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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 15, 2010
Starbucks is closing down a Seattle call center and outsourcing the jobs to Nashville’s Sitel. The 130 employees of the call center will lose their jobs later this year. According to Starbucks, they are outsourcing the jobs because a call center vendor is better equipped to handle the high volume of calls. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Sony Ericsson is streamlining operations and cutting 2000 jobs. As part of a global consolidation, four US facilities will be closed down by the third quarter of 2010, along with two more overseas. The company will move its North American headquarters from North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park to Atlanta and closing that facility, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 28, 2009
King County, Seattle is looking at a $56 million shortfall in its 2010 budget. Executive of the county, Kurt Triplett, proposed on Monday a series of layoffs, furloughs and park closures to handle the massive gap. Triplett’s proposal would see 376 jobs cut. On Monday, layoff notices were sent out to 145 employees with the remaining [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 18, 2009
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels will eliminate 59 city positions to help close a $43 million budget gap. Nickels will cut $13.3 million from the city’s 2009 general fund budget, and furlough some professional staffers in various departments. In March the mayor froze 100 senior city executives’ salaries. Certain city employees will have to take at least [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Starbucks Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz says no more layoffs are expected for the nation’s largest coffee chain. The company also does not expect to announce changes at the rapid pace that is has for the past year. “I don’t think we’ll see as many, no,” Schultz said of the number of new products and innovations [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 2, 2009
After a 25 percent drop in its endowment, the University of Washington will cut 70 jobs from its fundraising jobs. Another 16 currently full-time positions will be cut back and made part-time. Half of the jobs to be cut are filled at the moment, the other half are vacant. UW President Mark Emmert says these are the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels says the city can move up some road, utility and park projects, to create more than 1,500 jobs in the next two years. The Seattle Jobs Forward package announced today accelerates $315 million worth of projects from local levies and the city capital improvement program. The city council will be asked to adjust [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Forbes.com has published their list of the 10 Best Cities for Job Growth. If you’re interested in the rationale, read the original article. You have to sit through an idiotic and unnecessary slideshow to see the cities — so I’ll just list them: 10. Dallas, TX (unemployment rate: 5.6%) 9. Houston, TX (5.4%) 8. Seattle, WA (5.3%) 7. Baltimore, MD [...]
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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