Anyone looking for a job right now can tell you that there are slim pickings, especially at the biggest companies, who are more focused right now on who they can afford to keep and who they can fire than finding new talent.

Carlisle Tire & Wheel , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carlisle Companies Incorporated , announced today that it will consolidate its manufacturing facility located in Carlisle, PA with the former Bowdon, GA manufacturing plant and portions of its Chinese operations into a newly acquired 568,000 square foot facility in Jackson, TN, located between …

A visit with the highest-paid government employees would take you from the University of South Florida, to the state Legislature in Tallahassee, to the South Florida Water Management District in Brooksville.

San Jose, CA Dec. 14, 2009 — RiseSmart, a provider of Web-enabled outplacement and job search services, today announced the appointment of a team of veteran sales executives to drive the growth of RiseSmart Transition Concierge, a tech-savvy outplacement solution that has quickly earned the business — and the trust — of some of the biggest names …

On the one hand, according to Law Shucks, September was almost three times worse for layoffs than August. On the other hand, that’s still a lot better than May

Written by Serge Fleury Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at 4:51 pm Views: 2 After Run-D.M.C. introduced their Adidas to it, prior to it living in the South, and before Nas proclaimed it’s death; Hip-Hop enjoyed a strong and lengthy run out West

First grade teacher Lakisha Mars found out about layoff on bus home.

Job cut announcements plunged 30 percent in September from a year earlier to 66,404, the lowest level since March 2008 and the latest sign of stabilization in the job market, Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported today. Nationally, the sectors with the biggest announced cuts in September were automotive with 22,114; government/non-profit with 7,583, retail with 6 …

Women in Computing: St. Xavier University is inviting all women in the computing field to the Midwest Women in Computing Conference, Oct. 9 and 10 at the Chicago campus, 3700 W

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Floyd Mayweather Jr will put his unbeaten record on the line against Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday when the biggest question mark will be the effect of the American’s 21-month absence from the ring.