Posted on October 31, 2012
Amazon is hiring thousands of workers, possibly for Boston jobs. The online retailer said it wants to hire about 50,000 people for the holiday season. The seasonal position will be at fulfillment centers across the United States, depending on the location. Amazon said it pays its full-time, permanent employees 30 percent more than what traditional […]
Posted on September 10, 2012
The number of Boston jobs dropped according to a recent survey of job numbers. Although the nationwide jobs report was worse than expected, some states and cities are faring better, and hiring for jobs in Tampa, for example, has increased. The newest CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index finds that the cities Hartford, Baltimore, Los Angeles and Boston, […]
Posted on January 16, 2012
The White House has announced a bold new initiative that aims to connect teens with Boston jobs. Summer Jobs+ is a new call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government to work together to provide pathways to employment for low-income and disconnected youth in the summer of 2012. Americas young people face record unemployment, and […]
Posted on October 17, 2011
A consulting company that focuses on Boston jobs has just released a new report produced jointly with Ciett, the international confederation of private employment agencies. The report, called “Adapting to Change,” illustrates the positive role played by private employment services in this new era of volatility and complexity where continuing economic uncertainty, high unemployment, shifting […]
Posted on October 1, 2011
A local company has received a special certification that will help in screening candidates for jobs in Boston. Safer Places Inc., a firm providing pre-employment screening/background checks, tenant screening and security consulting announced it has received the Sue Weaver Consumer Awareness of Unsafe Service Employment (C.A.U.S.E.) Certification. As such, Safer Places is committed to conducting […]
Posted on August 31, 2011
Employers have been cutting jobs the past three months, but all in all Boston jobs may be up year over year, according to a new report from Challenger, Gray, and & Christmas, the outplacement firm. United States-based employers announced plans to trim 51,114 workers from the payrolls in August, a 23- percent decline from July, […]
Posted on July 18, 2011
The company Eversave has just been purchased for a cool $30 million and said this week it will be expanding its workforce and creating more Boston jobs. Eversave is a daily deal site, much like Groupon and Living Social, except it differentiates itself with its target market and Eversave Extras program. Connecticut-based Affinion purchased the […]
Posted on July 10, 2011
ValueClick, an online advertiser, said this week it is hiring in several markets, including for advertising jobs in Boston. plans to increase its workforce by over 10 percent as part of its global organic growth strategy. Over 100 positions in the areas of sales, business development and technology are available in primary markets such as […]
Posted on June 26, 2011
CSN said in a press release that it has gotten financing to possibly create jobs in Boston, among other initiatives. CSN Stores (www.csnstores.com), the second-largest online retailer of home goods in the U.S. (now larger than Crate&Barrel), is announcing its first round of $165 million, generated from four leading private equity and venture capital firms. […]
Posted on June 19, 2011
A new survey shows just how confident executives are about the growth of Boston jobs. -Polachi Inc., a provider of Access Executive Search services to technology, clean technology, private equity and venture capital companies, today issued the results of its third annual VC survey, which polled venture capital executives throughout the United States. The survey […]