Employment

Siemens cutting 17,000 jobs?
Submitted by bizgrrl on Sun, 2008/06/29 - 6:04am.

Not all of these jobs will be in Germany, where Siemens is based. The company has over 400,000 employees world-wide.

"We will try and make this as socially acceptable as possible," Loescher told the daily Die Welt.

Ouch. When large companie feel the pain, it reverberates around the globe.

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Knoxville Job Market 2009
Submitted by djuggler on Tue, 2008/04/01 - 11:51pm.



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Knox County unemployment second lowest in the state
Submitted by R. Neal on Wed, 2008/01/02 - 7:24am.

According to figures released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Friday, Knox County's unemployment rate for November was 3.7%, the second lowest in the state and lower than the overall state unemployment rate of 4.9%.

Knox County unemployment was up .4% since October 2007, and unchanged year over year from November 2006.

November unemployment in the City of Knoxville was 5.1%, up .5% from October 2007 and unchanged from November 2006.

November unemployment for the Knoxville Combined Statistical Area (CSA) was 4.2%, up .4% from October 2007. The Knoxville CSA includes Harriman (Roane Co.), Knoxville, LaFollette (Campbell Co.), Morristown, Newport (Cocke Co.), and Sevierville (Sevier Co.) areas.

November unemployment for the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was 3.9%, up .4% from October 2007 and unchanged from November 2006. The Knoxville MSA includes Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, and Union counties.

The total estimated workforce in the Knoxville MSA is 358,660. Knox County's workforce is 227,150, and the City of Knoxville's workforce is 96,530.

The lowest unemployment was in Williamson County, at 3.6%. The highest unemployment was in Marshall County at 8.9%, followed by Pickett Co. at 8.8%.

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Wikipedia media moving - needs CA talent
Submitted by bizgrrl on Fri, 2007/11/02 - 5:35am.

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is moving the business from St. Petersburg, FL to San Francisco, CA.

St. Petersburg was an accidental choice for Wikimedia, Wales said. It was a cheap place to live for Wales as he worked on Wikipedia, but he said the lack of tech talent made it hard to continue there.
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Although he was coy about immediate plans for Wikimedia upon its move to San Francisco, he said there is one thing that is certain for Wikimedia's employees.

"We'll be eating at more interesting restaurants now," he said.

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