Pulte Homes Inc. will close its mortgage-processing unit in Charlotte by mid-December, eliminating nearly 90 jobs.
The company cites the continued downturn in the U.S. housing market. Pulte Mortgage Co., which lends solely to customers of Pulte Homes, will consolidate its mortgage-processing operations at the unit’s headquarters in Colorado.
Read full BizJournals article here
Entries from September 2008
September 10, 2008
Pulte Mortgage to close Charlotte Processing Unit
September 9, 2008
Knoxville Hiring is Expected to Slow Some During 4Q
Job creation in the Knoxville area will be sluggish in the fourth quarter, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today.
Seventeen percent of area companies surveyed said they plan to add workers during the October-December period and 7 percent said they expected to cut jobs, Manpower reported.
That’s down from Manpower’s previous hiring forecast when [...]
September 8, 2008
Charlotte IT hiring to increase
Charlotte-area hiring of information-technology professionals is expected to increase in the fourth quarter, according to a Robert Half International Inc. survey.
Ten percent of chief information officers in the Charlotte region plan to add IT staff during the quarter, and 2 percent forecast staff reductions.
Read full article at Charlotte Business Journal here
September 8, 2008
North Carolina’s bidding war for engineers
A boom in power plant construction has meant engineers are in high demand in Charlotte, N.C., which is home to several power plant companies. Headhunters compete to lure civil engineers away from their jobs, and engineering students receive job offers before they even graduate. First-year engineers can expect to start at an average salary of [...]
September 3, 2008
Can Local Web Ads Save Newspapers?
In doing research on how traditional newspapers are performing in the United States, I came across this article – interesting stuff. In summary, audience shifts from newspaper to online for everything from local news to classifieds has had a devastating effect on bottom line revenues. Some of this revenue loss is being offset by newspaper’s [...]
September 3, 2008
Charlotte Observer to Add Another Round of Layoffs
According to the Charlotte Business Journal….
The Charlotte Observer is seeking to cut up to 10 percent of its full-time work force by Oct. 3.
Employees will be offered voluntary buyouts.
Publisher Ann Caulkins says layoffs may be necessary if not enough employees opt for the buyouts.
The Observer has 810 full-time employees. Of those, 200 work in the [...]
September 3, 2008
Charlotte in the Top 10 Markets to Grow…Again
According to Matt Woolsey at Forbes.com Charlotte made the list of the “Top 10 Cities Where Jobs, Home Prices are Growing.” How is that for a title? Hmmmm… Anyway, here is your list…
1. Albuquerque, N.M.
2. Charlotte, N.C.
3. San Antonio, Texas
4. Portland, Ore.
5. Austin, Texas
6. Salt Lake City, Utah
7. Colorado Springs, Colo.
8. Minneapolis
9. [...]
September 2, 2008
Podcast Usage Still Skews Young
I found this updated research report on The eMarketer Daily newsletter today. The importance and difficulty of trying to reach young men with your employment & branding message can’t be overstated. Young men are DIFFICULT and EXPENSIVE to reach. The more recruiters of this demo begin to think of themselves as marketers of opportunity, the [...]
