1. Personal assessment – To start a career search you must first understand who you are and what you want to do. This involves objectively evaluating your Industry skills and experience, salary expectations, and career requirements to ensure that they match employers’ expectations. Doing so will help highlight any skill sets that need to be [...]
Entries from November 2009
November 16, 2009
Chattanoogan earns two prestigious awards for 2009
The Chattanoogan hotel, a AAA Four Diamond-rated upscale property, has been honored with two of the highest awards given in the meetings industry. The hotel was awarded the prestigious 2009 Best of the South Award from Meetings Media as well as the 2009 Pinnacle Award from Successful Meetings. There are only three hotels in Tennessee [...]
November 16, 2009
Innovation Valley Website Named Best in Tennessee
Innovation Valley Inc, a regional economic development campaign in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge area, was recognized by Governor Phil Bredesen and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development for having the best economic development website in the state. The announcement was made on September 14 at the 56th Annual Governor’s Conference on Economic and Community [...]
November 16, 2009
New Christmas Wonderland location spreads cheer to local businesses
Christmas is right around the corner so Shadrack Watersports and RV’s Christmas Wonderland are spreading a lot of holiday cheer.
It’s the largest show of its kind in the country, a drive-through experience featuring hundreds of thousands of led lights synchronized and dancing to classic Christmas tunes.
“We decided to expand this year because Knoxville was such [...]
November 16, 2009
Commercial development, albeit on a smaller scale, continues in South Buncombe
The days of rapid-fire commercial construction in the area have passed, but it’s not as if developers have just shut down operations completely.
Some building continues in Asheville and Buncombe, although not the type of massive commercial projects that marked the late 1990s and early part of this decade. Speculative building — where developers erect a [...]
November 16, 2009
Spruce Pine one of Western North Carolina towns reaping tourism gains from Blue Ridge Parkway
The owners of the Orchard at Altapass took North Carolina to court when the state proposed acquiring 200 acres of the apple orchard to create the Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1930s.
The owners at the time ran a wholesale apple business and did not see the benefit of having the scenic road come through the [...]
November 16, 2009
Western North Carolina builders seek local advantage
Some area architects and contractors are trying to get residents and public officials to apply the “buy local” mantra to more than produce.
A group of about 40 building professionals from four Western North Carolina counties have formed a group to encourage the use of area firms for commercial construction in the area.
Some say a large [...]
November 11, 2009
Tenn. Revenue Department hosts business tax workshops
The Tennessee Department of Revenue is holding free bimonthly tax workshops for new businesses in Nashville, Knoxville, Johnson City, Memphis and Chattanooga.
Tax specialists will provide information about business tax, sales and use tax, unemployment tax and tax enforcement procedures.
The workshops are designed to help those dealing with business-related taxes for the first time. They [...]
November 11, 2009
Business leaders plan to take downtown Knoxville to next level
Downtown Knoxville’s come a long way in the past five years.
The number of residents has nearly doubled to 2,000 and new businesses are opening almost every week.
But it still has a long way to go before it’s the vibrant community, the Central Business Improvement District (CBID) wants it to be.
“Can we have a 24 hour [...]
November 11, 2009
Former Maynardville plant manager re-opens closed plant
A Union County factory is opening up again after falling victim to the slumping economy.
Arctel, Inc. in Maynardville went idle in February.
The company makes mirrors, ceiling medallions and lighting accessories, items not in high demand as builders and businesses cut costs.
Chris Woods is happy to be working again after being without a job for almost [...]
