices this month. Those affected will get 60 days notice, and severance packages. The firm currently employs 475 in Columbus. The Cessna Aircraft [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 10, 2009
Wichita, Kansas’ Cox Machine will spend $4 million to expand its main facility, adding 50 new jobs to its current workforce of 76. The new jobs will be added over the next several years. Founded in 1954, Cox Machine manufactures precision parts for the aerospace industry. Clients include Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems, Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Friday, August 7, 2009
The US Department of Veterans Affairs will establish a patient account center in Leavenworth, Kansas, creating 400 jobs. The facility, to be installed at the Eisenhower VA Medical Center, which will handle billing, insurance verification, accounts receivable management, and cash management. The Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center is part of the VA Eastern Kansas Health [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 10, 2009
Wichita, Kansas City Manager Robert Layton has unveiled a new budget plan that would save some city jobs. The initial budget proposal would have outsourced park lawn care, laying off 50 workers. The new budget, contingent on concessions from the employees’ union, would save an undisclosed number of those positions. The new budget also cuts money for [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 9, 2009
Start-up firm Premier Processing will launch a new metal finishing facility in Wichita, this Fall, creating over 100 jobs over the next five years. The firm is investing $3.8 million in Wichita. The state will provide funds for training. Other incentives may come from the city and county. Incorporated in 1870, Wichita is a city in, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 3, 2009
CenturyTel has merged with Embarq, and an undisclosed number of jobs will be eliminated before the end of 2009. The new firm is called CenturyLink, and employs 20,000 employees in 33 states. It will be headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. CenturyTel purchased Embarq for $11.6 billion. Fewer than 30 jobs will be cut in July, but further, larger [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Chrysler Financial will shut down its Overland Park, Kansas customer service center in August, cutting 240 jobs. The firm is cutting 350 from its 3,900 strong workforce. Work from the Overland Park location will go to facilities in Philadelphia and Dallas. Farmington Hills, Michigan’s Chrysler Financial is the financial services provider of automaker Chrysler. As part [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Yearbook and class ring manufacturer Jostens, the company on which you wasted so much money your last year in high school, is shutting down its plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, laying off all 185 employees. Yearbook printing operations will be consolidated at the firm’s other facilities. Jostens is a provider of yearbooks, class rings for various high [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 12, 2009
Cessna Aircraft will lay off another 1,300 people. The manufacturer of corporate jets has halved its workforce since the recession began. Eight hundred people will see pink slips by June 19th. It will furlough its remaining employees between June 22nd and July 17th. Then another 500 will get laid off. The firm is responding to order cancellations. It [...]
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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