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SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- More than 500 high-tech engineering jobs are coming to Bullitt County with the arrival of New Flyer of America. Over the past nine months, the company has been preparing a 300,000-square-foot warehouse off Park Loop Road in Shepherdsville to house its newest manufacturing facility. On Monday, workers and executives celebrated the grand opening with a ribbon cutting and tour for city and state leaders. “This is a huge investment and a huge step for us,” said Wayne Joseph, the president of New Flyer of America. According to the company’s press release, NFI Group is North America’s...

As we move closer to the mid-term election day, the stream of favorable economic news following the Republican tax cuts and President Trump's moves toward deregulation has spurred former President Obama to step forward to try to make the case that his policies were the real source of the current boom. In a speech at the University of Illinois, Obama attempted to persuade people that "the credit for the prosperity that is breaking out today truly belongs to me. The GOP tax cuts wouldn't have been as effective if taxes hadn't been so high during my term. Likewise for the...

RALEIGH — A Winston-Salem insurance company is planning an expansion that will bring 626 jobs to the city. National General Management Corp. will receive a $5.6 million job development grant from the state if it meets hiring goals, according to the N.C. Department of Commerce. That grant not only brings more than 600 jobs to Winston-Salem, but it also keeps the company’s operations there, as National General was contemplating moving all of its jobs out of the state. The company currently has 1,245 employees based in Forsyth County. The N.C. Economic Investment Committee approved the state grant at a special...

ShayoNano USA, Inc., an innovative developer of advanced materials, plans to construct a new manufacturing facility in Chester County, South Carolina. The company’s $14.7 million capital investment is projected to bring approximately 40 new jobs to the community. The company is a manufacturer and provider of nanomaterials, such as synthesizing additives that improve the profitability and performance of a variety of products. The company harnesses its unique, patented technology to support a range of uses, including paints and coatings, fire retardants, nanocomposites and more. Located at 564 Ecology Lane in Chester, ShayoNano’s new, 23,000-square-foot manufacturing facility is projected to start...

Amazon opened an 85-thousand-square-foot "Tech Hub" in University City Thursday that the tech giant says will create 300 new jobs in the areas of software development, machine learning, cloud computing and digital entertainment. San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and Assemblyman Todd Gloria attended the grand opening event. Amazon's San Diego expansion is the brainchild of Nate Wiger, a UC San Diego graduate who proposed the idea in 2016 while working at Amazon's Irvine office. The expansion will serve as one of Amazon's 17 Tech Hubs in the US and Canada , not including the company's Seattle headquarters. On Wednesday, Amazon...

Sykes Enterprises Inc., which plans to offer jobs to as many as 500 employees by the end of the year, has announced that it will be conducting a hiring event on Wednesday at the company's Strickland Bridge Road facility. "We're inviting interested candidates to come out and apply, interview and even potentially receive an offer all in the same day," a news release said. The Wednesday hiring event will be held all day at 921 Strickland Bridge Road, Sykes said in the release. The positions will "provide technical support to customers on behalf of our clients." "Great candidates include folks...

Gov. Phil Bryant and officials from Mueller Industries cut the ribbon on the company’s new warehousing and distribution operations in Fulton, Miss. The project is a $3.83 million corporate investment which adds 60 new jobs. “Mueller’s location in Northeast Mississippi provides numerous benefits, including exceptional access to a well-integrated transportation system so the company can quickly and efficiently reach its customers. The region’s workforce is highly skilled in the manufacturing and distribution industries and will also play a critical role in Mueller’s continued success in Itawamba County,” Gov. Phil Bryant said. Mueller manufactures and distributes plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration and industrial...

Amazon has been ramping up hiring in the 20 cities it shortlisted for its HQ2 search and Philadelphia is dead last in those efforts while Virginia, Boston and New York rank in the top three, according to a GeekWire report. One can only wonder whether Amazon's hiring has anything to do its HQ2 search and the city it ultimately selects. ▪“A GeekWire analysis of Amazon job data provided by a third-party firm found that of the HQ2 finalists, offices in the Washington D.C. area — which includes three of the 20 regions on the short list in D.C. proper, Northern...

• President Donald Trump presides over an administration that has seen an enormous level of controversy that could overshadow a burgeoning economy. • He has delivered on promises to cut taxes and regulations and promote activity through more aggressive government spending. • Critics believe that it won't last because the fiscal stimulus is aimed only at near-term growth. • The results, though, have been impressive: a surge in company profits and near-record levels of optimism from consumers and businesses....

An event scheduled at an AT&T location in Evansville Thursday will look to fill 60 jobs. AT&T says the positions are customer support specialist jobs. The event is from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 5101 Vogel Road. In order to apply for a job at the event, you need to first do so online be clicking here. According to AT&T, the jobs are a result of the company's continued investment in Indiana and the Evansville area.

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Tuesday announcement that he won’t seek a third term throws a big unknown into the city’s efforts to score Amazon’s second headquarters, which would be the crowning achievement in a line of corporate wins under his leadership. The city is one of 20 locations in the running for what Amazon has dubbed HQ2, which will bring up to 50,000 high-paying new jobs to the chosen North American location. Amazon has said it will pick a location by year’s end. Emanuel has been hands-on in trying to woo Amazon to Chicago, touting the city’s growing tech sector,...

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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is hiring for Guam jobs, in part to ease long wait times for arriving international travelers at the A.B. Won Pat International Airport. The hiring of five additional CBP officers was announced on Guam during a meeting between local leaders and CBP Director of Field Operations in San Francisco Brian Humphrey, CBP Area Port Director in Honolulu Bruce Murley and CBP Port Director in Guam Gerald Aevermann, CBP announced Wednesday. The addition of these positions will assist CBP in the processing of travelers to Guam, CBP stated in a news release. "CBP officers have...

McConnell Air Force Base has started to fill about 400 job openings to support the KC-46 air refueling tanker. "Everything from pilots, to airplane mechanics, to medical personnel and a few support personnel as well," said Colonel Eric Vitosh, the commander of the 931st Air Refueling Wing at McConnell. Right now, the refueling wing has about 750 airmen. Vitosh said within the next few years the base anticipates the reserve wing to employ about 1,200 airmen and civilians. "It means a new mission that we will be sustaining and carrying us much further into this new century that we are...

ASHEBORO — Central North Carolina has witnessed a burst of economic excitement in the past two weeks, with the announcement of more than 1,700 new jobs. * Aug. 29: Publix’s intention to build a $300 million warehouse distribution center in Greensboro, hiring up to 1,000 people. * Aug. 28: Defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton’s $5.2 million expansion in Fayetteville, hiring 208 workers with high-tech skills at an average salary of $61,000. * Aug. 28: Automotive supplier Dowa Thermotech Co. Ltd.’s plans for a new $22.5 million plant in Sanford creating 109 new jobs. * Aug. 16: FedEx’s announcement of a...

Recruiting technology could be contributing to a higher unemployment rate for young veterans. A startup run by a former sub commander is attempting to change this. Young veterans have a much higher unemployment rate than their civilian counterparts, and recruiting technology may share some of the blame. The problem is that military skills aren't translating well into civilian skills. Noel Gonzalez, a former submarine commanding officer, is trying to change this. Gonzalez is heading a startup, SkillMil, a recent spinoff by SRI International, a Silicon Valley-based nonprofit research institute. SkillMil's recruiting technology can extract military training and certifications from records...

Every election, politicians talk about the need for more job training programs. What they don't tell voters is that the government already spends billions on job training. Most of it is wasted. Last week, The New York Times reported that one of the biggest and oldest federal job training programs — the $1.7 billion Job Corps — is failing those it's supposed to help. The story points to an audit of the program by the Labor Department's Office of Inspector General, which found that despite its large budget, and the fact that 50,000 students enroll every year, the Job Corps...

It's coal people like miner Steve Knotts, 62, who make West Virginia Trump Country. So it was no surprise that President Donald Trump picked the state to announce his plan rolling back Obama-era pollution controls on coal-fired power plants. Trump left one thing out of his remarks, though: northern West Virginia coal country will be ground zero for increased deaths and illnesses from the rollback on regulation of harmful emission from the nation's coal power plants. An analysis done by his own Environmental Protection Agency concludes that the plan would lead to a greater number of people here dying prematurely,...

Chances are you’ve heard about how huge esports is becoming. It’s on TV channels like ESPN and TBS, it has hundreds of thousands –or even millions — of dollars in prizes. And it’s the industry that’s drawn investment from a number of mainstream brands, and even A-list celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez and Shaquille O’Neal. And while you might be aware of the gigantic sums of money these players (often teens) are playing for, you’re probably not aware just how many other career paths exist in esports. Gone are the days where you could only make a living in professional...