The CarMax car dealership chain announced today that it plans to hire 600 additional workers for the upcoming spring and summer seasons. A majority of new positions will be full and part time sales jobs but there are some openings in service operations, business offices and the purchasing department. CarMax currently employs 13,000 and the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Weak advertising sales have led the Charlotte Observer to slash 25 full-time positions. Advertising, which makes up more than 80 percent of net revenue for parent company McClatchy Co., was down 28 percent in the third quarter last year. Ann Caulkins, publisher of the Observer, called the loss in ad sales “staggering.” “We really aren’t where we [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 14, 2010
Webster Financial Corp.’s main subsidiary, Webster Bank, plans to add 150 new positions in sales and service throughout the Northeast. The jobs are being created at various Webster Bank branches, its customer care center and its small business banking entities in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Westchester County, N.Y. “In order to achieve our goal of increasing [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 29, 2009
According to a survey by careerbuilders.com, companies across the country are planning on going on a hiring spree next year. 20 percent of all employers surveyed plan to add full time positions next year, up from 14 percent that said the same thing at the beginning of 2009. Conversely, only 9% are planning [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 5, 2009
Time Inc. has just begun what will be a major series of layoffs. Around 15 to 20 sales and marketing employees were laid off from Time Inc.’s news group. Most of the layoffs are reported to have come from Sports Illustrated. This is just the tip of the ice berg as a Time Inc. is expected [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Red Ventures, an internet marketing and sales company ranked 17th among the fastest growing companies in the nation by Inc. magazine, is moving its headquarters from North Carolina to South Carolina and expanding. The company says that they will add 100 new jobs by the end of the year and expects the expansion to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Target has announced that it will open 26 new stores on October 11th, creating 5000 jobs. This comes even as Target’s numbers continue to slip. Over the last few years, Target has lost 14% of its shoppers and those still shopping at Target are spending 31% less. In the second quarter, Target [...]
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Friday, January 22, 2010
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