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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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MAPCO Announces Nationwide Hiring Event

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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 […]

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ASmartPlace Announces Updated Website and Branding

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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 […]

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

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“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 […]

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The Great Resignation’s impact on Huntsville’s Workforce

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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. […]

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Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Trash Panda Job Fair

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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 […]

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HATCH Program Finds Success With First Two Cohorts

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It’s been almost three years since HATCH co-founders Garret Coyne and Beth Boyer first talked about the idea for a hospitality workforce program that would empower its participants to lead self-sufficient lives. Their vision of HATCH is now a reality. Students from the program’s first and second cohort have seen their lives dramatically change after […]

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Mazda Toyota Manufacturing Sweetening the Pot for Workers

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Mazda Toyota Manufacturing has reworked their compensation packages going into 2022 to better meet the needs of workers and to attract new workers looking to change careers. Considering MTM plans to hire up to 1,300 additional team members through 2022, the openings for people looking for a better job, more opportunities, and upward mobility are […]

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Publix Celebrates its 14th Madison County Location at Hays Farm

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Dozens of South Huntsville shoppers braved the cold on Tuesday so that they could be the first to experience the brand new Publix store located in The Market at Hays Farms on Memorial Parkway S.W. At 7:00 am, the ribbon was cut on Madison County’s 14th Publix location and the 48,000-suare-foot grocery store was open […]

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