Clinical services firm PRA International has just selected Raleigh, North Carolina, for its new, expanded headquarters. The move will create nearly 500 … Read more
Credit Crunch: 15,000 Mortgage Workers Get Booted
Last week’s unexpected Labor Department announcement of a loss of 4,000 jobs, which sparked fears of a recession, was followed by an overwhelming … Read more
Tomorrow’s Otto Man: Strategies to Steer Drivers Back on the Yellow School Bus
You’ve heard about the stepped-up recruiting practices trucking companies use to address the shortage of truck drivers. Well, some of their gains are … Read more
In the End, Only the Twinkie Survives
Interstate Bakeries Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off 1,300 workers and quit the bread market in Southern California. This decision will see the closure … Read more
Country-Fried: First Magnus Succumbs to Mortgage Mess
The First Magnus Financial Corp. website isn’t sugar-coating anything these days. A visit to the company’s revised one-page website shows a … Read more
ChoicePoint Closes Dallas Office, Lays Off 55 Employment Pre-Screeners
Maybe business is bad for ChoicePoint because more companies are relaxing their once-strict pre-employment screening policies. Even the FBI has loosened … Read more
Dell Closes Oregon Call Center; 220 Workers Affected
A Roseburg, Oregon-based Dell call center is closing its doors after five years — and saying goodbye to 220 workers. According to the local KPIC news … Read more
Police Shortages: Finding the Bad Boys of Tomorrow
While there is a shortage of police officers in federal jobs, the country is also facing a shortage of local police recruits, leaving law-enforcement … Read more
Uncle Sam’s Most Wanted
The government is desperate. It’s alarmingly short of talented police officers, food inspectors, prison guards, airport screeners, border patrol … Read more
Sweet-n-Sour: Cadbury Not Disclosing Locations of Global Cuts
Cadbury Schweppes PLC has announced its plans to cut 7,500 jobs and close 11 (approximately 15%) of its candy factories by 2011. However, the company has … Read more