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Amazon Hiring 13,000 New Workers in DFW for Coming Holiday Crush
by Lance Murray | Sep 20, 2023
The DFW hires will be part of the 250,000 employees the company aims to bring on board throughout the U.S. in full-time, seasonal, and part-time roles across its operations network. Amazon has roughly 20 facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and said that more than 28,000 of the new workers will be in Texas.
by Lance Murray |
Aug 21, 2023
“Following a net increase of 26,300 jobs in July, all but 400 of those jobs were in the private sector, illustrating that the Lone Star State continues to be the most attractive state for business,” said the Texas Workforce Commission's Aaron Demerson.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 15, 2023
The Mesquite plant, to be located in a 91-acre industrial park at 3000 Skyline Drive, will be Canadian Solar's first U.S. manufacturing facility, adding to its other plants in Canada, China, Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam. The project is expected to bring 1,500 jobs to the city, the company said.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 15, 2022
Seoul-based SK Signet said its new Plano facility will produce a range of fast-charging solutions, including providing the first U.S.-manufactured ultra-fast chargers and power cabinets that offer more than 350kW of power.
Expected to reach full capacity by July 2023, the facility will bring up to 183 highly skilled jobs and produce more than 10,000 fast chargers per year.
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Plano-Based Frito-Lay Invests in Its Manufacturing Sites, Hiring Nearly 15,000 Frontline Workers in 2021
by David Seeley | Oct 7, 2021
The snack company says the hirings are enabling it to meet strong consumer demand—and are filling increased job openings due to Frito-Lay expansions, new go-to-market strategies, and backfilling vacant postings. The average pay for its supply chain employees is $22.48 an hour, with an opportunity in some roles to earn up to $43.32 an hour.
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by Dave Moore |
Aug 21, 2021
Siemens Digital Industries Software headquarters is hiring like gangbusters. Siemens CFO Timo Nentwich, who moved to Dallas from Berlin last October, says the company has moved far beyond enabling the designs of airplanes and cars, into analyzing entire manufacturing processes.
“Few people know that we’re running a large operation like this out of the Plano office,” the CFO said.
“Few people know that we’re running a large operation like this out of the Plano office,” the CFO said.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 5, 2020
The Builders of Hope Community Development Corporation (BOHCDC) is partnering with The Dallas Collaborative for Equitable Development (DCED), led by TREC Community Fund, to assist residents in West Dallas.
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by Michael Wood |
Sep 28, 2020
Through a robust retraining program, Verizon aimed to meet customer needs and ensure employee well-being during the global pandemic.
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What Banking Can Teach Education
by Anne Motsenbocker, JPMorgan Chase, and Rick Lopez, Garland ISD | Sep 17, 2020
There’s power in giving customers control of their data, write JP Morgan Chase’s Anne Motsenbocker and Garland ISD’s Rick Lopez. That idea could revolutionize education.
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by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC |
Sep 16, 2020
“We’re building an ecosystem and creating a space for startups to access funding, and helping them scale at the timeliest need for their company during the startup lifecycle,” Senior Vice President at McKinney EDC Danny Chavez said.
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by Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC |
Sep 10, 2020
“Our students don’t really want to enroll in college, they want to enroll in a job," Dr. Joe May of Dallas College said. Here are takeaways from a discussion on the college's restructure and its renovation plans spurred by a billion-dollar bond fund.
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Tech-Focused On the Road Garage Gets $3M Seed Funding From Perot Foundation to Rebuild More Than Cars
by Quincy Preston | Jul 21, 2020
Founded by social entrepreneur Michelle Corson, On the Road Garage intends to fix cars affordably, while tackling underemployment and transportation challenges among vulnerable populations. The first location in Irving is now open, and applications for technology-forward apprenticeships and training are online.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 16, 2020
A grant from the McKinney Economic Development Corporation's Innovation Fund will fuel the expansion of Invene, a growing product-as-a-service company. The move could create up to 12 “highly specialized” software engineering jobs in the next three years.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 8, 2020
StaffDNA's new marketplace is built on top of the most advanced applicant tracking systems in the industry, its CEO says. This streamlines the interactions between healthcare professionals and employers.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 3, 2020
A public/private partnership between Fort Worth and Linear Labs could make the city home to the smart electric motor industry. And, Linear Labs could get around $70M for R&D from the city to do so.
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