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* Lowe’s to hire 25,000 seasonal workers for its busiest time of the year (Charlotte Business Journal). April through September is the "busy season" for home improvement stores. The company is currently interviewing for 25,000 short term employees, including approximately 700 jobs in 30 Charlotte-area stores. It's rival, Home Depot, has also announced it plans to hire 80,000 workers nationwide. (See "Home Depot looks to hire 80,000.")
* Publix has begun the hiring process for its upcoming Matthews store. The grocery chain plans to have 150 employees at this store, including new hires. Applications are also being accepted for the store's Indian Land, SC and Fort Mill locations. The company says it could bring more than 2,000 jobs to the Charlotte market in total. More information can be found at www.publix.com/careers.
* The CBJ put together a lengthy list of Charlotte-area engineering firms that plan to hire engineers in 2014.
* Wellmore has announced plans for a new retirement community in Tega Cay, SC. According to the CBJ, "The retirement community is expected to create nearly 130 jobs in health care and management, with site work and landscape design contracts awarded to local firms. It is slated to open in summer 2015." Other area retirement communities are under construction (Brightmore of South Charlotte in Ballantyne) or planned (Waverly at Providence and Ardrey Kell Roads) in the area, and could bring additional healthcare jobs.
This list barely scratches the surface of the jobs news in Charlotte. For comprehensive coverage on area jobs news, The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce has a news page dedicated to "recent relocations and expansions." This page compiles local articles from the major news sources on the topic.
