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A solar energy company is asking local residents to trust their knowledge and give them jobs in Connecticut.

According to a press release written by a fan of the company, for many years in Connecticut and around the U.S., we have heard about the promise of Solar Photovoltaic PV electrical systems. One of the leading installers in Connecticut is Sundoor Solar located in the middle of the state. Visit Sundoorsolar.com. If your thinking about Solar energy – I encourage you to let them earn your business. Plain and simple.

So why is Connectcut going Solar? In areas like California, where there is a large concentration of solar PV Photovoltaic, homeowners believe that “oh yeah they have much more sun than we do”! Yes, Solar is much more mainstream in areas like California, with an abundance of solar installations.

Yes, it has something to do with great sun and very few cloudy days, but is largely attributed to their utility rate structure that penalizes larger users of electricity by having tiered rates that go up as usage goes up. This is a big incentive to install a solar system, in order to knock out the higher tiers, at the very minimum. In Connectuct we payer higher electric costs then ANYWHERWE other than Hawaii.

To learn how complex and messed up the Connecticut rate issue is take a look here at the DPUC webiste. But remember – The incentives are huge right now. There has never been a better time for Solar energy in CT.

In the past year, Connecticut Solar installation companies soared to new heights selling and installing solar energy systems, and the future shines bright STILL in Connecticut we at Sundoor Solarfeel.. But, here is what we found in a we search just this morning.

Oneforce – Never heard of them before last week. they are in CT great guns a blazing

Mercury Solar – NY company. Moving north with their marketing

Ross Solar – Not a CT company I dont think. Not originally anyway

BEfree – Quality CT company.

Jobs in Connecticut are on the rise, according to a new Manpower survey.

Employers’ hiring plans were negative for the last three quarters of 2009, but positive for all four quarters in 2010, according to the survey.

Still, in a robust economy, Manpower’s seasonally adjusted net employment outlook hovers in the low- to mid-20s. Before the record low of negative 2% for the third and fourth quarters of 2009, the survey’s previous low point was a net 1% hiring outlook for the third quarter of 1982. The survey started in 1962.

“The employment outlook has been positive for all four quarters but clearly it’s flattening out,” said Jonas Prising, president of Manpower in the Americas.

Employers’ hiring outlook “remains better than last year all the way through but it indicates that employers are taking a very cautious approach to hiring,” he said. “They still want to maintain and hold on to their current work force but are only anticipating cautious hiring.”

The Manpower survey measures the percentage of firms planning to hire minus those intending layoffs. Manpower doesn’t measure the number of jobs.

Separately, the U.S. economy lost 54,000 nonfarm jobs in August, though the private sector gained 67,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department.

Looked at by industry, 11 of 13 sectors showed a positive net employment outlook for the fourth quarter, compared with 10 of 13 sectors in the third quarter. But for the fourth quarter, all but one industry showed a decline in sentiment from the third quarter. Manpower’s industry data is not seasonally adjusted.

The two industries with a negative net employment outlook for the fourth quarter were construction, at negative 8%, and government, at negative 7%. The Manpower survey does not count Census hiring; the decline in government hiring is due instead to severe budget shortfalls, Prising said. “The government, state and federal, is still struggling with budget restrictions and deficits,” he said, “especially the states.”

For each industry sector, here are the figures for the net employment outlook for the fourth quarter, not seasonally adjusted, in order of most positive outlook first:

•Mining, 13% in the fourth quarter, down from 17% in the third quarter

•Wholesale and retail trade, 13%, down from 15%

•Professional and business services, 10%, down from 15%

•Leisure and hospitality, 9%, down from 20%

•Information, 7%, down from 10%

•Manufacturing, durable goods, 7%, down from 9%

According to a recent survey by Manpower, employers are gearing up to hire for jobs in Connecticut and other regions in the U.S.

Employers’ hiring plans for the upcoming fourth quarter stayed about flat from the previous quarter, but are up significantly from a year ago, according to the latest Manpower Employer Outlook survey published Tuesday.

A seasonally adjusted net 5% of firms said they intend to hire in the fourth quarter, about flat from the 6% who said they planned to hire in the third quarter, but up from a record low of negative 2% a year ago, according to the Milwaukee-based firm’s survey of more than 18,000 U.S. employers.

Employers’ hiring plans were negative for the last three quarters of 2009, but positive for all four quarters in 2010, according to the survey.

Still, in a robust economy, Manpower’s seasonally adjusted net employment outlook hovers in the low- to mid-20s. Before the record low of negative 2% for the third and fourth quarters of 2009, the survey’s previous low point was a net 1% hiring outlook for the third quarter of 1982. The survey started in 1962.

“The employment outlook has been positive for all four quarters but clearly it’s flattening out,” said Jonas Prising, president of Manpower in the Americas.

Employers’ hiring outlook “remains better than last year all the way through but it indicates that employers are taking a very cautious approach to hiring,” he said. “They still want to maintain and hold on to their current work force but are only anticipating cautious hiring.”

The Manpower survey measures the percentage of firms planning to hire minus those intending layoffs. Manpower doesn’t measure the number of jobs.

Separately, the U.S. economy lost 54,000 nonfarm jobs in August, though the private sector gained 67,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department. See story on smaller-than-feared 54,000 nonfarm jobs lost.

Igxglobal, a leading information technology integrator with world headquarters based in Rocky Hill, CT and with EMEA operations located in London, UK, have announced that they are expanding their technical resources and adding additional customer facing resources by hiring for Jobs in Connecticut.

igxglobal specializes in delivering high-performance and secure solutions through four practice areas of threat mitigation, market-leading products, professional integration services and post-support managed services With a growing presence in the New England markets, igx continues to invest in supporting their client base and new opportunities with the investment in additional subject matter experts.

Prior to joining igxglobal, Robin Brown helped design and implement it’s MPLS backbone network for the Connecticut Education Network. She was instrumental in creating a highly flexible and redundant network throughout the State of Connecticut, then interconnecting that network to other regional research and education networks through partnerships with organizations such as NEREN, NYSERNET and Internet2. (more…)

The Connect-Ability initiative is recognizing six companies who have made a concentrated effort to create diverse jobs in CT.

According to a press release, the State of Connecticut’s Connect-Ability initiative recognized Dee’s One Smart Cookie (Glastonbury), Green Demolitions (Norwalk), Russ McDaniel Carpentry (Old Lyme), St. Francis Hospital Food & Nutritional Program (Hartford), Target (Meriden store), and Walgreens Distribution Center (Windsor) as recipients of the fifth annual Connect-Ability Top Employer Award for their aspirations, leadership and dedication to removing barriers to hiring and promoting people with disabilities.

The Connect-Ability Top Employers received recognition for their best practices on maintaining a diverse workforce that includes people with disabilities. Some of their best practices include: developing and sustaining aggressive work programs aimed at attracting and retaining people with disabilities and including people in recovery, creating a universal design work environment, participating in on-the-job training with the state’s Bureau of Rehabilitation Services and participating in Disability Mentoring Day.
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Sonic, the chain popular for its drive-in and inexpensive food, has announced that they are hiring for a variety of fast food jobs in Connecticut.

The fast food chain plans on holding jobs fairs in Wallingford on Tuesday and Thursday. They expect a large showing due to the economy.

Sonic is hoping to fill about 100 full and part-time positions for their restaurant on Colony Rd, among others. A second Sonic is planned for Manchester, although details are scant on the location and timing of the opening.
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Private sector jobs are becoming scarce, but this was not in the case in one state, where hundreds private sector jobs in Connecticut were added. For more information, go to www.ctjobs.com.

Jobs in Connecticut have overall been increasing.

Ninety-seven of the nation’s 100 biggest markets lost private-sector jobs between April 2009 and April 2010, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The exceptions were Honolulu, Hawaii and New Haven, Connecticut, which each added 1,200 private-sector jobs, and Charleston, South Carolina, which was unchanged over the year.
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Connecticut continued to show gradual improvement in the labor market by increasing a number of jobs in Connecticut.

According to HartfordBusiness.com, Connecticut’s slow economic recovery continued to gain some ground in April as employers added another 3,000 jobs during the month, pushing the jobless rate down slightly to 9 percent, labor authorities said Thursday.

That represents the fourth consecutive month Connecticut added jobs to its economy, the Connecticut Department of Labor said.

Connecticut unemployment was 9.2 percent in March and 8 percent in April last year. U.S. unemployment is 9.9 percent.

Connecticut since December has added 8,900 jobs, state labor authorities said.

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Connecticut’s chief business lobby is warning that a bill aiming to restrict state contracts from going to companies that ship work outside the United States will reduce cost-effective competition and potentially cause the loss of jobs in Connecticut (click here).

According to HartfordBusiness.com, the bill, which has passed out of the labor and public employees committee, aims to keep jobs in Connecticut by restricting privatization contracts of at least $100,000 from going to a contractor that would provide services at a location outside the United States.

Companies would also be restricted from hiring subcontractors from outside the country and the bill requires state agencies to give preference when awarding a contract to goods and services originating in Connecticut.

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There has been a steady stream (or some may call it a slow trickle) of green jobs in Connecticut. For more information on green jobs in Connecticut, click here.

According to an article on TheDay.com, Zerodraft in Connecticut is hiring.

The company, which weatherizes homes to increase energy efficiency, is adding more employees to deal with an increase in business driven by federal grants.

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