Discount grocer Aldi is adding 200 jobs to its Chicagoland stores, including the six Rockford-area locations, and will hold a job fair Monday for would-be applicants.
Aldi is looking to hire full- and part-time cashiers, shift managers and manager trainee positions. The pay range for the available positions is $11.30 to $22 per hour. Job requirements include a high school diploma or GED, work availability any time between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m., the ability to lift 45 pounds, a drug screen and background check. Retail experience is preferred.
The job fair is from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 7675 Walton Ave., Rockford.
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Tesco reputation hit by customers' negative social media posts - Media Week Online
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Tesco has seen its online reputation plunge as the supermarket's market share continues to fall. Kaizo Advocacy Index, a biannual audit examination of online attitudes towards brands found that Tesco recorded the most negative online sentiment of the ...Source: www.mediaweek.co.uk
Call time on Tesco decision - This is South Devon
THAT Tesco scheme has certainly stirred up a hornet's nest in Brixham. Development proposals for the former car park site at the heart of the port have been on and off the table for more years than I care to remember.
Tesco's latest plans have split the community, with some saying it will boost the economy and others claiming it will destroy it.
It really is time for this to be sorted out for the sake of the residents, traders and, last but not least, Tesco (if I was them I would have walked away yonks ago).
Ian Handford thinks he may have come up with a potential solution.
There have been calls for and talk of the supermarket plan going to a public referendum.
But eyebrows are being raised over the potential £10,000 cost which may have to picked up by Brixham Town Council.
Federation of Small Businesses guru, Torbay Civic Society chairman and former traders association chairman Ian reckons there could be a poll — with Tesco picking up the tab.
He says: "With the huge amount of angst and debate regarding the supermarket proposal dominating the Herald Express, one of the most vociferous objections seems not to be about the actual supermarket (not sure about that, Ian, but carry on) but the fact £10,000 might have to be spent to mount a so-called 'parish poll'.
"Of course, the company will have undoubtedly done its homework and its own customer surveys to see if a Tesco in central Brixham has potential, but to my mind they could well be missing a trick as this debate continues endlessly.
"Surely, they ought to jump at the chance of funding any local referendum at whatever cost.
"If they lost the vote that would be that — Brixham said 'no' so move on and cut out any possible judicial proceedings and further legal costs.
"On the other hand, if the result — and the polling paper would have to be fair and sensibly worded, put together perhaps by an independent — shows the population are in favour of a new store and car park, then even BRATS (Brixham Residents Against Tesco Superstore and one of the main protest groups objecting to the plan) would have to accept the situation.
Ian says: "I believe Tesco could be in a truly win-win situation by underwriting any referendum cost, provided they are willing to abide by whatever the resident population say should be the way forward."
Years ago, he was chairman of the Babbacombe and St Marychurch Traders Association when a similar scenario was erupting.
He says: "I recall a similar debate raging as traders and residents had similar concerns that large stores would eventually decimate all our small businesses.
"UItimately, the committee had to accept a centrally placed food store at one end or the other of the precinct would, in fact, stop a certain amount of locals going to out-of-town shops which at the time was growing in popularity.
"Brixham is unique in a number of ways, not least because it sits at the end of Torbay in a cul-de-sac surrounded by the sea.
"This means that for any new supermarket to survive economically or be viable in the longer term, Brixham people will have to shop there."
I get the feeling that, if you take into account Ian's experience back in his Babbacombe and St Marychurch days, he is hinting that, perhaps, the Tesco scheme should be supported — it may stop shoppers filling their baskets out of town and persuade them to spend their money in the port and in other local shops at the same time, which may be absolutely key to survival for most traders.
As for his referendum idea and Tesco footing the bill? You can't blame him for trying, but I doubt if Tesco would go for it and just how many residents would actually cast a vote? As Paul Daniels would say, 'not a lot'.
I don't live in Brixham so who am I to tell them what should happen? It is a fiercely independent community and good luck to them.
But as an outsider looking in, my stance is everybody is having their say and had their say, and Tesco is coming back with a revised scheme which may go to the planners some time in the next 20 years. Let the planners decide once and for all.
To have a new development potentially breathing new life in to the town centre — or staying with what is a black hole. Tough choice.
IF YOU can't take it, don't give it has always been one of my mottos, so it would be remiss of me not to mention a very senior moment the other day.
I was in the office one afternoon, talking to somebody and went to twiddle with my wedding ring. It wasn't there!
Panic set in and, just a like a newly-appointed editor should do, drew up a strategy of how I was going to tell the boss when I got home — after searching all corners of the office, car park and car.
I got the expected flak when I broke the news and was told to remember where I had been. Torquay Cricket Club? I was there with one of our club youth teams for a game the night before. Perhaps the ring was at the Rec.
I rang Terry Stevens, who runs the catering down there, and informed him of my plight. He said he would ring back in an hour.
Within minutes of ending the call, came a shout from the boss: "What's this then?" She had found the ring in our bedroom.
I rang Terry back and had to apologised for disrupting an under-11 practice match — he had all the players scouring the field — and asking him to say sorry to a man who had just left to go home and get his metal detector (according to Terry). Thank you, Terry, and thank you Torquay CC (you don't know how difficult it is for a Barton boy to say that).
Source: www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk
London’s employers urged to check staff are acting on Olympic Games-time travel plans - HRmagazine.co.uk
As the countdown to the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games continues, London's Transport commissioner has written to the leaders of 500 of the capital's biggest companies, thanking them for their leadership in preparing for Games-time travel and asking them to ensure their staff understand their Games-time plans.
London will be transformed into one huge sporting and cultural venue this summer, which will have a big impact on the public transport and road networks in both central London and in the areas around venues. The transport system will be busier than normal and there will be 'hotspot' locations where, at certain times, it will be exceptionally busy.
To help mitigate the impact the pressures on the transport network will have on businesses, London 2012 and TfL have been working with organisations in affected areas of London and the rest of UK to ensure they have plans in place to run smoothly - and profitably - during the Games.
In the past 18 months, London 2012 and Transport for London (TfL) have worked with 500 major businesses, employing more than 600,000 people, to provide site specific travel advice and help with bespoke business travel plans. Around 80 per cent of those businesses already have written plans in place, which include:
- Reducing or re-timing of deliveries;
- Encouraging staff to take holiday if possible;
- Staggering working days so people can start or finish work earlier or later and avoid peak times;
- Working from home or other locations;
- Encouraging walking or cycling by staff during Games-time.
London's transport commissioner, Peter Hendy, said: "Central London will be transformed into one huge sporting and cultural venue this summer, which will have a big impact on both the road and public. With just eight weeks left until the Games start, it is important that businesses test their plans and communicate them to staff, suppliers, customers and visitors.
"Many companies are already communicating their plans with their staff, suppliers, customers and visitors, and their efforts and leadership in preparing for Games-time travel are commendable. In these final weeks before the Games, it is important that London's business leaders continue to communicate with their employees to ensure they are clear about the plans in place in their own organisations and so they can take action to change their travel as a result."
TfL will continue to communicate important transport information in the run up to, and during, the Games period, including providing twice-daily transport updates to ensure London's businesses and their employees remain fully informed.
Help and support is available on the travel planning website www.GetAheadoftheGames.com.
Source: www.hrmagazine.co.uk
London 2012: Why Sponsors Need to Create Olympic Content, Not Just Badge It - The Drum
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