Verizon Adding 500 Jobs in South Carolina
Verizon plans to add 500 jobs at its Elgin call center in South Carolina in preparation for increased volume expected with the addition of the…
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Manitowoc Adding 200 Jobs in Pennsylvania
Manitowoc, already the largest manufacturer in Franklin County, plans to add 200 people to its facility in Shady Grove, Pennsylvania, over the first half of…
WestPoint Home Closing One Plant, Expanding Another
WestPoint Home, a maker of textiles for use in home furnishings, is closing a plant in Alabama and adding jobs to another location in Florida.…
Emerson Electric Plans to Add 7,000 Jobs this Year
Emerson Electric Co., a St Louis based manufacturer of data center equipment and thermostats, plans to add as many as 7,000 additional jobs this year. The…
Be Yourself On Interviews
Interviews are stressful and scary. Will you they like you? Will you wear the right thing, say the right thing, or just get the whole thing right?
Women and Men, Planning, and Unemployment
In my days of practicing law, some of the other young male associates were extremely secretive about sharing their personal lives with anyone in the firm. There were two things they did not necessarily want everybody to know about:
Skills For Management Jobs
To be a successful manager, you need to unite, motivate, inspire and direct your team towards fulfilling a set of predefined goals. That statement summarizes what interviewers for management jobs look for in job applicants and the eventual interviewees. Whether you are looking for jobs in management or you are preparing to rise up the proverbial corporate ladder in to a higher management position in your organization, there are specific qualities that you need to demonstrate in order to stand any chance at vying for and landing a management position.
AOL Chief Executive Anticipates ‘Comeback’ In 2011
In 2010, AOL, once the biggest name on the Internet, posted a net loss of $782.5 million, or $7.42 per diluted share. That's quite a…
State Senator Says Department of Health and Human Resources Needs ‘Major Overhaul’
The Department of Health and Human Resources for the state of West Virginia is coming under intense scrutiny from the state's government. Senator Brooks McCabe…
Tyco Electronics To Layoff 248 Employees; To Shift Manufacturing From Minnesota To Mexico
Tyco Electronics Ltd. Will lay off 248 of the 700 employees at it’s manufacturing plant in Shakopee, Minnesota. In a move similar to that of…