Managers are planning to hire workers to support both long- and short-term initiatives, as 53% of employers expect to hire full-time employees over the next 12 months. Meantime, 40% will hire contract, temporary or project professionals and 39% will add part-time employees, according to a new survey by Robert Half International and CareerBuilder.
“Companies already are [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 31, 2009
Managers Plan Hires Over Next 12 Months
August 25, 2009
Motorcycle accessory company moving to Rock Hill
An Ohio company will relocate its headquarters and distribution center to Rock Hill this fall, bringing about 40 jobs to the community.
Competition Accessories, a mail-order motorcycle and personal watercraft supply company, will spend about $3.3 million in moving from the Springfield, Ohio, area.
The company, founded in 1959 in Xenia, Ohio, plans to hire workers for [...]
August 24, 2009
Ingold shutters operation in Hickory
Ingold Co. Inc. in Hickory has closed its doors after 114 years of operation.
In a letter to customers, the company says it will be dissolved in a bankruptcy, the Hickory Daily Record reports.
Alice Herman, Ingold president, couldn’t be reached for comment.
The letter states that financial losses associated with a “large, out-of-state project” forced the company [...]
August 24, 2009
N.C. construction jobs down 18%
North Carolina had 192,400 construction jobs in July, an 18.2 percent decline from a year ago, according to an analysis of federal employment data released Friday by the Associated General Contractors of America.
The analysis found that 47 states saw declines in construction employment, while only two saw increases and one saw no change in construction [...]
August 24, 2009
Good and bad news for Knox County’s largest industrial park
Forks of the River is Knox County’s largest industrial park. The numbers fluctuate, but there’s room for about 35 large companies.
Recently, some of the bigger ones, such as Sea Ray and Panasonic, have struggled.
“Panasonic recently announced they will be moving some of their operations, part of their operations, out there to Mexico and [...]
August 24, 2009
South Knoxville Waterfront condos headed for auction block
A stalled piece of South Knoxville’s waterfront development is up for sale.
The Cityview at Riverwalk Condominiums fell into foreclosure just before being completed.
In August 2006, city officials and developers broke ground on the condominiums, the first major piece of the city’s South Waterfront Development plan.
The complex was supposed to be the center of a large [...]
August 24, 2009
Pigeon Forge attraction goes on auction block without opening
A 26 acre Pigeon Forge family attraction that was supposed to welcome visitors about three years ago will be up for auction on August 31.
Belle Island Village, located just off the Parkway in Pigeon Forge, is almost 90 percent complete.
The finished product was supposed to feature shops, restaurants and entertainment.
A bankruptcy auction on the [...]
August 24, 2009
Physicians voice concerns on Mission Hospital direction
A group of local physicians sent a letter to the Mission Hospital board of directors Thursday night expressing their concerns about the direction and leadership at the hospital.
Thirteen practices, including more than 130 physicians and staff, signed the letter, which they hope will start to restore a relationship between doctors and hospital administration they think [...]
August 24, 2009
Locksmith expands shop
A.L. Odom Locksmiths Inc. has opened a newly remodeled shop at 1133-A Sweeten Creek Road.
The shop now features a larger showroom for displaying home and commercial safes by both American Security and Gardall in stock.
Owners Allen and Marianne Odom also now provide automotive smart and laser-cut key services, in addition to commercial and residential lock [...]
August 24, 2009
Arts Center acquires Sole Impact
Asheville Arts Center has absorbed Sole Impact Dance Studio and named its owner, Heidi Kulas, as dance director.
Kulas founded Sole Impact in 2008. She will continue to run the performance group Sole Impact Professional Dance Troop as an independent entity.
A graduate of Mars Hill College, she has been a guest dancer for Nickel Creek and [...]
