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Jun 27, 2024

NNS aims to grow workforce

Virginia’s largest industrial employer, Newport News Shipbuilding, hopes to grow its 26,000-person workforce by 3,000 this year to tackle its backlog of projects. NNS, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is building modular components for 12 Columbia-class subs and then handing them off to partner General Dynamics’ Connecticut-based Electric Boat, and the two companies have [&[...]

James Madison University alums Carl and Angela Reddix gave $1.1 million to start the Reddix Center for First Generation Students, which opened last fall. Photo courtesy James Madison University
Aug 30, 2023

Support system

James Madison University is where Angela Reddix says she found “my tribe, the godmothers of my children” — and also her future husband, Carl, whom she met on her first day on campus. “All those relationships came from JMU,” says Reddix, founder, president and CEO of Norfolk-based ARDX, a health care management and IT consulting […]

Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black Chairman Victor Cardwell oversaw the 2022 merger that resulted in Virginia’s fifth largest law firm. Photo by Don Petersen
Feb 27, 2023

Resetting the bar

Two venerable Virginia law firms — Roanoke’s Woods Rogers PLC and Norfolk’s Vandeventer Black LLP — combined forces in July 2022, creating the state’s fifth largest firm, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black PLC, based in Roanoke. It’s a true statewide firm, with branch offices in Norfolk, Richmond, Lynchburg and Charlottesville, in addition to locations in Kitty […]

The United Way of Southwest Virginia unveiled its Ready SWVA initiative to 150-plus local leaders at a Dec. 8, 2021, event. Photo courtesy United Way of Southwest Virginia
Dec 19, 2022

SWVA child care initiative receives $1.24M grant

The New River/Mount Rogers Workforce Development Board will receive $1.24 million in grant funding for Ready SWVA, a child care initiative launched by United Way of Southwest Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. The United Way chapter launched Ready SWVA in December 2021 to expand access to affordable child care, strengthen the provider network and […]

Sep 9, 2021

UVA Health hires talent acquisition/retention senior director

UVA Health has hired Charles Bodden as its first senior director for talent acquisition and retention, the Charlottesville-based university health system announced Thursday. Bodden starts his new post on Sept. 27. His initial priorities will include establishing a formal strategy for diversity and inclusion recruitment. “UVA Health continues to compete for talent in a very […]

Sep 2, 2020

ASGN Inc. to buy Boston consultancy for up to $72M cash

ASGN Inc., parent company of Glen Allen-based recruiting firm Apex Systems LLC, announced Tuesday it will acquire Boston-based consultancy LeapFrog Systems LLC for up to $72 million in cash.  The goal of the transaction is to grow the companies’ commercial consulting business, adding services for financial services, insurance and health care clients. LeapFrog anticipates approximately [&hel[...]

Wes Ashworth. Photo courtesy The Lee Group
Jul 29, 2020

Newport News staffing firm names executive search VP

Newport News-based executive search firm Lee Group Search announced Wednesday that Wes Ashworth has been promoted to vice president executive search to oversee executive recruitment and placement for U.S.-based companies. Ashworth joined the firm in 2014 as an executive search consultant. During his time with the firm, he has specialized in recruiting for manufacturing, logistics […]

Amit Sevak. Photo courtesy Revature LLC
Jul 9, 2020

Reston tech recruiting firm names president

Reston-based Revature LLC announced Thursday that Amit Sevak has been tapped as president of the entry-level tech recruiting company. Sevak was most recently a senior adviser to the company. In his new role, he will work to expand Revature’s network of U.S.-based university partners. He will also serve on the executive committee, working on product […]

Apr 2, 2020

‘People have to start thinking about the relaunch plan’

Virginia Business virtually sat down with Mathieu Stevenson, CEO of Glen Allen-based hourly online staffing platform Snagajob, and Tammy Feaster, owner of the Spherion staffing services location in Winchester, to see how the staffing industry has weathered the coronavirus crisis. This is part of an ongoing series of conversations with Virginians about how their work […]

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