Mazda Toyota Team ONE Holding Hiring Event

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing (MTM) is looking for production members to join its team. During the CX-50 unveiling event, VP of Production Janette Hostettler stated that MTM has about 1,200 spots open for new employees. MTM is making good on that promise, inviting job seekers in the Huntsville area to attend a hiring event featuring Mazda […]

UNA Receives first ever Endowment Fund from Bank Independent

Historically, public universities in Alabama are often the backbone of community development. Whether in Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, or Mobile, public universities in Alabama have always had a central role in the growth of their surrounding communities, as well as the state as a whole.  Florence and the Shoals area are no exception to this historical precedent.  […]

NASA and Drake State Partner to Provide Free STEM Bootcamps for Underrepresented Students

Thanks to a multi-year grant from NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), middle and high school students can now enroll in free bootcamps at Drake State Community & Technical College. The MUREP grant supports minority-serving institutions working to increase the number of racially or ethnically underrepresented and female students in science and engineering […]

Siemens Provides Grant to AMIIC to Support Huntsville’s Technical Workforce

The Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center (AMIIC) recently announced that that Siemens Digital Industries Software will provide Huntsville’s student, technical, and defense communities with access to its Xcelerator portfolio of engineering software.  As part of a multi-million-dollar technology grant, Siemens will help AMIIC in supporting the successful attainment of the Department of Defense (DoD)’s […]

The Workplace is Changing: Here’s How Huntsville Businesses Adjust to the “New Normal”

Our society is grappling with the “new normal”, and workplaces may never look the same. The makeup of the workforce is shifting, as 252,000 Alabamans quit their jobs in the fall of 2021, with women leaving at a rate 25% higher than men. Women’s participation in the labor force has plummeted to rates not seen […]

MAPCO Announces Nationwide Hiring Event

MAPCO will be hosting a hiring event on Saturday, February 05 as a part of their company-wide National Hiring Day event.  This past week, MAPCO was recognized as a 2022 Top Workplace USA by Energage, an employee research organization that pulled together interviews directly from MAPCO employees.  “We are truly honored to be named a […]

ASmartPlace Announces Updated Website and Branding

Huntsville is booming with strong job creation, capital investment, and population growth, making it the biggest city in Alabama years ahead of projections.  In order to help keep this growth on a rapid upward trajectory, the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber has redesigned its economic development and recruitment websites, putting them both on a single site, the […]

Trying Times: Dealing With the Great Resignation and Employee Mental Health in a Remote Workforce

“Sophie,” a 26-year-old civil engineer, is on the verge of joining ‘The Great Resignation.’ After nearly two years of working from home, she reports being depressed, anxious, lonely, and in fear for her mental and physical health.  It doesn’t help that she’s single and living alone far from home, working out of an office space […]

The Great Resignation’s impact on Huntsville’s Workforce

While economists have called the recent trend of employees leaving their jobs “The Great Resignation,” questions have come into play about renaming the movement a migration. While there is little question job openings, which have reached record levels, are unfilled there is evidence it is because workers are leaving former positions for more lucrative ones. […]

Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Trash Panda Job Fair

Build a stadium, build a team, and the jobs will soon follow. Love baseball? Love working with people? If the answer is yes and working in a fast-paced stadium environment is your kind of thing, the Rocket City Trash Pandas want YOU! In preparation for season two, the Trash Pandas will host their second annual […]