Business Services Industry
Hundreds Attend IKEA Job Fair in New Haven, Conn.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2004
By Kenneth R. Gosselin, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 17--NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Carlos Perez was laid off as a chemical handler at a pharmaceutical company in the state 16 months ago, and has struggled to find work ever since.
Mark Kuba was out of a toolmaking job two weeks ago after his Milford company was bought by an outfit from Michigan and local workers were let go.
And Scharletta Samuel is facing a May 14 layoff from her job as a billing clerk in Derby.
All three -- and hundreds of others -- stood in line Friday hoping to land one of the 350 jobs that will be available when Swedish home furnishings retailer IKEA opens its first New England outlet in New Haven this summer.
...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
