230 To Be Laid Off From NC Slim Jim plant ConAgra notifies state 230 workers will be laid off from it’s Garner plant in April. Read more on WITN 7 North Carolina

Waiting to produce jobs, not cotton TANNER — Farmland in Limestone County could one day grow more than cotton and other crops. It could produce jobs. Limestone’s potential industrial sites have garnered attention from companies like Volkswagen in 2008 and reportedly Electrolux in 2010. Read more on The Decatur Daily

Job-hunting may get you tax breaks Some expenses incurred while seeking a new job are deductible on your taxes. But do you know which ones? Several websites explain the criteria for taking a job-search tax deduction. Read more on Everett Herald

Clark County laying off 60 development services employees A Clark County official says about 60 development services employees are being laid off because a building slow-down means they aren’t needed. The number of building permits has dropped from almost 100,000 in 2005 to about 42,000 now. Read more on Las Vegas Sun

States ignored warnings on unemployment insurance WASHINGTON— State officials had plenty of warning. Over the past three decades, two national commissions and a series of government audits sounded alarms about the dwindling amount of money states were setting aside to pay unemployment insurance to laid-off workers. “Trust Fund Reserves Inadequate,” federal auditors said in a [...]

Job-hunting may get you tax breaks Some expenses incurred while seeking a new job are deductible on your taxes. But do you know which ones? Several websites explain the criteria for taking a job-search tax deduction. Read more on Everett Herald

Jobs wisdom for older workers deemed ‘over-qualified’ Older workers who are told they are “over qualified” for a role must rethink the way they apply for jobs or risk being shut out of the labour market, leading employers have warned. Read more on AFP Telegraph Finance News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance

Bank taxes buoy New York, but teacher cuts loom Bank taxes boost revenue 48 percent. But loss of state aid will mean laying off 4,000 teachers. Read more on The Christian Science Monitor

Jobs, Zuckerberg among tech execs to huddle with Obama Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt are among the technology industry executives President Barack Obama will meet with Thursday in San Francisco, according to a person familiar with the private session. Read more on Contra Costa Times

96 more layoffs at Plantation office of Stern affiliate Another 96 people who work for a company that provides paperwork services to the operations of mortgage foreclosure attorney David J. Stern in Plantation were laid off Tuesday, a company spokesman said. Read more on Sun-Sentinel