Why workplace openness is essential for growing culture

Open communication and transparency are key ingredients in successful organizations. Pew Research Center found that the third most common reason for employees to quit their current job was feeling disrespected at work. While employees leave their positions for a variety of reasons, this one is tied most directly to the relationship between management and staff. While […]

Recent poll shows that Huntsville ranks in top five for income growth

Over the past few years, Huntsville has garnered some rather impressive accolades. Among the most recent saw Huntsville included as the top city in the nation for tech jobs. Data accumulated for this ranking included an incredible $96,000 median salary, which is a 13% increase in tech-based wages over the past few years. Following along […]

Drake State and edX launch free training program to build Huntsville’s tech talent pipeline

edX, a leading global online learning platform from 2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU), together with Drake State Technical and Community College and Jobs for the Future (JFF), have launched a new Access Partnership to provide adult learners in the Huntsville, Alabama area with access to no cost, fully online boot camp programs in cybersecurity and data […]

Huntsville ranked as the #1 emerging tech market

According to a recent report from a prominent global investment firm, Huntsville stands tall as a top-tier emerging tech hub. The analysis by CBRE Group underscores how technology’s growing influence in business and society has spurred a worldwide surge in tech talent pools. As a result, tech employers are increasingly adopting distributed labor strategies to […]

Striving for human resources and payroll efficiency in the workplace

In the present day, managing a large organization or business is really about managing the intricate web of processes necessary to sustain its operation and promote its future growth. This often requires the use of various software applications that rarely communicate or integrate with one another. This is a challenge for modern enterprise as the […]

PeopleTec remains a best workplace for millennials

Great Place to Work® and Fortune have named PeopleTec a Best Workplace for Millennials for the fifth consecutive year (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023). PeopleTec landed at 14th for 2023. To produce the Best Workplaces for Millennials, Fortune partnered with Great Place to Work® to evaluate thousands of organizations through employee surveys in America’s largest ongoing […]

Lorraine Funes Accepts New Position with NAI Chase Commercial

NAI Chase Commercial Real Estate, a member of the world’s premier managed network of commercial real estate firms NAI Chase Global, announced that Lorraine Funes has accepted a position as Sales and Leasing Specialist. In this role, she will be responsible for lease/sale transactions of office, retail, land and industrial properties in Huntsville and the […]

UAH Summer Research Program Enters 18th Year

The 2023 Summer Community of Scholars (SCS) recently began its 18th year as an undergraduate research summer program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). The program was initiated in 2006 with the first campuswide Research and Creative Experience for Undergraduates (RCEU) program. In 2017 the Honors Capstone Research (HCR) Summer Program was added to […]

Kömmerling USA Announces Expansion in Huntsville, Adds Additional Jobs

HUNTSVILLE, AL – Kömmerling USA, located in Chase Industrial Park in Huntsville, has announced an expansion and additional jobs for the local facility.  Kömmerling’s Huntsville plant will add two new production lines to manufacture window and door profiles. The company currently makes these products elsewhere, including Germany, and this expansion will allow the team to make […]

Huntsville Area Association of REALTORS® Announces New CEO

Huntsville Area Association of REALTORS® (HAAR) & ValleyMLS.com announced the appointment of Kurtis Krueger as the organization’s new CEO.  With a wealth of experience in operations and diverse business environments, including real estate, Krueger brings a unique skill set and expertise to lead the association into its next phase of growth and success. His appointment […]