ASHEVILLE – The second-year students of the A-B Tech Hotel and Restaurant Management program will sponsor the fifth annual Hospitality Career Fair from 9 a.m. to noon April 2 in the Magnolia Building on the Asheville campus. The purpose of the job fair is to showcase hospitality industry careers, create opportunities for hospitality career building [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 17, 2009
Projects Bolster Innovation Valley Claim as World-Class Research and Entrepreneurial Hub
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Two far-reaching projects announced in recent days further bolster the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley’s claim as a world-class center of research, entrepreneurial activities and high tech jobs. Work begins this week on the 188-acre Cherokee Farms high tech park on the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus. The first [...]
March 17, 2009
Three East Tennessee companies cut 137 jobs
The Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported today that 137 people are being laid off as two companies are closing their East Tennessee facilities and a third has announced a mass lay-off. Johns Manville, which manufactures glass fibers for gypsum wallboards, is laying off 68 people at its Etowah plant between April 1-30; Eclipse [...]
March 17, 2009
Goody’s cuts 154 jobs in Middle Tennessee
As Goody’s Family Clothing finishes its liquidation, 154 Nashville area workers are out of a job. According to a report released Tuesday by the Tennessee Department of Labor, the employees at Goody’s retail locations in and around Nashville will be let go at the end of February. The company confirmed plans to liquidate in January, [...]
March 17, 2009
Brunswick cuts another 70 Sea Ray jobs
Brunswick Corp. cut another 70 jobs today at its Knoxville-based Sea Ray Boat division. In addition to 70 workers laid off at the company’s Knoxville Plant, 70 workers at the Riverview Plant were laid off, as part of a previously announced closing of that operation. Both facilities are in Forks of the River Industrial Park [...]
March 16, 2009
Newspapers: DOA in 2009?
We’ve been reporting the demise of newspapers now for a long time. And, while it’s been very clear that unless the papers made radical changes to their business model they would go bankrupt – we didn’t expect it to happen THIS YEAR! In fact – 2009 may be the final year of major newspaper circulation [...]
March 12, 2009
BofA’s Lewis: Economic crisis ‘far from over’
Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis, under fire for the bank’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., said Thursday the greatest economic crisis in a generation is far from over. However, he predicted BofA would generate nearly $50 billion in pre-tax profit this year before setting aside money for bad loans. “It’s been a long journey [...]
March 12, 2009
Knoxville Sign Workers Respond Creatively to Company Closing
When Knoxville-based sign maker Image Point in Knoxville abruptly went out of business in January, 270 laid off workers took matters into their own hands. First, they created a Facebook account to share tips on navigating through the unemployment benefits system, fighting depression, and, of course, finding another job. Eventually the site morphed into a [...]
March 12, 2009
Decline in number of IT job openings does slow
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Is the technology job market hitting bottom in North Carolina? Could be, according to the latest “IT Job Trends” report. The number of open information technology positions in the state dropped in February to 1,060, but the decline of 70 from January was the smallest change in several months. So [...]
March 12, 2009
NC job agency organizes slate of career fairs
A workshop on how ex-convicts can find a job in this tough economy is part of a steady stream of events trying to connect North Carolina’s unemployed workers to companies with jobs to fill. The usual seminars on learning to network and writing winning resumes at Wednesday’s career expo at North Carolina State University’s McKimmon [...]
