There are 20 article(s) tagged jobs:

• April 2024

  • Council member and DA host joint career and record-expungement fair

    Organizations ranging from FedEx, MATA, Maximus Child Support and the Memphis Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Center were in attendance to promote work opportunities. 

    By Kambui Bomani April 20, 2024

• February 2024

  • Hundreds turn out for first stop on BlueOval SK’s ‘hiring roadshow’

    On Feb. 15 and 16, the company’s human resources team camped out at Livingston’s Soda Fountain and Grill, a popular retro-style eatery near the Brownsville, Tennessee, town square. 

    By Aisling Mäki February 18, 2024

  • BlueOval SK ramps up hiring across West Tennessee

    BlueOval SK’s recruitment campaign will begin in March or April and will continue to increase hiring each month until it meets the goal of 2,500 West Tennessee hires by end of the year.

    By Aisling Mäki February 18, 2024

• 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

• November 2021

  • Bioventus to invest $9.1 million, create 40 new jobs in Shelby County

    The facility at 7101 Goodlett Farms Parkway will become the medical device manufacturer’s second site in Cordova. 

    By Rob Moore November 20, 2021

• August 2021

  • Crosstown Concourse to host job fair

    Crosstown Concourse will host a job fair Sept. 11 for 17 of its business and nonprofit tenants who are seeking to fill dozens of jobs.

    By Tom Bailey August 31, 2021

• June 2021

  • Where have all the workers gone?

    As the economy has started to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have been having a hard time finding enough workers to meet the demand. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, the labor shortage might not be ending any time soon.

    By Blake Fontenay June 20, 2021

• May 2021

  • Site Selection magazine honors Memphis Chamber, EDGE

    For the second consecutive year, the EDGE and Greater Memphis Chamber have received a top 25 honor by Site Selection magazine for their work in 2020 to recruit jobs and investment.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 06, 2021

• January 2021

  • Memphis-area industrial real estate ‘on fire’ so far in 2021

    Eight transactions for Class A industrial space, totaling 2.4 million square feet, have either been completed or are pending during the first three weeks of January, reports Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors.

    By Tom Bailey January 21, 2021

  • Company seeks incentive to stay, expand in Memphis

    Eversana Life Science Services now has three distribution facilities and 315 jobs in Memphis. It’s seeking a tax incentive to expand and add 50 jobs. Otherwise, company officials say it may move to North Mississippi or St. Louis.

    By Tom Bailey January 19, 2021

• November 2020

  • Bio-services firm may add 561 jobs, invest $213M; seeks incentives

    Cognate BioServices, which has been contract-manufacturing in Memphis since 2007, seeks 15 years of property tax breaks that would save the company $52 million in return for the jobs and investment. However, the firm would still pay $65.4 million in taxes during the same period.

    By Tom Bailey November 19, 2020

  • Cognate BioServices gets big tax break for big investment, hiring spree

    The bio-services firm commits to creating 561 more jobs that pay $63,749 on average, and to making a $212.9 million capital investment.

    By Tom Bailey November 19, 2020

• July 2020

  • Google taps Southaven for first center of its kind in U.S.

    Google's goal is to hire 100 people by the end of 2020 and open its operations center at 5665 Airways by summer 2021.

    By Tom Bailey July 09, 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

• April 2020

  • Amazon hired 2,000 people in Tennessee the past month

    Amazon says it has met its goal of hiring an additional 100,000 people in the U.S. over the past month, including 2,000 in Tennessee.

    By Tom Bailey April 15, 2020

• February 2020

  • Amazon investing $200 million in Memphis robotics facility

    This will be Tennessee's first Amazon facility to utilize Robotics Technology. 

    By Omer Yusuf February 04, 2020

  • Amazon jobs, wages could make big impact in Raleigh, Frayser

    Neighborhood leaders hope new jobs will go to area residents, and some say increasing the frequency of bus routes in Frayser and Raleigh would improve the odds for those who don't own cars.

    By Omer Yusuf February 04, 2020

• January 2020

  • Google search: Southaven may head the list for ops center

    Google has been looking for a site in Southaven for its operations center, according to sources not directly involved in the company's search.

    By Tom Bailey January 06, 2020

• July 2019

  • Tipping Point: Grizzlies internships aren’t limited to basketball

    College students who attended a New Memphis Launch Session hosted by the Grizzlies learned there are also roles they can play in human resources, communications and IT to make the show go on.

    By Anna Cox Thompson July 24, 2019

• February 2019

  • Electrolux downsized staff by 55 percent in runup to closing announcement

    Electrolux trimmed its Memphis factory's workforce by more than half during 2018, during the runup to a surprising Jan. 31 announcement it would shut down in Memphis in two years.

    By Wayne Risher February 08, 2019