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Xbox 720 or PS4? Bethesda hiring for unannounced game on … | GameZone
Bethesda Studios, the company behind The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, is hiring for an “unannounced game on future-generation consoles”. Bethesda mentioned the career opportunites for animators, artists, designers, and programmers as they “ramp up for their next major release” – which looks to be headed to next-gen consoles. Bethesda didn’t reveal any details at all, … Continue reading
Walmart hiring 160 for two new Neighborhood Market stores | Springfield News-Leader | News-Leader.com
Walmart has begun hiring approximately 160 people to work at two new Walmart Neighborhood Market stores slated to open in May in Springfield. The company has opened a temporary hiring center at 4200 S. Quail Creek in Springfield. The new Neighborhood Market stores are at 1320 S. Glenstone and 3150 W. Republic Road… via Walmart … Continue reading
German Banks See Job Cuts Amid Pessimistic Outlook, Survey Shows – Businessweek
Almost 25 percent of German banks plan to cut jobs in the next sixth months as they remain more pessimistic about the financial industry’s outlook than many of their European peers, Ernst & Young reported, citing a survey. Only 12 percent of German lenders said they expect an increase in employment and 65 percent expect … Continue reading
Irish could fill up to 80,000 construction jobs in Canada – The Irish Times – Mon, Feb 27, 2012
UP TO 80,000 jobs in British Columbia could be filled by Irish construction workers, according to a delegation from western Canada which is visiting Ireland this week. Manley MacLachlan, president of the British Columbia Construction Association, which represents over 2,000 companies, said yesterday there was “a world of opportunities” for suitable workers in the western … Continue reading
Analysis: U.S. factory jobs rebound seen destined to fizzle – chicagotribune.com
U.S. manufacturers are hiring at the fastest pace in more than a decade to keep up with new orders but sweeping technological advances could cost thousands of factory workers their jobs in years to come. At a new factory in upstate New York, which is due to churn out its first computer chips this year, … Continue reading
Childcare cost rises ‘may make parents quit their jobs’ – BBC News
Some parents could be forced out of work and into poverty as the rising cost of childcare outstrips wage rises, says a report. A survey by the Daycare Trust charity showed that the average cost of nursery care in Britain for children under two rose by nearly 6% last year. Average wages rose by just … Continue reading
WOW Sight And Sound In Liquidation – Layoffs
The slump in retail spending has claimed another victim, with Queensland-based WOW Audio Visual Superstores placed in the hands of receivers and managers. The company has about 500 employees, with 10 stores in Queensland and two in New South Wales, according to a statement from receivers and managers Ferrier Hodgson. WOW Audio Visual Superstores also has … Continue reading
Eli Lilly to create 200 Kinsale jobs – RTÉ News
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has announced an investment of almost €330m at a new plant in Kinsale in Co Cork. The plant will manufacture and prepare for market the next generation of treatments for illnesses such as cancer and diabetes. Some 300 jobs will be created during construction, while the plant will need 200 skilled … Continue reading
PNC lowers plan for layoffs by 100 – NewsObserver.com
PNC Financial Services Group, which is on the verge of completing its acquisition of RBC Bank, has found new jobs for nearly 100 workers in Raleigh and Rocky Mount whose current positions are being eliminated. The bank is still working on finding new jobs for others who are facing layoffs, PNC spokesman Fred Solomon said … Continue reading
Layoffs hit Hebron fabrication site at Bull Arm – Nfld. & Labrador – CBC News
Some workers have been let go at the Bull Arm industrial yard in eastern Newfoundland, although the managing company says the layoffs are routine and will not affect the Hebron offshore oil project. Kiewit-Kvaerner Contractors let 10 people go on Thursday. Six were staff members, while four people had been seconded from other companies and … Continue reading
Wisconsin leads Midwest in layoffs, unemployment
Despite signs of recovery over the last year, Wisconsin is one of the leading states in layoffs and unemployment claims, according to the most recent federal statistics. Only five other states — California, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida — had more layoffs than Wisconsin during January of this year, according to the a … Continue reading
Recovery bypasses Silicon Valley non-tech workers – Associated Press
Daniel Macias is the face of Silicon Valley seldom seen by those who don’t live there. When he was 19, he wasn’t starting what would become one of the world’s most successful tech companies, like Mark Zuckerberg did at that age when he founded Facebook. Macias spent his 19th birthday behind bars, where he’d been … Continue reading
iTWire – Big increase in Web jobs: report
The chief executive of Australian-based Internet start-up, global outsourcing marketplace, Freelancer.com, Matt Barrie, said today the latest findings of the company’s online Fast 50 survey of the jobs market, revealed that in there was a “tremendous rise across the key web technology areas”, with HTML up 193% – to a “whopping 72,571 new jobs.” Barrie … Continue reading
Wanted: Engineers and Web developers to staff D.C. upstarts – The Washington Post
Members of the Washington region’s start-up community gather each month and meeting co-organizer Peter Corbett almost always asks the same question: How many of you are looking to hire? Without fail, dozens, if not hundreds, of hands fly into the air. Like so many of their counterparts around the country, the region’s up-and-coming technology companies … Continue reading
Where are Washington’s talent shortages? – The Washington Post
The hiring market is far from sunny, but there are still jobs employers in the Washington area have a hard time filling. Paul Villella, chief executive of the staffing services firm HireStrategy, said a couple themes connect them. First, whenever new technologies become popular, employers quickly need people to implement and manage them even if … Continue reading
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