Employment News for May 19, 2013

As Utah’s star rises after 2 recessions, lessons linger

The Salt Lake Tribune » Sat, 18 May 2013 21:38:52 MDT

As Utah’s star rises after 2 recessions, lessons linger By Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune Updated May 18, 2013 09:38PM MDT With few exceptions, the pattern of jobs distributed across Utah is largely unchanged after two recessions since the turn of the new century. That underscores not only the unusual diversity of the state’s economy, but it increases the likelihood employment in the state will grow faster than in the U.S. for some time. It’s true the Great Recession gave construction a good drubbing , manufacturing employment ebbed and flowed between 2000 and 2012, and the information sector seems in permanent decl... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ... Read More

NBA: Sloan keeps getting calls about coaching jobs

The Salt Lake Tribune » Sun, 19 May 2013 00:08:10 MDT

NBA: Sloan keeps getting calls about coaching jobs By Steve Luhm The Salt Lake Tribune Updated May 19, 2013 12:08AM MDT So much for riding off into the sunset. Jerry Sloan’s name continues to be connected with virtually every NBA job that opens more than two years after abruptly resigning as coach of the Utah Jazz. The list of teams reaching out to Sloan last summer included Portland, Charlotte and Orlando. Already this spring, Sloan says “a couple” of teams have called to gauge his interest in a possible return to coaching, including Milwaukee. Although he hasn’t pursued any of those jobs — the 71-year-old Sloan... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ... Read More

Business avarice

The Salt Lake Tribune » Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:06 MDT

Business avarice Updated May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT If, as some say, a war is being waged against the American working class (evidenced by political union-busting and businesses outsourcing American jobs to countries such as China, India and, ironically, Mexico), then the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration reform proposal seems a serious escalation (”Hatch warns of tech industry clout in immigration debate,” Tribune, May 13). Apparently, giving legal status/residency to illegal immigrants is imperative because they fill jobs Americans won’t do.... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ... Read More

Fighting the feds

The Salt Lake Tribune » Sat, 18 May 2013 10:32:41 MDT

Fighting the feds Updated May 18, 2013 10:32AM MDT Rep. Mike Noel is no friend to the federal government. But that can also be said of the Kanab Republican’s relationship with old-growth trees, wildlife, children affected by dirty air, environmentalists and conservation of almost any kind. Still, while his motives and tactics in sponsoring HB155 are “same old, same old” Noel, and certainly no surprise to most Utahns, it seems that this bill making it illegal for federal land-management officers to do their jobs goes too far. Under this legislat... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ... Read More

More steady Utah job growth, but worry looms

The Salt Lake Tribune » Fri, 17 May 2013 22:00:44 MDT

More steady Utah job growth, but worry looms By Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune Updated May 17, 2013 10:00PM MDT Unemployment fell again last month as job numbers increased — but a whiff of sequestration may have tempered what still was more evidence that Utah’s labor market is in a period of stable expansion. The statewide jobless rate fell to 4.7 percent from 4.9 percent in March as the number of unemployed people actively seeking work fell to 64,000 last month from a revised 67,900 the month before, the Department of Workforce Services said Friday. Employment increased 3.5 percent from April 2012 to la... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ... Read More

Over time, Texas software firm plans 1,040 jobs in Utah

The Salt Lake Tribune » Fri, 10 May 2013 17:08:32 MDT

Over time, Texas software firm plans 1,040 jobs in Utah By Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune Updated May 10, 2013 05:08PM MDT SolarWinds Inc. will create more than 1,000 jobs in Utah over the next 20 years after the Governor’s Office of Economic Development approved a large tax incentive for the acclaimed Texas-based company. The 1,040 jobs are expected to pay more than $1.4 billion in new wages during the lifetime of SolarWinds’ agreement with the state of Utah. The company develops information technology management software that engineers and system administrators use to keep track of computer networks and servers. ... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ... Read More

Redesign aims to ease work search on Utah’s jobs site

The Salt Lake Tribune » Wed, 08 May 2013 21:28:56 MDT

Redesign aims to ease work search on Utah’s jobs site By SCOTT SHERMAN The Salt Lake Tribune Updated May 8, 2013 09:28PM MDT A decade ago, Utahns looking for work would file in to a Department of Workforce Services office and cluster around a cork board, scanning index cards advertising open positions. Today, that would mean 510,000 people swarming those boards in April alone. But thanks to jobs.utah.gov, the state’s online employment site, more people can view more job openings from anywhere — and now they can do so more efficiently, as well. Workforce Services has completed the first phase in a major overhaul of the... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ... Read More

Obama in a pinch to do more on jobs

The Salt Lake Tribune » Wed, 08 May 2013 18:13:03 MDT

Obama in a pinch to do more on jobs By JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press Updated May 8, 2013 06:13PM MDT Washington • The nation’s slowly improving jobs picture hides problems such as stagnant wages and fewer working hours that strike directly at President Barack Obama’s base of support — young people, racial minorities and the less affluent. As the president launches a renewed focus on jobs, his traditional allies contend Obama has put too much of an emphasis on a deficit-cutting grand bargain with Republicans at the expense of creating jobs. New college graduates face a downbeat labor market. Th... Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ... Read More

Raising Utah-European cooperation

The Salt Lake Tribune » Tue, 07 May 2013 17:04:02 MDT

Raising Utah-European cooperation By wade jacoby and taylor jacoby Updated May 7, 2013 05:04PM MDT Contrary to popular belief, the world’s largest organism is not the blue whale but an aspen colony near Fish Lake. Now, try to guess the world’s largest economic relationship. If you said the U.S. and China, you fell for the blue whale again. In reality, the economic ties between the United states and the European Union are like that aspen: largely out of sight, profoundly interconnected, and really, really big. According to data from Dan Hamilton and Joseph Quinlan of the Center for Transatlant... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ... Read More