Comcast announced Thursday that it is accepting applications for 300 virtual Inbound Sales Representatives across its southeast region, which includes its Arkansas markets. The company aims to onboard applicants as early as April, and will continue through June 2022. Comcast…
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- MagazineNovember 2021
Pathway To The Future: Program Seeks To Ease Labor Pains
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaCathy Riggans is not a bricklayer, an electrician nor a general contractor. She is neither shop steward for the local pipefitter’s union nor foreman on a construction site. As of this writing, in fact, it is unknown if she has…
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Report: National Job Market On the Mend
The national unemployment rate dropped another half-percentage point last month to a 16-month low, which may signal economic repair, according to a recently released progress report by Staffmark. The report cites industries’ preparation for fall events as a significant factor…
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Workin’ For A Livin’? Arkansas Business Owners Call Labor Situation Worst Ever
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaOn a recent weeknight, popular Little Rock-based burger restaurant Purple Cow is a hopping place, moreso behind the counter than in front of it. About a third of the tables are open, but there’s a 25-minute wait to be seated.…
Of all the things small business owners expected to deal with in a post-pandemic landscape, a worker shortage likely wasn’t one of them. As the economy prepares to emerge from its COVID-19 hibernation, the businesses that used to teem with…
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McDonald’s Looks to Add 3,000-Plus Employees in Arkansas
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleMcDonald’s restaurants in Arkansas are expected to begin ramping up employment efforts with a goal of adding thousands of new employees this summer. Over the next three months, McDonald’s is aiming to hire 3,034 new employees across Arkansas. This includes…
Employers added 379,000 new jobs to the economy in February 2021, per the latest report from the U.S. Department of Labor. According to the Labor Department, most of the job gains were in the leisure and hospitality sectors. There were…
- MagazineOctober 2019
Arkansas Employment: October 2019 Labor Force Report
by Tyler Haleby Tyler Haleby Tyler Hale Arkansas’ unemployment rate stays steady at 3.4 percent during August. Meanwhile the national average holds on at 3.7 percent.
by Tyler Hale Arkansas’ unemployment rate rises, matching national averages