May 14, 2012
2012 college grads enter improving job market [www.statesman.com ]
By Scott Mayerowitz | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 9:37 p.m. Sunday, May 13, 2012
NEW YORK — The class of 2012 is leaving college with something that many graduates since the start of the Great Recession have lacked: jobs.  To the relief of graduating seniors — and their anxious parents — the outlook is brighter than it has been in four years. Campus job fairs were packed this spring and more companies are hiring.  Read the details from the link above!

May 9, 2012
Man who put resume on billboard gets a job [www.kare11.com ]
ROSEMOUNT, Minn. - The investment paid off for a 22-year-old man who put his face on an electronic billboard in Minneapolis. Bennett Olson said in an email Monday he has taken a job at Laser Design & GKS Services, a 3D scanning company in Bloomington. Olson wrote he is excited to take a sales and marketing associate position.  Read the details from the link above!

April 27, 2012
... the US economy may finally have turned the corner ... [www.goingglobal.com]
2012-04-27
by Mary Anne Thompson
– joblessness in the US is the lowest it’s been in four years; employment has risen steadily for nine quarters; wages and salaries have grown more in the last few months than in the last four years; and, according to Bloomberg, consumer confidence is the highest it has been in eight years.  Read the details from the link above!

April 26, 2012
Transverse ... plans to hire up to 20 new employees over the next year in sales, marketing, software development and operations [www.statesman.com]
By Lori Hawkins | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 7:54 p.m. Thursday, April 26, 2012
A syndicate of German investors has put $22 million into Austin software company Transverse, which will let it expand its workforce and accelerate sales and marketing.  Read the details from the link above!

April 22, 2012
Economists upping their forecasts for 2012 [www.usatoday.com]
The U.S. economy will grow faster than expected this year, despite the headwinds of higher gas prices and Europe's financial crisis, according to USA TODAY's quarterly survey of economists.  Read the details from the link above!

April 18, 2012
Economist: Austin to stay on strong job growth trend [www.statesman.com]
By Dan Zehr | Published: 7:12 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2012
... [Jon] Hockenyos, president of economic consulting firm TXP, said the Austin-area economy could add about 17,300 net new jobs in 2012 and another 16,700 in 2013 — growth of 2.2 percent and 2.1 percent respectively.  Read the details from the link above!

April 12, 2012
Hiring climate seems to be looking up for spring graduates [www.statesman.com]
By Cristina Peña | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 8:39 p.m. Thursday, April 12, 2012; Published: 8:15 p.m. Thursday, April 12, 2012
... Employers say they expect to hire about 10 percent more students from the class of 2012 compared with last year's graduates, according to a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.   The trend is showing up in Central Texas, with area colleges and universities saying they are seeing increases in companies coming to campus to recruit for jobs and internships.  Read the details from the link above!

April 11, 2012
Firm to bring high-tech jobs to rural Texas [www.businessweek.com]
By WILL WEISSERT
... CGI Group Inc. is building a 40,000-square-foot center providing technology services in Belton, about 60 miles north of Austin. It is receiving $1.8 million from the governor's Texas Enterprise Fund, which is designed to attract major business expansion and create [at least 350 jobs ] statewide..  Read the details from the link above!

April 2, 2012
State jobs picture moves past recovery into expansion, experts say [www.statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Employers in Texas and Austin pushed wage and salary job totals into record territory in February, according to a Friday report from the Texas Workforce Commission.  Texas added 27,900 jobs during the month, giving it a gain of 331,800 nongovernment jobs in the past year, for a gain of 3.8 percent. ... .  Read the details from the link above!

March 28, 2012
New Office Depot sales center to bring 200 jobs to Austin [www.statesman.com]
By Brian Gaar | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 7:42 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Office Depot has opened a new sales center in Austin that the company says will bring 200 jobs to town.  The facility, the first of its kind for the retailer, employs telephone sales representatives who pitch Office Depot's services to small and medium-size businesses.  Read the details from the link above!

March 22, 2012
Austin leads nation in job creation since 2004 ... [www.statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 10:31 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2012
Published: 10:26 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2012
Even before Apple Inc. showed up with its proposal to create 3,600 new jobs in town, Austin has been doing better than almost any other major urban area in the country at expanding its employment base.

Revised employment figures released a few weeks ago confirmed the trend. Austin ranked No. 1 among the nation's 50 largest metro areas in job growth over the past eight years. Its 140,200 new jobs represented a 21.3 percent increase from the start of 2004, which put it well ahead of second-place Houston, which had 15.7 percent job growth.  Read the details from the link above!

March 9, 2012
US adds 227,000 jobs in Feb.; jobless rate 8.3 pct [www.statesman.com]
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | The Associated Press
Updated: 12:51 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2012
Published: 11:06 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2012
WASHINGTON — The United States added 227,000 jobs in February in the latest display of the economic recovery's surprising breadth and brawn. The country has put together the strongest three months of pure job growth since the Great Recession.  Read the details from the link above!

March 9, 2012
Apple to create 3,600 jobs in Austin [www.statesman.com]
Friday, March 9, 2012, 09:42 AM
Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced Friday that Apple will expand its operations in Austin with a $304 million investment in a new campus that will create 3,600 new jobs.  The new campus will more than double the size of Apple’s workforce in Texas over the next decade, supporting the company’s growing operations in the Americas with expanded customer support, sales and accounting functions for the region.  Read the details from the link above!

March 7, 2012
As productivity slows, companies may boost hirings[www.statesman.com]
By Martin Crutsinger | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 7:51 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2012
WASHINGTON — U.S. companies will have to keep hiring steadily to meet their customers' rising demand.
That's the message that emerged from a report Wednesday that employers are finding it harder to squeeze more output from their existing staff. It also helps explain why ADP, a payroll provider, estimated Wednesday that companies added 216,000 workers last month.  Those findings reinforced confidence that 2012 could mark a turning point for the long-suffering job market and the economy.  Read the details from the link above!

February 24, 2012
Economist: Austin area to add 45,000 new jobs in next two years [www.statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Austin's puny job recovery over the past two years will accelerate into faster job growth this year and next, economist Angelos Angelou said in his 26th annual forecast event Thursday.  The CEO of Angelou Economics forecast 45,000 new jobs will be added to Austin's five-county metro area in 2012 and 2013, more than doubling the job expansion of the past two years.  Read the details from the link above!

February 21, 2012
Randstad US, Professionals Launches Interactive Blog to Encourage and Inspire Young People to Explore Top Industries [www.statesman.com]
BOSTON, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/
Randstad US, Professionals announced today the launch of its Inspiring Experts blog to encourage and inspire young job seekers and professionals to explore careers in top industries where future job opportunities are expected to grow.  Read the details from the link above!

January 20, 2012
Texas Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.8 Percent - Unemployment rate lowest since July 2009 [www.twc.state.tx.us]
MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Givens
FOR RELEASE: Embargoed until 9 a.m.
DATE: January 20, 2012
AUSTIN — Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in December, down from 8.1 percent in November and down from 8.3 percent in December 2010. The Texas Civilian Labor Force grew by more than 17,000 individuals in December, and now stands at more than 12.3 million Texans.  Read the details from the link above!

February 2, 2012
Automotive parts company to invest $113 million in Seguin plant, create 300 jobs [www.statesman.com]
By Laylan Copelin | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 10:43 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
Published: 7:32 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
Seguin won a global competition by persuading Continental Automotive Systems Inc. to expand its local plant with $113 million in new capital investment and 300 jobs added over five years, officials said Wednesday.  Read the details from the link above!

January 24, 2012
Progressive plans to add 185 jobs in Austin [www.statesman.com]
By Lori Hawkins | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 11:48 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
Published: 6:43 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
Auto insurance company Progressive plans to add 185 jobs in Austin as it expands its local claims and customer service operation.  The new positions will be in sales, service and claims at Progressive's contact center, which is off East Ben White Boulevard.  Read the details from the link above!

January 24, 2012
The Advisory Board Co. plans to add about 240 jobs over 10 years to its Austin software center ... [www.statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 7:16 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
Gov. Rick Perry said Monday that the Texas Enterprise Fund will invest $500,000 from its incentives fund to support an expansion project in Austin by a Washington, D.C.-based research, technology and consulting services company.  Read the details from the link above!

January 20, 2012
DECEMBER UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 6.8% IN THE ALAMO REGION [www.workforcesolutionsalamo.org]
... Since December 2010, 2,900 jobs were added to the [San Antonio-area] MSA for an annual growth rate of 0.3%. Unemployment dropped to 6.8% in December, down from 7.0% reported in November.  Read the details from the link above!

January 20, 2012
[Austin-area and Texas] Jobless rates decline [www.statesman.com]
By Laylan Copelin | Friday, January 20, 2012, 11:51 AM
Texas and the Austin area continued to chip away at their unemployment rates in December, according to the Texas Workforce Commission’s monthly jobs report released Friday.
Central Texas’ jobless rate fell to 6.3 percent in December, from 6.6 percent the month before, while the state rate declined to 7.8 percent from 8.1 percent in November. The national unemployment rate, by comparison, is 8.5 percent.  Read the details from the link above!

January 17, 2012
California software company opens Austin office, expects growth [www.statesman.com]
By Brian Gaar | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 8:58 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012
Published: 7:17 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012
A California legal software company has opened an Austin office, bringing dozens of jobs to town and potentially more to come.
... Overall, the company, which is headquartered in Los Angeles, has about 80 employees, and Thurston said he expects that to increase to about 120 over the next 12 months. The Austin office will grow to about 60 during that time, he said.  Read the details from the link above!

January 16, 2012
San Marcos aviation company has grown into globe-trotting business [www.statesman.com]
By Brian Gaar | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 6:04 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2012
Published: 5:47 p.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2012
... Berry Aviation employs more than 200 people worldwide, 125 of whom work in San Marcos. Berry says he'll hire another 10 to 20 next year in San Marcos.  Read the details from the link above!

January 8, 2012
Austin-based Socialware ...expects to add 50 more [employees] this year [www.statesman.com]
By Lori Hawkins | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 6:24 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012
In a move that widens its network of high-profile supporters, Austin-based Socialware has received funding from newly formed Silicon Valley venture capital firm CrunchFund.
....The company, which doesn't disclose revenue, has 50 employees and expects to add 50 more this year.  Read the details from the link above!

January 5, 2012
Boeing will move up to 400 jobs to Alamo City [www.mysanantonio.com]
By William Pack, wpack@express-news.net
Updated 01:41 a.m., Thursday, January 5, 2012
The Boeing facility in San Antonio will gain hundreds of workers and maintenance responsibilities for Air Force One now that the aerospace giant has decided to shutter a Wichita, Kan., plant over cost inefficiencies.  The decision announced Wednesday after a lengthy evaluation of facility costs will move 300 to 400 jobs to Boeing's plant in San Antonio and about 800 jobs to Oklahoma City, said Mark Bass, vice president of maintenance, modifications and upgrades for the Boeing unit that operates the Wichita plant.  Read the details from the link above!

January 3, 2012
New market research firm launches in Austin [www.statesman.com]
By Brian Gaar | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 8:38 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012
The heads of two market research companies have launched a new research firm in Austin, saying the company will pursue larger, Texas-based business.  The new company, ReconMR, officially debuted Tuesday, although company officials are still hunting for office space in Austin.
...Officials say they expect the company to be settled into new offices by the second quarter and to hire 10 employees this year and another 15 in 2013.  Read the details from the link above!

December 16, 2011
Austin area makes economic group's list of best-performing cities [www.statesman.com]
By Gary Dinges | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
For the second year in a row, the Austin metro area is among the five best-performing metro areas in the nation, according to a new economic report.  The Milken Institute, an economic think tank, ranks the Austin area fourth on its list of best-performing large cities, down from second place last year.  Four of the top five cities in the rankings were from Texas. San Antonio tops the 2011 list, jumping 13 spots from last year, while El Paso was No. 2 and Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood was No. 5..  Read the details from the link above!

December 13, 2011
California tech company to move most of its business, 135 jobs to Austin [www.statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf |AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 8:06 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011
A California company that develops advanced superconducting wire said it plans to move most of its business and 135 jobs to Austin early next year.  Superconductor Technologies Inc. of Santa Barbara, Calif., said it has leased a 94,000-square-foot building in Northeast Austin to house its headquarters along with its engineering and manufacturing operations.  Read the details from the link above!

December 10, 2011
Austin battles shortage in high-end software engineering talent [www.statesman.com]
By Lori Hawkins and Kirk Ladendorf | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 9:35 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011
Austin's supply crunch for software developers was bad enough by September to prompt 25 Central Texas tech executives to fly to California in search of new talent.

.... In an otherwise sluggish U.S. economy, an intense national talent war is being waged for engineers with critical skills in hot areas. Austin is one of a number of fronts — which include California, the Northeast and other tech centers such as Seattle and Boulder, Colo. — where recruiters and executives say the supply of talent can't keep up with demand.  In Austin, software engineers with the latest skills are in high demand, and some startups, confronted with attracting talent or seeing their business progress slow down, are poaching people from other companies in town.  Read the details from the link above!

December 3, 2011
Central Texas bids to make itself commercial hub of cyber security industry [www.statesman.com]
By Laylan Copelin | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 3:14 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011
... Central Texas, which is already fighting on those fronts, is poised to become a commercial hub of cyber security and a magnet for the high-paying jobs that the industry brings.  ... jobs in cyber security are projected to grow twice as fast as the average for all occupations in the economy between the years 2008 and 2018, said Jim Brazell, a San Antonio technology forecaster. Citing U.S. Bureau of Labor forecasts, Brazell said half of the new jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics will be related to cyber security.  Read the details from the link above!

December 1, 2011
Wal-Mart plans four new Austin-area supercenters (and 1,200 jobs) [www.statesman.com]
By Shonda Novak | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 9:24 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011
In a healthy sign for the Central Texas retail market, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it plans to build four new supercenters in the area, with locations in Cedar Park, Manor, Kyle and Elgin.  Each store will be 150,000 square feet and employ about 300 associates, creating about 1,200 jobs, company officials said.  Read the details from the link above!

November 29, 2011
18.4 Million In U.S. Found Jobs On Facebook This Year [www.allfacebook.com]
Posted by Jackie Cohen on November 29th, 2011 5:43
Most people associate LinkedIn with job searches more than Facebook, but the latter site helped almost twice as many people find jobs than the former — 18.4 million compared to 10 million.  Read the details from the link above!

November 18, 2011
Texas Private Employers Add 13,500 Jobs in October; 286,200 Jobs Over the Year [www.twc.state.tx.us]
DATE: November 18, 2011; FOR RELEASE: Embargoed until 9 a.m.
AUSTIN — Texas’ private sector continued to grow in October, adding 13,500 jobs. Texas’ total nonfarm employment has expanded by 231,600 jobs over the year to reach an estimated 10,616,500 positions in October. Overall, Texas added 2,500 jobs over the month. Texas has experienced positive annual job growth in the past 18 months with annual growth rates above 2.0 percent for the last five consecutive months.  Read the details from the link above!

November 17, 2011
Job market for college grads has ‘legs’  [news.msu.edu]
Published: Nov. 17, 2011
EAST LANSING, Mich. — After last year’s rollercoaster ride, the job market for college graduates has settled down and appears braced for slow but steady growth, according to Michigan State University’s annual Recruiting Trends study.  The survey of more than 3,300 employers nationwide – the largest of its kind – found that hiring is expected to increase a modest 4 percent, across all degree levels, for the current crop of students..  Read the details from the link above!

November 16, 2011
Company behind nightlife-focused mobile app relocating to Austin  [statesman.com]
By Gary Dinges | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 8:17 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011; Published: 7:57 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011
Yet another tech startup is heading Austin's way.
SceneTap, which offers a free nightlife-focused mobile app, is relocating the bulk of its 15 full-time employees from Chicago to Central Texas.  Plans call for adding five to 10 additional workers — mostly information technology positions — during the next three to four months and as many as 30 within a year, SceneTap founder and CEO Cole Harper said.  Several developer jobs are already posted at SceneTap.com, and additional contract workers will be needed to serve as client liaisons.  Read the details from the link above!

November 4, 2011
U.S. employers post most job openings in 3 years  [statesman.com]
By Christopher Rugaber | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 9:20 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011
WASHINGTON — Employers advertised more jobs in September than at any other point in the past three years. The increase suggests hiring could pick up in the next few months. ...Nearly 3.4 million jobs were posted in September, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That's the most since August 2008, one month before the financial crisis intensified.  Read the details from the link above!

November 4, 2011
Green data center planned near Pflugerville  [statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf | Friday, November 4, 2011, 08:45 AM
... The project would employ about 30 people in its first phase and eventually have 150 jobs, the company said.  Read the details from the link above!

October 30, 2011
[Austin area] Retail, restaurant, entertainment sectors growing, adding jobs  [statesman.com]
By Gary Dinges | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 3:01 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011; Published: 10:52 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011
... The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area added 1,300 retail jobs between September 2010 and September 2011, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. The region gained 4,500 jobs in the leisure-hospitality industry during that same span of time.  The sector added more jobs than any other piece of the Austin-area economy in the past year, according to state data. Accounting for nearly 90,000 jobs, the sector is the fifth-largest piece of the Austin economic pie in terms of employment.  Read the details from the link above!

October 20, 2011
Economy shows signs of health after summer slump  [statesman.com]
By Christopher Rugaber | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 8:32 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011
WASHINGTON — - The economy appears slightly healthier than many had feared it was a few weeks ago, raising hopes that it can end the year on an upward slope.
A raft of data Thursday show layoffs are trending down to a six-month low and factories in the Mid-Atlantic are growing again after contracting for two months. Nevertheless, home sales fell and the housing market is expected weigh on the economy deep into 2012.  Read the details from the link above!

October 17, 2011
Freelancer.com Reveals 50 Fastest Growing Online Jobs in Q3 2011  [webmediasite.net]
SYDNEY, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/
Freelancer.com, the world's largest outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace, today announced its 50 fastest growing outsourcing jobs for the third quarter.  The Freelancer.com Fast 50 charts the top job categories in in the world quarter by quarter, and provides an up-to-date account of job trends in online.  Read the details from the link above!

October 10, 2011
...U.S. has 3.2 million job openings  [cnbc.com]
Posted By: Brian Sullivan | CNBC Correspondent
CNBC.com | 10 Oct 2011 | 10:38 AM ET
Want to add about $100 billion more annually to the US economy and lower the unemployment rate by more than a percentage point—all without spending a dime of taxpayer money?

Fill America’s more than 3.2 million open jobs.  That’s the hidden story of America’s lousy jobs picture. Though there are more than 14 million unemployed, there are also 3.2 million job openings in America.  Read the details from the link above!

October 7, 2011
103K jobs added in September ....  [usatoday.com]
By Paul Davidson, USA TODAY
Hiring picked up more than expected in September, with employers adding 103,000 jobs as gains in healthcare and professional and business services more than offset continued layoffs by state and local governments.  Read the details from the link above!

October 7, 2011
Where the Jobs Are: Digital and LEAN Manufacturing Technologies Increase Productivity, Create Need for Additional Skill Sets from Workforce  [mediawebsite.net]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
.... Siemens is seeking to fill around 1,000 open positions, but there are challenges in finding candidates with the right skill sets to fill positions that require proficiencies in advanced manufacturing technologies.  Read the details from the link above!

September 18, 2011
Even in tough economy, pockets of Austin's high-tech industry showing strong demand for jobs  [statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf and Lori Hawkins
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 12:42 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, 2011
Published: 12:05 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, 2011
.... Socialware is only one of dozens of Austin-area companies that are expanding and recruiting workers for software programming and other high-tech jobs.  Together, they make up what job recruiters call the hottest employment growth segment in Central Texas.  Read the details from the link above!

September 18, 2011
WhaleShark expanding and hiring (in Austin)  [statesman.com]
By Lori Hawkins AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 8:24 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011
Published: 7:12 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011
.... As Austin works to regain the economic momentum it lost during the recession, WhaleShark is among a new wave of entrepreneurial social media-related companies that are expanding, hiring and helping put Central Texas on the map as one of the country's more promising job markets.  WhaleShark is on track to post $70 million in revenue this year, up 50 percent from a year ago, and is "very profitable," Cunningham said.  Its workforce has expanded from 25 employees a year ago to 135, including 90 in Austin, and it's seeking to hire 30 more in areas including engineering, marketing and product management.  Read the details from the link above!

August 24, 2011
Consert to hire in San Antonio  [blog.mysanantonio.com]
Posted on 08/24/2011 by Tracy Idell Hamilton
.... Consert is one of five clean-tech companies that city and CPS Energy officials say will bring hundreds of jobs to San Antonio over the next several years.  Consert, which moved several dozen employees from Raleigh, says it will ultimately employ 150 people.  Read the details from the link above!

August 29, 2011
Evernote software company plans new studio, aggressive hiring in Austin  [statesman.com]
By Omar L. Gallaga | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 12:18 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29, 2011; Published: 12:03 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
.... The company told the American-Statesman that it will announce today its first major expansion with a new Austin office to open soon and the hiring of at least a dozen employees by the end of the year.  Evernote, which has just under 100 employees, plans to hire 500 more over the next two years, with about half of those new hires in the Austin office, the company's chief executive officer said.  Read the details from the link above!

August 10, 2011
Durcon consolidating U.S. operations in Taylor, adding 65 new jobs  [statesman.com]
By Lori Hawkins | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 7:42 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011
Durcon Inc., the Taylor-based maker of work surfaces for laboratories, is moving all its U.S. operations to Taylor, which will result in an expansion of its Central Texas facilities and 65 new jobs.  Durcon's consolidation involves closing a plant in Canton, Mich., the company said Wednesday. The move will include an additional capital investment in Durcon's Central Texas facilities.  Read the details from the link above!

August 4, 2011
FCC promises 100,000 jobs through 'call centers'  [cnn.com]
By Paul Courson, CNN
August 4, 2011 1:30 p.m. EDT
....In an announcement expected Thursday at a call center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will detail how small towns are replacing jobs lost from declining industry with new jobs made possible by upgrades in local Internet service.  Read the details from the link above!

August 2, 2011
Austin's HomeAway adding space, employees  [statesman.com]
By Shonda Novak | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 8:57 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011
In need of more room for its growing workforce, Austin-based HomeAway Inc. is expanding its local presence with a lease for more than 26,000 square feet of space in the Penn Field complex on South Congress Avenue.  HomeAway, the world's leading network of online vacation rentals and the most recent Austin company to go public, is among a number of local companies that have announced job growth this year.  Read the details from the link above!

August 2, 2011
Austin school board votes to reduce class sizes, clearing the way to hire teachers  [statesman.com]
By Laura Heinauer | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 9:12 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, 2011
...As of late last week, 273 laid-off teachers had been rehired, and 125 vacant teaching positions remained, said Michael Houser, the district's chief human resources officer.  Monday's vote means Austin will hire an additional 35 teachers, Houser said. He added that those hires would happen as-needed once the school year starts.  Read the details from the link above!

July 27, 2011
HomeAway says revenues up 41 percent, plans to add jobs in Austin  [statesman.com]
By Lori Hawkins | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 8:56 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011
HomeAway Inc., Austin's newest public company, reported second quarter revenue growth of 41 percent Wednesday and said it will continue to add jobs in Austin.  Read the details from the link above!

July 26, 2011
Austin billing, collections company plans expansion, 150 new jobs  [statesman.com]
By Barry Harrell | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 9:24 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Austin-based billing and collections company Gila Corp. is moving ahead with plans for a $5 million expansion that could create 150 local jobs over the next two to five years, company officials say.  Read the details from the link above!

July 22, 2011
Texas Employers Add 32,000 Jobs in June  [WorkInTexas.com]
FOR RELEASE: Embargoed until 9 a.m. MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Givens
DATE: July 22, 2011 PHONE: (512) 463-8556
AUSTIN — Texas total nonfarm employment increased by 32,000 jobs in June, representing the addition of 220,000 jobs since June 2010. Texas has experienced positive annual job growth in the past 14 months, resulting in annual growth rates above 2.0 percent in six of the past seven months.  Read the details from the link above!

July 18, 2011
EA Sports expanding Austin presence, bringing 300 jobs  [statesman.com]
By Brian Gaar, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 12:24 a.m. Monday, July 18, 2011
Published: 12:05 a.m. Monday, July 18, 2011
Video game publisher Electronic Arts will open a branch of its famed EA Sports game division in Austin, part of an expansion that will bring 300 jobs to Central Texas.  Read the details from the link above!

July 7, 2011
Companies Add More Workers Than Forecast in Sign Labor Market Will Improve  [bloomberg.com]
By Shobhana Chandra - Jul 7, 2011 11:46 AM CT
Companies in the U.S. added twice as many workers as forecast in June, signaling an improvement in the labor market that may help bolster the economy in the second half of the year.
The 157,000 increase followed a 36,000 gain the prior month, according to data from ADP Employer Services. The median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey called for an advance of 70,000. Other reports today showed fewer Americans filed jobless claims and consumer confidence eased from a 10-week high.  Read the details from the link above!

July 5, 2011
College hiring returns after two-year lull  [ccnmoney.com]
By Josh Dawsey, contributor
FORTUNE -- After a two-year hiatus, major corporations are starting to hit college career-fair tables once again. Bank of America plans to offer 1,300 new graduates jobs in 2011, and Microsoft (MSFT) will visit more business schools, marking the first time the company has expanded its footprint since 2009.  Read the details from the link above!

June 28, 2011
Dallas Fed chief: U.S. economy could see 4 percent growth rest of this year  [statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf; AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 7:36 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011
ROUND ROCK — The U.S. economy should scoot forward in the second half of this year as easing commodities prices spur more growth and Japan recovers more quickly than expected from the disaster caused by its March earthquake and tsunami.  That's the opinion Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, gave to the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday.  Fisher said he expects the nation's economy to see growth approaching 4 percent in the second half of the year, which would be a jump from the 1.9 percent reported for the first quarter.  Read the details from the link above!

June 6, 2011
Rackspace plans to triple Austin workforce  [statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 7:23 p.m. Monday, June 6, 2011
Fast-growing Rackspace Hosting Inc. plans to more than triple its Austin workforce over the next two to three years.  The San Antonio-based company, which manages more than 66,000 computer servers worldwide, employs nearly 300 people here and is looking to hire more.  Over the next two to three years, the company expects to grow to more than 1,000 workers in Austin, said Max Thoene , the company's vice president of operations and site leader in Austin.  Read the details from the link above!

May 24, 2011
With new owner, ProfitFuel expects to double its Austin workforce  [statesman.com]
By Brian Gaar | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 7:19 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Local search engine marketing services company ProfitFuel Inc. has been acquired by online marketer Yodle, a move that officials say will bring hundreds of new jobs to Austin over the next 18 months.  Read the details from the link above!

May 21, 2011
Austin jobless rate at lowest level so far this year  [statesman.com]
By Gary Dinges AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 9:38 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2011
Austin-area employers added 14,100 jobs from April 2010 to April of this year, an increase of 1.8 percent, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Friday. Newly released numbers also show the region's unemployment rate dropped from 6.8 percent in March to 6.5 percent in April, its lowest level this year.  Read the details from the link above!

May 12, 2011
Samsung hiring as it moves, expands Austin chip design center  [statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 8:15 p.m. Thursday, May 12, 2011
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, which started its Austin chip engineering design operations just a year ago, is moving that center to Northwest Austin to give it room to grow.  Read the details from the link above!

May 6, 2011
Altera to open chip design center in Austin, creating several hundred (engineering) jobs  [statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 5:26 a.m. Friday, May 6, 2011; Published: 12:02 a.m. Friday, May 6, 2011
Altera Corp. said Thursday that it is setting up a semiconductor design center in Austin that it expects will employ "several hundred engineers" within the next few years.  Read the details from the link above!

May 3, 2011
ArthroCare moving R&D operations from California to Austin  [statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 12:16 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2011; Published: 8:04 p.m. Monday, May 2, 2011
ArthroCare Corp. disclosed Monday that it will move its main research and development operations from Sunnyvale, Calif., to its headquarters in Austin before the end of this year. The company, ... employs just over 100 people in Austin and contemplates doubling that number, a spokeswoman said Monday.  Read the details from the link above!

April 21, 2011
Tech jobs boom like it's 1999  [usatoday.com]
By Jon Schwartz, USA Today
...Tech workers like [Scott] Mersy are coveted commodities as the high-tech industry undergoes its biggest hiring binge in more than a decade. Not since the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s has competition been so fierce. Would-be employees are being enticed with fat contracts, hefty bonuses and such freebies as iPads, meals, sporting events and shuttle services. These and other perks are in play to hook top talent in engineering, social media, website development, product design and management.

Many companies are going gangbusters with billboards in the San Francisco Bay Area — such as Groupon’s “Do Something Massive” and Skype’s “Embrace Your True Calling” — to attract talent. The signs include links to available jobs.  Read the details from the link above!

April 16, 2011
Region's job count at its best since '08  [statesman.com]
Austin area job numbers up 1.8 percent in March
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF | Published: 7:25 p.m. Friday, April 15, 2011
... The 13,900-job gain from March 2010 to last month brought the region's job count to 777,600, the highest it has been since December 2008, when there were 779,000 jobs in the area.  The unemployment rate slipped slightly from 6.9 percent in February to 6.8 percent. It was 7.2 percent in March 2010.  Read the details from the link above!

April 13, 2011
Looking for work? 3 million jobs are available  [cnnmoney.com]
By Chris Isidore, senior writerApril 13, 2011: 2:50 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The picture is improving for unemployed job seekers.
In February, hiring picked up and the ratio of unemployed seekers to available jobs improved to reach the lowest level since the end of 2008, according to the latest government readings released Wednesday.  The Labor Department reported that there were 3.1 million job openings in February, up 352,000 from January and 570,000 from year-earlier levels. It was the largest number of available positions since September 2008.  Read the details from the link above!

April 7, 2011
ArthroCare adding space, jobs in Austin  [statesman.com]
By Brian Gaar and Shonda Novak | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 11:33 a.m. Thursday, April 7, 2011
Published: 10:54 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Medical device maker ArthroCare Corp. is more than tripling its office space as it plans to move some operations from California to Austin later this summer. The company has signed an office lease for 136,075 square feet in two buildings in the Lantana Corporate Center, 7000 W. William Cannon Drive, according to a securities filing Wednesday.  Read the details from the link above!

April 1, 2011
Jobless rate at 2-year low  [news.yahoo.com]
By JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer – Fri Apr 1, 7:03 pm ET
WASHINGTON – The nation's unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in two years in March, and the outlook is brightening as major companies plan to add more jobs.  Read the details from the link above!

April 1, 2011
1,000 eBay jobs proposed for Austin  [statesman.com]
By Kirk Ladendorf | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 8:10 p.m. Thursday, March 31, 2011
Published: 8:04 p.m. Thursday, March 31, 2011
EBay Inc. and its PayPal subsidiary are proposing to add 1,000 high-paying jobs in Austin during the next 10 years in return for about $1.2 million in city incentives, one of the biggest job-creation deals in Austin in many years.  Read the details from the link above!

March 25, 2011
... Austin-area job market continued growth trend in February  [statesman.com]
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF; Published: 7:20 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2011
The Austin-area job market continued its growth trend in February, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Friday.  Central Texas employers added 11,400 jobs between February 2010 and February 2011, a 1.5 percent annual gain, according to the commission. That comes on the heels of the January jobs report, which found the area was 10,500 jobs ahead in that same time period, a 1.4 percent annual gain.  Read the details from the link above!

March 25, 2011
Texas Employers Continue Adding Jobs  [WorkInTexas.com]
Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.2 Percent
Texas Workforce Press Release | March 25, 2011; 9:00 a.m.
AUSTIN — Texas total nonfarm employment was up by 22,700 jobs in February, for a total gain of 254,200 jobs from a year ago. The Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February is 8.2 percent, down slightly from 8.3 percent in January and well below the U.S. unemployment rate for February of 8.9 percent.  Read the details from the link above!

March 22, 2011
Adjusted U.S. figures paint a rosier jobs picture  [usatoday.com]
Paul Davidson; USA Today
Job growth may be stronger than it appears.  Another healthy drop in unemployment claims reported last week is the latest clue that job gains might be more robust than the Labor Department's monthly reports show.  Some economists say jobless claims and other recent data show that employers likely added 200,000 to 300,000 jobs a month this year, rather than the 128,000 average reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  Read the details from the link above!

March 10, 2011
Texas Employers added 44,100 jobs in January 2011  [WorkInTexas.com]
AUSTIN — Texas total nonfarm employment was up by 44,100 jobs in January, representing the addition of 253,900 jobs from a year ago. The Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for January is 8.3 percent, ... well below the U.S. unemployment rate for January of 9.0 percent.  Read the details from the link above!

March 2, 2011
Business Now: Formula 1 to bring thousands of jobs  [austin.ynn.com]
Updated 02/28/2011 12:20 PM | By: Veronica Castelo
The proposed Formula 1 racetrack is expected to bring hundreds of jobs to the Austin area. Editor Colin Pope, with the Austin Business Journal, said Formula 1 officials allowed members of his staff to look over a report detailing the project’s potential economic impact.  Read the details from the link above!

February 22, 2011
Central Texas Digest: Intel's hiring plans include Austin  [Statesman.com]
COMPILED FROM STAFF REPORTS | Published: 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
Intel to hire 4,000; Austin could benefit - Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini said last week that his company would hire 4,000 workers in the U.S. this year. The company's Austin operations are almost certainly part of those plans.  Read the details from the link above!

February 16, 2011
...Spredfast plans to triple workforce  [Statesman.com]
By Lori Hawkins, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
The company has 22 employees and is hiring across the board, with plans to triple its work force this year, Favaron said. The company also intends to raise additional venture capital this year, he said.  Read the details from the link above!

January 27, 2011
Forcasters see Austin economy picking up speed, jobs  [Statesman.com]
By Brian Gaar, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Published: 9:34 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011
Austin will add nearly 44,000 jobs over the next two years, bringing the number of jobs in the area to more than 810,000 by the end of 2012, Austin economist Angelos Angelou said Thursday in his annual forecast. And unlike the last few years, where growth was limited to areas such as leisure, hospitality, government and education, the future growth will be across all employment sectors, he said.  Read the details from the link above!

January 21, 2011
Austin job growth ends year at 2.0 percent growth  [Statesman.com]
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 11:40 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, 2011
Published: 11:19 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, 2011
The Austin area continues to add jobs, but the rate of growth may be slowing, based on the latest report from the Texas Workforce Commission.  Read the details from the link above!

January 13, 2011
U.S. economy 'moving in the right direction,' survey shows  [Statesman.com]
Fed's Beige Book report points to expanded stimulus, gains in holiday buying, manufacturing
BLOOMBERG NEWS | Published: 8:56 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011
The Federal Reserve said holiday-season spending and increased manufacturing drove an economic expansion across the U.S. in November and December, with businesses cautiously optimistic about their 2011 outlooks.  Read the details from the link above!

January 6, 2011
11 Hot Jobs for 2011  [Jobs.AOL.com]
By Jane Genova, Posted Jan 6th 2011 @ 7:42AM
Robert Half International, a well know brand in the field of staffing, also publishes quite a bit in terms of research, as well as the forecasting of employment trends. Here are their projections for 11 hot job areas for 2011. With the term "Hot" here being defined as a job field that should expect to experience both increased demand and increased compensation in 2011.  Read the details from the link above!

January 7, 2011
Jobs to pick up in 2011, analysts predict  [USAToday.com]
By Paul Davidson and Barbara Hansen, USA TODAY
Union Pacific, the nation's largest freight railroad, plans to hire 3,500 workers this year after reducing its workforce by 11,000 during the recession and adding just 1,600 jobs in 2010 despite strong revenue growth.  Read the details from the link above!

January 6, 2011
Payroll Report boosts optimism  [statesman.com]
COMPILED FROM WIRE REPORTS
Published: 7:04 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011
Report: Almost 300,000 jobs added to payrolls last month
Companies added nearly 300,000 jobs in December, according to an unofficial count by a private payroll firm — more than in any month in the past decade. The news raised hopes that Friday's official report on last month's job creation could be a blockbuster.   Read the details from the link above!