http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/557 Category: Jobs en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sat, 26 May 2012 19:16:22 -0400 - As told to Pilot writer Carolyn Shapiro We started in 1984 as a phone-in company. We did voice recordings and faxes. We have remote employees all over. Our East Coast team consists of myself, a person down in Florida and a person in New York. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/work-kurt-korte-forecaster-surfline Sat, 26 May 2012 18:46:28 -0400 RALEIGH, N.C.  The North Carolina Justice Center says a proposal to reduce future benefits to boost the state's unemployment insurance trust fund doesn't solve the problem. The center will hold a news conference about the issue today at the Legislative Building in Raleigh. The N.C. Chamber has proposed cutting future unemployment benefits to help reduce the trust fund shortfall. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/nc-justice-center-opposes-cuts-unemployment-aid Thu, 24 May 2012 07:14:25 -0400 FRANKLIN Steam is rising again from International Paper's Franklin mill. The mill on Union Camp Drive recently resumed operations to get ready for a June startup of the renovated facility. In its new form, the mill will make fluff pulp that's used in baby diapers, adult-incontinence products, feminine-hygiene products and medical wipes. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/steam-rises-once-again-international-paper-mill Wed, 23 May 2012 18:00:00 -0400 - As told to Pilot writer Philip Walzer I had done a couple of commercials with my dad when I was in grade school. My family had a meatpacking business in Dayton, Ohio. I just thought a TV studio was a pretty cool place to be. I went to Ohio University and got my first job in Parkersburg, W.Va., as a weather guy. That was in 1974, and I've been at it ever since. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/work-joe-flanagan-wvectv Sat, 19 May 2012 20:10:11 -0400 After four straight monthly declines, Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady in April, the Virginia Employment Commission reported today. The state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate was 5.6 percent in April, the same as its figure in March. But it was more than half of a percentage point below the 6.2 percent rate in April 2011. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/virginia-jobless-rate-remains-56-april Fri, 18 May 2012 10:19:49 -0400 By Martha Waggoner  RALEIGH, N.C.  People leaving the labor force were a big reason that North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent in April, a month when only 1,400 more people got jobs. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/nc-unemployment-rate-continues-slow-decline Fri, 18 May 2012 08:14:18 -0400 VIRGINIA BEACH A job fair geared to veterans will be held today at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts in Virginia Beach. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/job-fair-veterans-today-va-beach Thu, 17 May 2012 05:21:43 -0400 RALEIGH, N.C.  North Carolina's main business booster group wants legislators to cut future unemployment benefits and issue taxpayer-backed bonds to close a debt to the federal government. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/nc-chamber-wants-cuts-unemployment-benefits Wed, 16 May 2012 11:47:00 -0400 By Josh Boak President Barack Obama and other members of the administration may be giving warm advice to freshly minted graduates at commencements across the country, but the reality is the job market is now much colder. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/job-market-colder-1m-college-grads Wed, 16 May 2012 08:10:00 -0400 A Verizon worker who sued the company and the Communications Workers of America, saying her request to resign from the union had been denied, will be reimbursed some of her dues money, her lawyers announced Monday. Monika Cassell, who is from Williamsburg and works in Newport News, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Norfolk. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/05/worker-settles-over-verizon-union-dues Mon, 14 May 2012 15:24:35 -0400