Sign In
Free Newsletter
Hospitality association to host 60-employer job fair
The Lowcountry Hospitality Association will host a hospitality-only job fair next week at the Charleston Area Convention Center. Representatives from more than 60 employers from the hotel and food and beverage industries are expected at the job fair on Feb. 26, with business locations from Summerville to the barrier islands. “We are fortunate to live […]
S.C. union membership rate remains lowest in U.S.
South Carolina continues to have the lowest union membership rate in the United States, dropping half a percentage point between 2018 and 2019. The Palmetto State had approximately 47,000 members of unions in 2019, 2.2% of people employed, and about 59,000 workers represented by unions, 2.7% of the workforce, according to data released Wednesday by […]
Bosch to lay off 430 workers in Dorchester County
Bosch plans to lay off approximately 430 workers from its Dorchester County plant over the next year, attributing the reduction to a shift in the company’s production strategies. The layoffs are expected to be implemented in phases, beginning midyear and continuing through 2021, according to a statement provided to the Business Journal. Approximately 340 permanent […]
Charleston County administrator to retire
Charleston County Administrator Jennifer Miller will retire Tuesday after 34 years of public service. Miller began her career as an intern in the Charleston County Human Resources Department in 1986 while pursuing a master’s degree in public administration from the College of Charleston. She held various positions in other departments, including serving as planning director […]
Alorica expanding in Charleston County
Customer relationship management company Alorica plans to expand its Charleston County operations with a $1.2 million investment, according to the S.C. Department of Commerce. Alorica is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and serves a variety of companies in the communications, retail, health care, financial services, hospitality, technology and public sectors. The company’s expansion of its location […][...]
We have the best city, but we can’t rest on our laurels
After so many years of being rated the No. 1 city in the entire universe, it took us a little work to digest this new-to-us ranking from U.S. News & World Report. The great state of South Carolina is not No. 1, nor No. 2 or even No. 22. The Palmetto State ranks 42nd in […]
Traffic initiative adds 2 new participants
Two more Lowcountry employers have joined the Reboot the Commute initiative, a program launched by the Charleston Regional Development Alliance to reduce the region’s traffic congestion. The addition of Geocent, a technology and engineering services company, and Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic brings the number of employers participating in Reboot the Commute to 20. “When […][...]
Charleston-based software company Engage Talent acquired
Engage Talent, a predictive analytics and artificial intelligence software company based in Charleston, has been acquired by a global provider of workforce management software and services. Workforce Logiq, owned by global investment firm The Carlyle Group, did not disclose the purchase price. Engage Talent uses AI predictive models with data from 40,000 external sources to […]
Viewpoint: Bosses, don’t throw your employees under the bus
See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see. — Wayne Dyer I read a story about a farm boy who accidentally overturned his wagonload of corn in the road. The farmer who lived nearby came to investigate. “Hey, Willis,” he called out, “forget your troubles for a spell […]
Mount Pleasant named 2nd fastest-growing U.S. city
Mount Pleasant is the fastest-growing small city in the United States and the second fastest-growing city overall, according to an analysis by personal finance website WalletHub. Lehigh Acres, Fla., ranked No. 1 on the list, and Bend, Ore., Enterprise, Nev., and Frisco, Texas, rounded out the top five. The analysis compared 515 cities of varying […]
Income and workers in the Lowcountry
Annual income across the tri-county area ranges from a high of about $144,000 on Kiawah Island to a low of $26,000 in St. Stephen. An analysis by Deloitte using data from the Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a 138.3% difference between those communities, with a lot in between. The data […]
How minimum are our wages?
New Democratic Congressman Joe Cunningham made national news recently when he broke with the party faithful and rejected raising the national minimum wage by nearly 107%. The proposal to go from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour across the board made Cunningham wince because, as he said, one size doesn’t fit all in the [&hellip[...]
