Tag: January 2014

A number of manufacturing apprenticeship programs have sprung up across the state in recent years in response to increased demand for workers with critical...

Breaking up a fight was not in the job description, but Secretary of the Senate Patrick Harris takes seriously his role as the enforcer...

Mobile’s Carts Blanche LLC markets and sells vending machines, sort of, but not quite. Because referring to Carts Blanche’s ‘VendaCarts’ as just a vending...

Terry Waters took over as the new head of workforce development for the state in November. The Governor’s Office of Workforce Development comes under the...

Job hopping is no longer career suicide in today’s business world. In fact, labor mobility is considered an indicator of a strengthening economy and...

Callaghan’s Americana Hundreds of faces smile toward the center of the room at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club in Mobile. Men, still young and puckish within these...

Just six years after beginning work on two high-tech steel mills at the Mobile-Washington county line, German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp has sold both mills...

Boeing also made news at the close of 2013 by being the first to move into Redstone Gateway, the massive new multi-use complex that...

Autauga and Elmore counties, in south-central Alabama, are crisscrossed with major waterways that provide recreational opportunities for residents and tourists alike. Historic downtowns are center...

What do you do when even entry-level jobs require experience? Many college students in Alabama turn to co-op programs — partnerships between universities and businesses...