Growth has all but halted in Silver Valley 
POSTED: Friday, February 25, 2011 at 10:15 AM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: development, Employment, Real Estate, Shoshone County
Dan Martinsen is a realist when he says that Shoshone County and specifically the Silver Valley could use a dose of new development opportunities.
As Shoshone County’s planning administrator, Martinsen keeps close tabs on the number of new building permits that are issued, and last year there were very few. Planners issued 12 housing permits – six [...]
Despite cutbacks, job prospects for teachers are good
POSTED: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 11:47 AM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Boise State University, Education, Employment, Idaho State Department of Education, Lewis-Clark State College
Despite planned cutbacks by the state Department of Education, job prospects for teachers in Idaho are relatively good. Leaders of the state teacher training programs say they aren’t worried about how the students will fare in the job market.
Lewis-Clark State College has expanded its teacher education programs north and is looking south as enrollment continues [...]
Idaho’s Hispanic jobless rate doubles over 3 years
POSTED: Friday, December 10, 2010 at 10:34 AM PTBY: The Associated Press
Tags: Employment, Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs
The University of Idaho says a new report shows the unemployment rate of Hispanics in the state climbed to 15 percent during the worst of the recession.
The university announced Dec. 3 the findings of the report, which was prepared with help from the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs and analyzed jobless data over a three-year [...]
Call centers are big business for Idaho
POSTED: Monday, December 6, 2010 at 09:26 AM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: Allstate, C3, call centers, Employment, Idaho Department of Labor, Qwest
When Allstate Insurance Co. announced plans to open a call center with 500 jobs in Chubbuck this fall, it received a hero’s welcome and much more. The state Department of Labor also promised to pay up to $5.4 million to Allstate for job training.
In Twin Falls, 115 miles away , the Miami-based C3 made a similar [...]
FedEx to close Meridian long-haul facility
POSTED: Friday, December 3, 2010 at 04:30 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: City of Boise, City of Meridian, Employment, FedEx
FedEx National’s facility in Boise will close Jan. 30 as part of a national consolidation, spokeswoman Ann Saccomano said.
FedEx National employs eight at 1325 N. Hickory Ave., Meridian, an employee there said.
About 1,700 positions and 100 facilities will be closed companywide, FedEx Corp. said in its quarterly earnings report in September. The company said it [...]
Idaho unemployment inches up
POSTED: Friday, November 5, 2010 at 03:29 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Employment, Idaho Department of Labor
October marked the third straight month-to-month increase in unemployment, state Department of Labor officials reported Friday.
Idaho unemployment hit 9.1 percent in October compared to 9 percent in September and 8.8 percent in October 2009.
Idaho Department of Labor spokesman Bob Fick said officials a year ago expected unemployment to stay around 9 percent for some [...]
Idaho labor survey shows few jobs vacant across the state
POSTED: Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 10:49 AM PTBY: The Associated Press
Tags: Employment, Idaho Department of Labor, unemployment
A new report from the Idaho Department of Labor shows that the state’s job vacancy rate remains low and only one in five open jobs is linked to economic growth.
The Idaho Job Vacancy Survey Report, released this month, is based on a survey of more than 3,400 businesses in April and May. During that time, [...]
Twin Falls call center hires 550, expects more
POSTED: Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 03:24 PM PTBY: Anne Wallace Allen
Tags: City of Twin Falls, Dell, Employment
The Florida-based company that opened a call center in Twin Falls has hired 550 workers and plans to hire another 150 by November.
As of Oct. 4, C3 of Plantation, Fla., had received more than 2,000 applications for its management and call-answering jobs, corporate communications vice president Alicia Laszewski said. C3 is also opening a call [...]
Construction industry continues to trim payroll
POSTED: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 02:21 PM PTBY: Dolan Media Newswires
Tags: Associated General Contractors of America, Employment
Construction employment declined in 276 out of 337 metropolitan areas between July 2009 and July 2010, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.
The employment figures demonstrate the widespread decline in demand for construction services that continues to outpace stimulus-funded work, association officials noted.
“There is [...]
Idaho could get $51M under federal jobs bill
POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 09:07 PM PTBY: The Associated Press
Tags: Employment, Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, State Legislature
Idaho public schools are expected to receive about $51 million to protect teaching positions as part of a job-saving measure signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
The money is part of a $26 billion bill aimed at helping teachers and other public workers avoid layoffs, and will be funneled to Idaho schools as [...]
