Kohl's to hire 1000 in SA (San Antonio, Bowie: club, warehouse, radio)

[J1ndo]

Originally Posted by firstclassflyer

It's one less place that a firm could move white collar jobs into. That should "unconfuse" you.

No, now I'm absolutely perplexed. Are you implying that San Antonio lacks available real estate for office developments?

[J1ndo]

Originally Posted by ged_782

The employer may have resorted to recruiting outside the local market after being unable to recruit qualified local candidates, or in some cases they don't think there would be any local candidates for these specialized positions, so they don't bother to advertise or recruit locally.

I can only speak for information technology jobs (for which I've moved around a lot in the past two years), but recruiters usually search for candidates both locally and nationwide to find the talent to fill an open position. In my industry at least, they don't ignore local candidates.

[firstclassflyer]

Originally Posted by J1ndo

No, now I'm absolutely perplexed. Are you implying that San Antonio lacks available real estate for office developments?

No, I said that it's one less place that white collar jobs could be placed. The negativity is that these blue collar jobs help support the mentality that SA is a blue collar city and that's "just the way it is".
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[lemonfresh]

Originally Posted by firstclassflyer

No, I said that it's one less place that white collar jobs could be placed. The negativity is that these blue collar jobs help support the mentality that SA is a blue collar city and that's "just the way it is".
"Unperplexed" now? It's really very simple.

Hate to burst your ill formed (negative) bubble but the Kohl jobs aren't "blue collar" jobs so your theory falls flat, real flat.

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[sapphire]

Originally Posted by lemonfresh

It's good if your single or you have a SO with a job but it's not a lot if you have a family or you're making it a career. Basically, why would anyone complain or find fault with 1,000 good paying jobs? What company is expanding by 1,000 and paying those people 100,000 a year? No one. But just because you don't hear about 100,000 dollar a year jobs coming here, doesn't mean they're not. It's just you get a few of those versus 1,000 jobs which is much more news worry.

Is this news worry, or did you mean newsworthy? It's perplexifying.

[skeet09]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

I make $30k a year with a degree. Not sure what that says about me....or my field....lol.

I'm right there with ya.

[Bo]

Originally Posted by lemonfresh

the Kohl jobs aren't "blue collar" jobs

It's a distribution center. That means it's a warehouse full of merchandise getting loaded onto and off of trucks. The distribution center receives goods from shipments, sorts it into lots and haul those lots to stores. Granted, someone there with a white collar will be supervising the loading and making decisions about what merchandise gets put into which location and lot, but the majority of the work in a logistics operation like that is blue collar.

[pr57001]

Originally Posted by Bowie

It's a distribution center. That means it's a warehouse full of merchandise getting loaded onto and off of trucks. The distribution center receives goods from shipments, sorts it into lots and haul those lots to stores. Granted, someone there with a white collar will be supervising the loading and making decisions about what merchandise gets put into which location and lot, but the majority of the work in a logistics operation like that is blue collar.

Unless you know something the rest of us don't, it is NOT a distribution center.

"Kohl's operations center is expected to employ about 1,065 people, who will handle customer service, e-commerce and credit card services, according to two people familiar with the plans."

From:

Kohl's office could employ more than 1,000

[Bo]

Originally Posted by pr57001

Unless you know something the rest of us don't, it is NOT a distribution center.

"Kohl's operations center is expected to employ about 1,065 people, who will handle customer service, e-commerce and credit card services, according to two people familiar with the plans."

From:

Kohl's office could employ more than 1,000

I hadn't read that. Radio news stories were describing it in a way that made me think distribution center.

That makes me less enthusiastic. Essentially, it's another call center.

[austindoxie1972]

I agree that jobs are jobs, but I am a bit disappointed that another call center is heading to SA. Why are call centers so attracted to the city? Less expensive real estate, for sure. But the cluster of current call centers in the city also ensures prospective employers have a nice supply of trained individuals. And don't forget the ease of finding bilingual operators. This is a major reason so many call centers are interested in specific cities.