Driver Scarcity Isn’t New, but It’s Bad as Ever
In a tight labor market, filling the driver’s seat is back as a top challenge for trucking companies. A complicating factor: COVID-19 temporarily shut driving schools. read more >
In a tight labor market, filling the driver’s seat is back as a top challenge for trucking companies. A complicating factor: COVID-19 temporarily shut driving schools. read more >
With so many companies hiring at the same time, the best workers have options. read more >
Banks are facing a challenge in trying to reach many different generations at one time with the same message. read more >
The population of Arkansas grew 3.3% between 2010 and 2020, to 3,013,756 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. read more >
William Harper has been promoted to director of the Capital Markets Group at Crews & Associates, a bond brokerage, in Little Rock. read more >
Justin Archer Birch has been named the national director of workforce development at Rural Local Initiatives Support Corp., a nonprofit community development financial institution, in Little Rock. read more >
Shannon Spear has been hired as director of operations of the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock. read more >
James Reed, CEO of USA Truck, says that “more diverse companies are more profitable, more innovative and overall more successful.” read more >
Hilburn Calhoon Harper Pruniski & Calhoun Ltd. changes its name to Hilburn & Harper Ltd. read more >
The 108-day Arkansas legislative session that wrapped up last week was dominated by culture war issues and the coronavirus pandemic, but lawmakers took up a long list of other items, including voting law changes, an increase in teacher salaries and tax cuts. read more >
The Northwest Arkansas Council is offering financial incentives in order to attract skilled workers to the region. read more >
Unlike other companies calling, Amazon didn’t focus on incentives when it paid the market rate for its future distribution center property. read more >
New restrictions on trangender minors have left the state a target of scorn and boycotts, and LGBTQ activists were calling the new legislation itself a hate crime. read more >
Cushman & Wakefield/Sage Partners shifts its top leadership and puts new emphasis on its central Arkansas operations. read more >
The coronavirus pandemic pushed the unemployment rate in the United States to near record highs and caused millions of workers to leave the workforce, and a year later, the labor market remains far from recovery. read more >
Arkansas employers may consider adjusting wages based on where remote workers live — and prepare for payroll to get a lot more complicated. read more >
ABC Fitness Solutions of Sherwood, previously known as ABC Financial Services, recently acquired online platform Fitness BI of San Francisco and launched another platform called ABC+. read more >
The mixed-use Little Rock Corporate Center in south Little Rock and the Martin Brower Co. warehouse in North Little Rock were both bought by companies led by Justin Muller and Drew Holbert. read more >
Steve Dunlevy has been hired as vice president of manufacturing operations by Hytrol Conveyor Co. Inc. in Jonesboro. read more >
Organizations can dismantle systemic racism and disrupt inequity by treating those goals like any other business target, Janet Stovall, a senior client strategist at NeuroLeadership Institute, said during the Soirée Women’s Leadership Symposium. read more >
