There are 45 article(s) tagged employment:

• November 2023

  • Restaurant employment returning to pre-pandemic levels

    “We’re actually seeing a lot of restaurant veterans who might have left the industry during COVID and want to come back for various reasons,” said Ed Cabigao, co-owner of SOB.

    By Sophia Surrett November 06, 2023

• July 2023

  • County re-entry office offering paid training program

    Formerly incarcerated people can learn job skills while earning money through a Shelby County Office of Re-Entry program called Focused.

    By Aarron Fleming July 19, 2023

• May 2023

  • Memphis’ health care and life science industry grows despite pandemic

    “When we say we have the highest concentration of Black talent in health care and life science, the companies we’re recruiting to Memphis sit up and pay attention,” said Gwyn Fisher, chief economic development officer of the Greater Memphis Chamber. 

    By Aisling Mäki May 30, 2023

• August 2022

  • Memphis job market sees all-time high in employment in June

    The Greater Memphis Chamber’s Center for Economic Competitiveness’ June 2022 job report highlights record-high growth and significant pre-pandemic recovery across most industries. 

    By Neil Strebig August 15, 2022

• July 2021

  • Labor shortage creates a ‘great time to be an employee’

    Employers are giving hiring bonuses, creating retention incentives, making work schedules more flexible, raising pay, providing transportation to workers and providing other incentives to fill positions during this tight labor market.

    By Tom Bailey July 19, 2021

  • Peabody holding jobs fair, offering hiring bonus for first time

    The Peabody seeks to fill more than 115 jobs. And in this tight labor market, the hotel is offering two hiring-bonus installments. 

    By Tom Bailey July 12, 2021

  • Camera rental company plans to move headquarters to Southwind

    The Memphis-born company that has become the nation’s largest online rental company for camera equipment seeks planning board approval so it can move from Cordova to an existing building in the Southwind business park.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 2021

  • Industrial developer seeks to rezone 72 acres near airport

    TPA Group of Atlanta wants to convert 72 undeveloped acres near Memphis International into property that can host warehousing, distribution and fulfillment uses.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 2021

• April 2021

  • Amazon confirms two new Memphis-area facilities

    Amazon confirms plans to build two more facilities in the Memphis area, one in Frayser/Raleigh and the other in Byhalia, Mississippi.

    By Tom Bailey April 22, 2021

• March 2021

  • Alphatec Spine receives incentive to open distribution and repair operation in Memphis

    The California-based medical device company plans to hire 95 employees and spend $3.5 million to open a distribution and repair operation in the city’s southeast industrial submarket.

    By Tom Bailey March 17, 2021

• February 2021

  • New equipment means Memphis plant can make 40M boxes of facial tissue yearly

    The mammoth K.T.G. (USA) plant in North Memphis has room to add a new equipment line. The $20 million investment also means the hiring of another 27 employees who will be paid more than $20 an hour.

    By Tom Bailey February 25, 2021

• December 2020

  • EDGE approves tax incentive to lure dental company

    If Crown World decides to come to Memphis, it would buy and renovate an empty, airport-area office building, invest $2.7 million in the property, and hire 25 people.

    By Tom Bailey December 16, 2020

  • Dental lab may open near airport

    Executives with a dental products company say they would open a dental lab near the airport if their company receives a tax incentive.

    By Tom Bailey December 12, 2020

  • Amazon building 3rd Memphis delivery station in Frayser/Raleigh

    Amazon has quietly started site work atop a hill behind its just-opened fulfillment center at 4055 New Allen Road. The future, 183,000-square-foot facility will be a delivery station that employs about 300.

    By Tom Bailey December 03, 2020

• November 2020

  • Memphis-made manufacturer cites reasons for leaving

    The founder and chief executive of Commercial Filter said Piperton in Fayette County will offer his company lower taxes and a more stable workforce. Plus, he lives in Piperton.

    By Tom Bailey November 25, 2020

• July 2020

  • Amazon locating sixth Memphis-area facility in Horn Lake

    The e-commerce giant will now operate more than 4 million square feet of facilities in the Memphis area.

    By Tom Bailey July 21, 2020

• June 2020

  • Amazon increasing its permanent, Tennessee jobs by 30% in June

    Starting in June, the giant e-commerce company is making permanent 2,000 "seasonal" jobs it added in Tennessee because of the demand for front-door deliveries caused by the pandemic.

    By Tom Bailey June 01, 2020

• May 2020

  • Temporary job cuts reach FedEx Logistics

    FedEx Logistics joins FedEx Office and FedEx Freight as entities of Memphis-based FedEx Corp. that have implemented temporary, unpaid furloughs because of business conditions arising from COVID-19.

    By Wayne Risher May 22, 2020

• April 2020

  • Proposed industrial park near airport takes step forward

    The Land Use Control Board endorsed rezoning from residential to light-industrial uses 66 acres just north of Memphis International Airport. The site is where 258 homes were removed decades ago as part of a noise-abatement program. 

    By Tom Bailey April 09, 2020

  • Google Operations Center may land at wooded site in Southaven

    Sources say Google has homed in on undeveloped land fronting Interstate 55, just north of Tanger Outlets, for a customer-support center that will employ more than 350 people.

    By Tom Bailey April 08, 2020

• March 2020

  • McKesson lays off 79 soon after receiving $830,000 jobs grant

    The pharmaceutical-distribution company has closed one of its operations in Southeast Memphis even as its invests in other Memphis-area facilities.

    By Tom Bailey March 14, 2020

• February 2020

  • Indigo Ag: Memphis office growing despite job cuts

    Indigo Ag indicates that roughly 50 Memphis employees have been laid off. Yet, the Memphis staff of 280 is still larger than it was a year ago and will keep growing, a company representative says.

    By Tom Bailey February 28, 2020

  • Memphis College of Art gives students one last boost with jobs fair

    Businesses have until Friday, Feb. 21, to register for the free event on Feb. 25. It's MCA's last jobs fair, but one that may continue on anyway. 

    By Tom Bailey February 17, 2020

• January 2020

  • Wanted: 1,000 workers to boss around Amazon robots

    According to one expert, Amazon's hiring will put pressure on other area employers, especially in related fields, and those companies may need to get a little creative. 

    By Wayne Risher January 28, 2020

  • Electrolux seeks new workers — even though its local plant is slated to close

    The company will host a recruiting event Jan. 30 to find new, full-time employees. 

    By Tom Bailey January 24, 2020