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Lowe’s will hold a job fair on Friday, February 10 from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the One-Stop Center in the Effingham County Annex, located at 768 Ga. 119 S., Springfield.

Hans-Herbert Jagla, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC has announced that the plant is adding 200 new employees to its 2,500 workforce. Read more

Gov. Nathan Deal today announced that Tenneco, a global vehicle supplier, is expanding its production lines, adding new equipment and increasing its workforce by 350 additional employees at its existing facilities in Hartwell…

Tenneco is one of the world’s leading designers, manufacturers and distributors of emission and ride control products and systems for the automotive original equipment market and aftermarket. The company is expanding existing lines and installing additional production lines at its Hartwell manufacturing facility, where automotive shock absorbers and struts are produced. More

Chrysler said Thursday that it is hiring 1,800 new workers and increasing production at its plant in Belvidere, a once-dominant manufacturing area that now has the state’s highest unemployment rate and has been battered by the economic downturn.

…Chrysler said at an on-site news conference that about 500 of the new employees will work on the new Dodge Dart while the others will work on the existing Jeep Compass and Liberty models. All are expected to be hired by the third quarter of this year. The plant already employs about 2,700 people and creates hundreds of other jobs at nearby parts suppliers and other vendors.

Violin Memory, a Mountain View, Calif.-based flash memory storage devices, says that is hiring two to three engineers a week as it heads toward an initial public offering in mid-2012. The company currently has about 230 employees, and its headcount could expand to 500 by the end of the first quarter of 2012. Some growth could come through acquisitions, said Vice President of Engineering Kevin Rowett…

Violin’s hiring needs include chip designers, hardware designers, software designers, storage engineers, as well as salespeople. About 130 of the company’s employees are engineers. Depending on skill level and experience, engineers can earn salaries ranging from $90,000 to $200,000 a year, Rowett said. The larger lure, he said, is the potential value of stock options upon an IPO, he said. “Equity is the primary reason people come to us,” he said.

SOURCE: Fins Technology

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Onin staffing is hiring general laborers, packers, tax preparers, and certified forklift operators. Prime America is hiring an administrative assistant.

Apply with JCR Associates if you want to work as a maintenance mechanic, maintenance manager, lead operator or tool room supervisor. TEB Associates is looking for an account manager and Saddle Up is hiring truck drivers.

Also on the list: McDonalds. They are hiring crew leaders.
The job fair is tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1359 Lomaland.

SOURCE: KTSM.com

CarMax, Inc. is hiring about 90 people for the company’s new store in Chattanooga.

The new 36,000-square-foot store grand opens on February 29, 2012, at 2211 Overnite Drive and is CarMax’s first store in Chattanooga. Applications are now being accepted for the new positions on the retailer’s website at CarMax.com/careers.

CarMax is seeking applicants for full and part-time positions including sales, business office, inventory, service advisors and technicians and purchasing. Automotive experience is not necessary or required for most positions.

Canadian company Betatech Inc. has decided to start a Glasgow-based subsidiary, Fortis Manufacturing, LLC, which will eventually bring 100 new jobs to Barren County.

Betatech and Fortis Manufacturing make precision tooling and stamping for the automotive industry, and the Glasgow plant will be the first-ever U.S. manufacturing facility. Fortis Manufacturing is moving into an 80,000-square-foot facility in Highland Glen Industrial Park, and the company plans to be up and running by the end of January, despite the need for extensive infrastructure work in the building and the process of hiring new employees.

Fortis Manufacturing will receive state-level incentives through the Kentucky Business Investment Act as well as local business incentives. In return, the company plans to invest about $5.1 million in purchasing and enhancing its property in Highland Glen, and hire 100 employees within about six months.

Fortis will begin hiring in December or January, according to Kunjah, with about 20 initial hires followed by monthly hiring until the company has hired 100 people. The company expects this to be one of at least three stages of expansion, Kunjah said. In the first phase the company will do stamping, followed by assembly and in its third phase it plans to move outside the automotive industry and begin rail contracts and exploring military contracts. Kunjah sets low estimates for his business, he told the crowd, so he can then exceed expectations. He expects to do even more than his current plans and make a bigger impact on the Barren County economy, and Fortis plant manager Paul MacLain agreed. Local officials and contractors have inspired so much confidence, MacLain said, that the company has big plans for the future.

Concentric, formerly known as Haldex Hydraulics, is having a job fair Thursday at Rockford employment firm Workplace.

The company is hiring CNC machinists and hydraulic assemblers for multiple shifts at its 24-hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week facility. Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED, pass a drug screen and consent to a criminal background investigation. CNC machinist candidates must have CNC machining experience; hydraulic assembler candidates must have assembly experience.

Concentric supervisors will be present for interviews from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at Workplace, 4701 E. State St. Emails, phone calls and walk-ins will not be accepted at the Concentric facility.

SOURCE: Rockford Register Star

Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced the launch of Jobs Express, a new website that takes thousands of jobs listed in the state’s job bank and sorts them by region. The site also gives valuable information on resume writing and job leads.

Click here to visit the new website.