Armstrong World Industries Inc. has named Austin So senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective Feb. 1. 

The latest data report from the York County Economic Alliance reveals a “mix of good news, silver linings and remaining obstacles,” said its CEO and president, Kevin Schreiber. 

Harrisburg-based electronics wholesaler D&H Distributing is the fourth largest private company in Pennsylvania and the 84th largest in the country, according to the most recent Forbes List of America’s Largest Private Companies. 

The nursing shortage in Pennsylvania -- and across the country -- isn’t new, it’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic, according to the head of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association in Harrisburg.  

The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg is hiring 150 new employees ahead of its peak event season. 

Custom food manufacturer Stir Foods Lancaster, LLC is set to expand its Lancaster manufacturing location with an investment of $4 million.

Hershey area employers, including Hershey Entertainment & Resorts and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, will participate in the annual Hershey Career Expo being held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31, at the Purcell Friendship Hall on 109 McCorkle Road, Hershey.

The owners of restaurants, amusement parks and retail shops, many of them desperate for workers, are sounding an unusual note of gratitude this summer:

U.S. states halting federal unemployment benefits early had crossed a key threshold in their economic recovery early this spring, with the number of available jobs exceeding the number of unemployed people, new federal data shows.

With the economy growing rapidly as it reopens from the pandemic, many employers are becoming desperate to hire. Yet the evidence suggests that as a group, the unemployed aren’t feeling much urgency to find work.

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet will be looking to fill 2,000 positions nationwide during a hiring event next week.

U.S. job openings surged by nearly one million to a new record high in April, while more people voluntarily left their employment, strengthening the view that a recent moderation in job growth was due to supply constraints.

Penn State Health will hire approximately 300 people as it nears the Oct. 1 opening of its Hampden Medical Center in Hampden Township, Cumberland County.

The sharp hiring rebound in March indicated that economic pain from the pandemic continues to decline, but one factor in Lancaster and Lebanon County continues to vex some employers—filling open positions, including part-time jobs.

In the midst of the pandemic, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology’s Career Services Center counseled more of the college’s students than it had in the past 10 years.