Atlanta has developed a reputation for innovation and growth, launching careers to new heights in a variety of disparate industries. Everyone from high-level executives to first-time entrepreneurs can find fresh job opportunities, but attracting so many highly qualified professionals to one place means that competition can be fierce. Can the Atlanta job market keep up […]
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For business executives, the holiday season provides myriad opportunities for professional growth. From Thankgiving until New Year’s CEOs, COOs, board members, and other corporate leaders will face unique challenges, find fresh career paths, and increase their networking reach. Studies show that job searching during the holiday season gives executives a clear advantage in their industries.
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Have you pursued executive level positions that seem tailor made for you, and aced the interviews only to repeatedly lose out to other candidates? Have you begun to suspect the source of the problem may be a former employer providing a less than glowing reference to prospective employers? According to Heidi Allison, President and Managing
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Each year, a number of Atlanta businesses get ranked as one of the best places to work by various local news sources. These businesses get chosen based on a number of factors, and in one of the most popular contests run by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, businesses lucky enough to place on their list are
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According to the Atlanta Business Journal, Coca-Cola will be moving its new IT Center to the 60-story SunTrust Plaza. Considered a historic shift as the largest ever corporate relocation into the downtown area, the new facility encompasses a leased area of almost 276,000 square feet in the building’s garden offices. The move will bring 1,000
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Atlanta is rated in the top 10 (among 100 cities) for the number of STEM jobs, according to a new nationwide study conducted by the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public research and policy organization based in Washington, DC. STEM, a workforce-education buzzword, is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math. Atlanta STEM jobs in
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Atlanta is rated in the top 10 (among 100 cities) for the number of STEM jobs, according to a new nationwide study conducted by the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public research and policy organization based in Washington, DC. STEM, a workforce-education buzzword, is an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math. Atlanta STEM jobs in
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Earlier this year, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution partnered with consulting group Workplace Dynamics to survey 40,000 employees of small, midsize and large Atlanta companies nominated as a Top Workplace. Employees graded the companies on six areas, including the direction of the company, execution, work conditions, career paths, management, and pay/benefits. The initial 495 nominated companies were
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According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Kraft Foods, the largest food company in the nation and second largest in the world (behind Nestle SA), is targeting Atlanta’s South side as a potential site for a $50 million development. Kraft is looking for a nearly 90 acre site for an up to 1.1 million sq. ft.
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The Atlanta Business Chronicle reported in its June 12 edition that Georgia may be one of several states competing for a significant biotech development that could be located on more than 100 acres and employ at least 1,000 in metro Atlanta. If The vaccine or pharmaceutical manufacturing operation – as yet unidentified – could be
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