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The roof of the new Falcons stadium -- unlike that of the Georgia Dome -- will be retractable.

Falcons release details of minority-owned stadium contract plan

The Atlanta Falcons reached a deal Friday with state and city officials on how to ensure at least 31 percent of its new billion-dollar stadium construction awards go to minority or women-owned firms. The team’s “Equal Business Opportunity Plan” sets certification and reporting standards for contractors on the downtown retractable-roof ...

No degree? Good-paying jobs still exist

Who says you need a four-year degree to land a decent-paying job? A new report from CareerCast, “Best Jobs Without a College Degree,” says there are good-paying jobs out there for people who never graduated from college. The list of 14 jobs may come in handy for millions who are ...

Metro jobless rate slides again

Metro Atlanta’s slog back toward economic health continued last month with the jobless rate slipping to 7.6 percent - its lowest point in more than four years, the state Labor Department reported Thursday. The region’s rate is now almost even with the nation’s, after several years of staying stubbornly above. ...

You can still have a rewarding career without a college degree, says CareerCast.

No degree? Good-paying jobs still exist

Who says you need a four-year degree to land a decent-paying job? A new report from CareerCast, says there are plenty good-paying jobs out there for people who didn't march during college graduation ceremony.

Rajeev Dhawan, head of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University

Forecast: Upside surprises boost metro economy

With the growth engine still not hitting on all cylinders and tens of thousands of people searching for work, the metro Atlanta economy isn’t shifting into the fast lane, but it’s picking up speed. Signs of improvement are in the numbers – especially those for job growth and new home ...

Home Deport reports quarterly earnings Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Not all employees as upbeat as Google's, Home Depot's

Home Depot employees are more optimistic about their company's business outlook than workers at rival Lowe's if you use research by the career website Glassdoor as a guide.

MARTA, Dollar General to hold job fairs Saturday

Is there a MARTA bus driver’s seat in your future? The Atlanta transit agency will hold a job fair Saturday in hopes of attracting candidates for full-time bus operator positions. Pay starts at $13.68 an hour with a top rate of $19.54 an hour. MARTA operates 531 full-size buses on ...

The medical field dominates the top 9 spots on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' best-paying jobs list.

The best- and worst-paying jobs around

You’d think that chief executive officers would have the highest-paying jobs given the buzz their annual compensation packages generates each year, but when it comes to average annual pay, CEOs take a back seat to anesthesiologists.

The Dollar General job fairs will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in McDonough, Tucker, Conyers, Villa Rica, Lithia Springs, Jonesboro and Newnan.

Dollar General holding 7 metro Atlanta job fairs Sat.

Dollar General will hold seven job fairs this Saturday in metro Atlanta to help fill 10,000 positions this month nationally.

Millennials prefer health care, tech jobs

Members of the millennial generation focused on college and careers believe their best chance at success is in health care and technology, according to new survey of high school and college students, and young professionals.The National Society of High School Scholars, an Atlanta-based organization, asked more than 9,000 of its ...

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