An Adecco employment agency in Paris An Adecco employment agency in Paris. The Franco-Swiss temporary employment group Adecco said it would acquire a 29 percent stake in German rival DIS for 636 million euros (769 million dollars) and planned to launch a voluntary public tender offer for the
Source: Agence France Presse English
Posted: 2006-01-14
Byline: Mike Tierney Jan. 13--A gentle rain is rinsing Atlanta as Rendric Smith emerges from the van, wearing a ball cap, a sweater vest and a smile. For the next few hours, he will tromp around puddles and through slippery yards, determining how much your gas bills have soared. If meter reading is
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-14
BEIJING, Jan 13, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The average employment rate among technical school graduates reached 95 percent during the 10th five-year-plan (2001 to 2005), according to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MLSS). More than 17 million Chinese received technical training or
School trustee takes job with Fort Lee -- Quits board to avoid conflict of interest By ADRIENNE LU, STAFF WRITER Date: 01-13-2006, Friday Section: LOCAL Edtion: All Bergen Editions FORT LEE - A longtime school board member is stepping down after accepting a part-time job with the borough. Rachele
Source: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Posted: 2006-01-14
THE Executive are to toughen the law to cut the chances of sex offenders working with children. They want to push through new laws after a case in England where registered sex offender Paul Reeve was given a job in a school. Last night, former Westminster higher education minister Kim Howells
Source: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Posted: 2006-01-14
Jan. 12--Salem Communications Corp., the Camarillo company that owns more than 100 religious and conservative talk radio stations, has added an eighth Web site to its growing presence on the Internet. Salem Web Network, a subsidiary, announced last week it acquired the site
Source: Ventura County Star (Ventura, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-14
With an eye on the rise and fall of minority and women-owned businesses, organizations have found a niche in helping them to expand and develop. Pat Cole of Cole Financial Services has taken advantage of many opportunities offered through business and professional organizations in Metro Detroit.
Byline: Anita Clark Jan. 13--Dean Health System announced Thursday it will eliminate 82 jobs in health care support and its insurance company and may cut more positions later this year. Jobs eliminated are in areas that do not involve patient care. The affected jobs are in accounting, human
Source: The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, Wisconsin) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-14
Byline: Jennifer Thomas Jan. 13--Bob Bowles is the first to admit he was stunned by the line of job seekers outside the College Township CareerLink office Thursday. Obviously, I knew that there were some from Murata who had lost their positions, and I had heard about Corning, said the human
Source: Centre Daily Times (State College, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-14
Byline: Melanie Burney Jan. 13--Faced with a projected $9.1 million budget deficit, Willingboro school officials briefed residents last night on a worst-case scenario. Without additional funding, about 105 jobs would be eliminated, including 44 teachers, 17 classroom aides, 13 administrators, and 3
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-14
MP ELFYN Llwyd last night said dozens of jobs are on the verge of being created at a former North Wales weapons testing base. The Meirionnydd Nant Conwy MP said at least two defence manufacturing firms were interested in moving to Llanbedr Airfield, near Harlech. A total of 160 jobs were lost when
Source: Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Posted: 2006-01-14
Byline: Carol Hazard Jan. 13--Capital One Financial Corp. is cutting 130 jobs in information technology. All but two are in the Richmond area. The cuts occur now through May, company spokeswoman Julie Rakes said yesterday. All employees were notified about the downsizing this week. The work will
Army cancels Lockheed contract Government says spy plane too costly; Jeffco jobs cut The U.S. Army pulled the plug on a Lockheed Martin Corp. contract to build a next-generation spy plane that proved too heavy to fly and too expensive. Experts had reckoned the contract could have created up to 500
Congress Continues to Place Limits on Outsourcing of Government Jobs Byline: Stephen Barr Edition: FINAL Section: Metro Column: FEDERAL DIARY Stephen Barr F or decades, the White House budget office controlled job competitions to determine whether federal work could be turned over to contractors.
Teesside could hit a jobs-boosting pounds 275m jackpot, the Gazette can exclusively reveal today. Plans have been drawn up for a paper recycling plant which could help generate thousands of jobs. If it gets the go-ahead it will be the biggest investment at the Wilton International industrial park
Byline: Helen Logan Teesside is in the frame for a pounds 275m paper mill which has the potential to support thousands of jobs. Ecco Newsprint wants to build the paper recycling plant, which would employ 170 direct staff, at Wilton International, near Redcar. But at the peak of construction, 1,500
Byline: Claire Parker Jan. 12--Clayson Knitting Co. Inc. is laying off 125 employees at its Red Springs sock-making plant by mid-February. Workers are losing their jobs as the company turns the plant into a distribution center, said Bruce Hogan, director of manufacturing. Clayson Knitting employs
Source: The Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-14
JUNO Healthcare Staffing System, Inc. recently released a guide for healthcare facilities titled "12 Reasons Why You Should Choose JUNO For Your Staffing Needs." The guide enumerates the things that make JUNO Healthcare Staffing System, Inc. stand out from other agencies. These include its enviable
Byline: Kim Norris Jan. 13--In an effort to hold on to threatened auto jobs, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft was in southeast Michigan on Thursday proposing a new set of incentives intended to retain jobs in an industry that employs one of every six Ohioans. Taft met with officials at Delphi Corp., the Chrysler
Source: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Posted: 2006-01-14
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Commuters eager to eke out a living in faraway places traverse the long and winding freeways daily to Los Angeles and Orange counties, and it usually winds up costing more in time and gas than they can afford. Next month, the Inland Empire Diversity Career & Job fair will host several