Jobs

New Amazon facility brings more than 1,000 jobs to Johnston County

Apr 23, 2024

Guest column: 5 tips on innovating for value in 2024

Apr 19, 2024

Here are top priorities technology leaders should consider this year to drive true value through innovation.

Grifols celebrates 50 years in Johnston County as area continues to embrace biotech

Apr 18, 2024

VinFast downsizes planned EV factory in Chatham County as construction hits a snag

Apr 17, 2024

Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast has scaled down the size of its manufacturing plant in Moncure by 20%.

How immigrant workers in US have helped boost job growth and stave off a recession

Apr 12, 2024

How has the economy managed to prosper, adding hundreds of thousands of jobs, month after month, at a time when the Federal Reserve has aggressively raised interest rates to fight inflation — normally a recipe for a recession? Increasingly, the answer appears to be immigrants.

4-day workweeks may be around the corner. A third of America’s companies are exploring them

Apr 12, 2024

Nearly one-third (30%) of large US companies are exploring new work schedule shifts such as four-day or four-and-a-half-day workweeks, according to a KPMG survey of CEOs released this week.

Fujifilm Diosynth to create 680 jobs, invest additional $1.2B in Holly Springs

Apr 11, 2024

Officials with the North Carolina Department of Commerce described the project Thursday during a special meeting of the department’s Economic Investment Committee.

Fujifilm unit to announce $1B NC expansion ahead of Japanese prime minister’s visit

Apr 11, 2024

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies is planning to add more than 600 jobs as part of a $1 billion expansion in North Carolina, people familiar with the plans told WRAL.

Every month, economists expect the labor market to slow. Will it ever?

Apr 9, 2024

Economists projected 205,000 jobs were added in March, a slowdown compared to February’s revised gains of 270,000. But last Friday’s data showed a shocking 303,000 new jobs were created that month.