Intersections Inc., a partner of major financial institutions in North America that provides custom identity management solutions, is currently hiring for call center jobs in Virginia.

A total of 250 jobs are being brought to the Altavista area.

Currently the company is offering approximately 125 open positions, including opportunities in administration, the call center, human resources, and information technology. Many start at $9 an hour.

Intersections is accepting applications online and through local career centers.

There is a somewhat lengthy application process. Applicants must fill out an application, pass a typing test, take a drug test, and pass a background check.

To apply in person, applicants can visit the following places:

Altavista
CVCC Altavista Center
701 5th St., Suite 100
Altavista, VA 24517
434-309-1225 ext. 102
Hours: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Mon. & Wed.; 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Tue. & Thurs.; 9 a.m. – Noon Friday.

Lynchburg
Region 2000 Career Center
The Plaza Lower Level
2323 Memorial Ave., Suite 25
Lynchburg, VA 24501
434-455-5940
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., M-Thur, and 9 a.m. – Noon on Friday.

Lynchburg VEC office
3125 Odd Fellows Rd.
Lynchburg, VA 24501
434-947-6671
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

Danville
Virginia Workforce Center
211 Nor Dan Dr., Suite 1055
Danville, VA 24540
434-549-8220
Hours: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

Apply online at the Campbell County Economic Development website under Job Opportunities, http://www.campbellvirginia.com/pages/ecodev.htm or by clicking on Careers at http://www.intersections.com/.

Middle River Aircraft Systems, a part of GE Aviation, today announced that it is expanding its employment by 200 new jobs in Maryland — bringing the Company’s employment at its Middle River facility to more than 1,000 over the next year.

According to a press release, in the last five years, GE has invested more than $200 million in the Middle River facility and new program investments. The 200 new jobs will support the development and manufacturing of the GEnx-2B engine thrust reverser for the Boeing 747-8 commercial aircraft.
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Maryland’s unemployment rate held steady at 7.7 percent in March after the state added nearly 35,800 jobs in Maryland, the largest increase among all U.S. states.

Virginia added 24,500 jobs, second most in the nation, and posted a jobless rate of 7.4 percent, up from 7.2 percent. It stood at 6.4 percent a year ago in March.

D.C.’s unemployment rate dropped from 11.9 percent to 11.6 percent. A year ago, the rate was 9.1 percent. D.C. added 7,900 jobs over the month. Out of that figure, about 1,800 construction jobs were injected.

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Plastek Industries is planning to add a consumer products division based in Richmond County, a move that will create several manufacturing jobs in Pennsylvania (click here).

Plastek Industries say they will pay its workers an average annual wage of $32,800. The average wage in Richmond County is $26,600.

The company makes plastic packaging for such consumer and personal care items as deodorant sticks.

Plastek was started by Joseph Prischak in 1956 in Erie, Pa. as a tool manufacturer, Perdue said. It expanded into the plastics industry in the 1970’s.

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According to a forecast by Delta Associates, Washington, D.C. jobs are expected to grow within the next year, followed by increased growth in the next few years.

Washington, D.C. lost many jobs in 2009.

According to Washington Business Journal.com, the Washington area saw payroll employment decline by 29,200 jobs in the year ending January 2010, a 1 percent decline.

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Spending cuts in the state budget are expected to eliminate thousands of Virginia jobs, a new study suggests (click here).

The study says that Virginia will lose 37,000 jobs over the next two years.

The report, released Wednesday by the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis, also indicates that the ripple effects of a thinning work force could slow an economic recovery.

According to HamptonRoads.com, the analysis by the public-policy think tank comes less than two weeks after the General Assembly adopted a biennial budget that overcame a more than $4 billion shortfall partly through deep funding cuts to education and health programs.

“Our lawmakers have refused to acknowledge that the cuts that they’ve included in the budget are going to result in substantial job losses, not gains,” Michael Cassidy, the institute’s executive director, said during a Wednesday news conference.

“At a time when Virginians need ladders to get ourselves out of this deep economic hole that we are in, our lawmakers are handing out shovels and digging the hole even deeper,” he said.

Cassidy said the projected job losses would exceed the number of people currently unemployed in Virginia Beach, Richmond, Danville, Arlington County and Charlottesville combined.

They also would “dwarf the gains that have been projected for various economic development initiatives, business tax breaks and credits.”

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Forbes has said in a recent article that Washington, D.C. is emerging from the recession better than any city in the U.S., citing evidence that jobs in Washington are growing quickly.

Washington, D.C. has been in the news for many reasons lately, after it was pummeled by two snow storms and as the location for the sparring match between Republicans and Democrats over healthcare. But there are other reasons the city has been spotlighted.

The city has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, at 6.2%, and its output amounts to $362.3 billion, more than three times the average for the country’s largest cities.

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One year ago, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law, creating thousands of jobs in Pennsylvania.

According to an article on PRNewswire, in Pennsylvania, the success of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is clear. It has preserved 84,000 Pennsylvania jobs, according to a report from the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.

Extended unemployment and food stamp benefits have kept Pennsylvanians who lost their jobs from losing everything. Those benefits, coupled with the Making Work Pay tax cut, put money back into Pennsylvania communities and businesses when they needed it most. A study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that 189,000 Pennsylvanians were kept out of poverty last year as a result of these types of benefits in the Recovery Act.

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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell proposes spending to recruit new Virginia Jobs in many sectors, including manufacturing, finance, and government.

According to his office, here are some of his plans:

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Two companies will soon help to create more Pennsylvania jobs (Click here).

Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania Inc. will become North America’s largest processor of dark air-cured tobacco and Alpha Mills Corp. will create almost two dozen new jobs thanks to $2.7 million in new state investments.

“Even in a tough economy, we are helping businesses grow and become better able to compete in the global economy,” Gov. Edward G. Rendell said. “It’s vitally important that we continue our work to keep businesses in Pennsylvania and to bring new companies within our borders. If we lose the ability to do this, these crucial projects will go elsewhere.”

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