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Share of people working in Georgia way down
Eight years after the start of the Great Recession, the employment rate in Georgia has still not recovered to its pre-recession levels. Not the unemployment rate — although that needs work, too. But...
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A good month for Georgia manufacturing
The Georgia assembly line ramped up to a higher gear in February, according to monthly survey released today by Kennesaw State University. The state’s manufacturing sector saw increases in a number of...
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Construction starts on long delayed Moores Mill Publix
It’s a grocery store more than a decade in the making. But for residents of the Moores Mill Road and Marietta Boulevard corridors in northwest Atlanta, it’ll be so much more – the badly needed fix to a...
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Walmart raises pay this week in Georgia
This is the week that higher wages – and bonuses worth roughly $9 million – flows from the corporate coffers of Bentonville, Ark. to the paystubs of more than 50,000 Walmart workers in Georgia. The...
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Hiring looks steady in Georgia, upbeat in Atlanta
Steady as she goes. Georgia companies plan to keep on hiring at a steady pace through the next three months, according to a survey by Manpower, the national staffing company. Although metro Atlanta is...
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HD Supply to expand in Cobb
HD Supply, a distributor of heavy equipment, will expand its operations in Cobb County as part of a broader reshaping of its business. Joe DeAngelo (CQ), CEO of HD Supply. HD Supply a spin-off of Home...
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Atlanta jobless rate rises, economy sheds jobs
Metro Atlanta’s unemployment rate rose, climbing from 4.8 percent in December to 5.2 percent in January, the state labor department said Thursday. The region also lost 36,200 jobs during the month....
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AJC at SXSW: Atlanta acts and what the South has to say
Austin, Texas — The tri-level Speakeasy lounge on bustling Congress Avenue will feel a little like Atlanta teleported itself to the capital of the Lone Star State. The Speakeasy, 412 Congress Avenue in...
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AJC at SXSW: Innovation lab to help black and Hispanic-women owned firms
Austin, Texas — Digitalundivided (DID), a national group devoted to propelling tech firms started by African-American and Latina women, said Sunday at the famed South by Southwest festival it will open...
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Women more cautious about political talk in the office, survey says
They say that if you want to practice safe conversation, you should stay away from religion and politics. But the latter subject can sometimes be hard to avoid. And with the never-ending American...
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Business and civil rights groups oppose Georgia ‘religious liberty’ bill
The Georgia House and Senate on Wednesday passed “religious freedom” legislation that has long been opposed by major corporations and business boosters as discriminatory. The bill will go to Gov....
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Georgia-Pacific plans major expansion in downtown Atlanta
Georgia-Pacific, the giant paper and consumer products company, plans to expand its Atlanta corporate hub, adding hundreds of jobs at its namesake downtown Atlanta tower. At a meeting of Invest...
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Chick-fil-A may move to Dugans Midtown spot
Chick-fil-A, one of metro Atlanta’s favorite eateries, may be coming to one of the city’s hottest neighborhoods. Website Loop.net has linked to a real estate page that shows what appears to be an...
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Atlanta job growth zips to 8th-fastest in the country
Judging job growth is not just about the number, it’s about the pace. That is, the same number of new jobs means a lot more in a smaller community than in a major metro. And metro Atlanta’s did pretty...
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Georgia lowest for construction jobless rate
Think there’s still a depression in Georgia building? Oh, that notion is just so 2011. According to recently revised government data, the state now leads the nation with the lowest unemployment rate in...
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If you’re an Atlanta job-seeker, you might find the market soft in the middle
For Christy Carlin Fain, the job market offers a frustrating choice between taking work that doesn’t pay the bills and holding out for that better-paying position that keeps hovering out of reach....
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Looking for a job? Openings in Atlanta, hiring across the country
As the government reported another month of modest growth for the U.S. economy, the number of job openings in Atlanta was also growing, according to a report Friday. Simply Hired said that metro...
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Careers for people who can’t afford lots of schooling and degrees
For many professions – especially those with the highest status and pay – a college degree is just a good start. That four-year investment – with total costs sometimes running into six figures – must...
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Overtime pay could pad your paycheck soon (maybe)
Watch those paychecks, people, this could be the Summer of Overtime. Or, y’know, not. But if you are on a modest salary, you just might among the roughly 5 million employees moving into a whole new...
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More people looking for jobs, still Atlanta’s rate dipped
The jobless rate for Metro Atlanta dipped from 5.3 percent to 5.2 percent last month as the region added 11,300 jobs, the Labor Department reported Thursday. While the unemployment rate is still above...
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