http://articles.texasjobs.com Just another Local Careers - Local. Regional. National. weblog Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:51:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A local RPO expert has joined a well-known talent acquisition company. To learn more about recruitment outsourcing visit http://www.worldconcertrpo.com. Futurestep, a company specializing in talent acquisition solutions, recently announced that it has hired Houston-based RPO expert Laura Eaton to serve as U.S. director of the company's RPO service delivery team. Eaton has ... http://articles.texasjobs.com/recruitment-outsourcing/ One food producing company is planning to eliminate hundreds of positions, with the majority of cuts to effect Texas jobs. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, an American company that produces chicken, recently announced that it plans to cut about 230 positions during its effort to integrate with JBS SA, a Brazilian-based meat company. Only ... http://articles.texasjobs.com/texas-jobs-cut/ Jails in Houston now have the technology to complete criminal background checks (Click here) on incoming suspects. Officials recently announced that all jails throughout the City of Houston will receive a technology upgrade allowing them to complete national criminal background checks, including fingerprint checks, and immigration background checks on all suspects ... http://articles.texasjobs.com/criminal-background-checks/ The healthcare industry is one of the few that has managed to grow during the economic recession. Most places throughout the country have seen healthcare employment increase, and Texas is no exception, with many Houston medical jobs currently available. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area's education and health services industry employed 294,300 workers ... http://articles.texasjobs.com/houston-medical-jobs/ The lack of jobs in Texas and the state of the economy as a whole are worrying residents. The University of Texas and The Texas Tribune recently released their annual poll, which found that the national economy tops the list of residents' concerns. The economy as a whole, unemployment and jobs, ... http://articles.texasjobs.com/jobs-in-texas/ A well-known insurance company will soon create hundreds of San Antonio jobs (Click here). Gov. Rick Perry recently announced that the State of Texas will invest $2.5 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund to help Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company expand its operations in San Antonio. The investment will help create 750 ... http://articles.texasjobs.com/san-antonio-jobs/ A smart grid project that would have created several jobs in Dallas TX has been denied federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded 100 grants totaling $3.4 billion for electric grid upgrade projects, and while other cities, such as Houston, were granted ... http://articles.texasjobs.com/jobs-in-dallas-tx/ One Chinese company's decision could help create hundreds of Austin TX jobs. Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. is considering Austin, San Antonio and a few cities in other states as the home base for the company's manufacturing hub for solar-electric panels. The operation could create up to 300 jobs in ... http://articles.texasjobs.com/austin-tx-jobs/ If you're looking for a career in the government industry, you might want to consider City of Houston jobs. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area has a strong government industry that has managed to see an increase in employment on a monthly and yearly basis as of late. The area's government industry employed 360,800 ... http://articles.texasjobs.com/city-of-houston-jobs/ The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is responsible for creating or saving more than 1,000 State of Texas jobs. Officials recently reported that companies and local governments throughout Texas have saved or created about 1,100 jobs through federal stimulus funding. Those jobs stem from 236 contracts throughout the state, which have ... http://articles.texasjobs.com/state-of-texas-jobs/