More and more big businesses are setting up shop in Georgia’s capital, creating hundreds of new IT and manufacturing jobs in Atlanta, among other industries.

Atlanta is attracting some big names. According to 11Alive.com, a string of headquarter relocations and consolidations have included mobile phone giant Sony Ericsson, which announced in November that it would move its North American headquarters from Research Triangle Park, N.C., to Atlanta.

The move combined its North America region and its Latin America region, based in Miami, to create Region Americas in Atlanta.

Other recent wins include the Belgian solar company Enfinity Corp. with Americas headquarters in Sandy Springs; tax advisory firm CCH Small Firm Services, with corporate headquarters in Kennesaw; and aluminum giant Novelis Inc. with North American headquarters heading to Buckhead.

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There’s some good news for Atlanta residents, as it was just announced that QualTex Laboratories will be expanding its operations to add jobs in Gwinnett county (click here).

Despite the slow economy, Gwinnett County is attracting several new businesses, which equals new jobs.

For instance, in the past five days, 525 new jobs have been announced in Gwinnett County.

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If the poaching of Midwest jobs keeps up, white-collar opportunities in Atlanta will far outnumber jobs in Ohio. For more information on jobs in Atlanta, click here.

According to AJC.com, Atlanta has been regularly poaching Midwestern companies for over a decade now.

First up was NCR, the famed, 125-year-old cash register company that moved its headquarters from Dayton, Ohio, to Duluth last June.

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Mueller Water Products, a North-Birmingham-based U.S. Pipe & Foundry ductile iron pipe manufacturing plant, has said it will cut 260 Atlanta manufacturing jobs.

According to Birmingham Biz Journals, a downturn in the economy and the automation of its systems at its other plants were the reasons Atlanta-based Mueller cited for the shut down.

The shutdown is expected to happen by or on March 31, 2010.

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The jobs in Atlanta that were lost in the recession, which amount to hundreds of thousands of laid off workers, were discussed at the Georgia Jobs Summit hosted by Georgia’s Labor Department in January.

According to AJC.com, the all-day summit at Georgia Tech drew about 100 people, including economists, business, labor and community leaders, academics, everyday workers and the unemployed for strategy brainstorming, roundtable discussions and economic presentations. Among those taking part was Georgia State University economist Rajeev Dhawan, who gave his forecast for the jobs market.

The job cuts will continue through much of this year, warned Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Georgia State Economic Forecasting Center, in a talk to the conference.

Consumers don’t want to spend and even healthy businesses can’t get the capital they need to grow, he said. “You can give all the tax cuts you want and it won’t make any difference until you clean up the banking system.”

The “Shaping Georgia’s Economic Destiny” summit focused on five areas:

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The jobs in Atlanta that were lost during July account for the majority of job losses throughout the State of Georgia. To learn more visit http://www.atlantajobs.com.

The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that during July, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area saw its unemployment rate increase from 10.6 percent to 10.7 percent.

The metro Atlanta area has an estimated 288,561 unemployed workers, a 60 percent increase from last year, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The overall number could be much worse, as those working part-time, going to school or who have given up are not taken into account when calculating that number.

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One company will soon create several new jobs in Atlanta (Click here).

First Data Corp. recently announced that it plans to relocate its global headquarters to Georgia, a process that will create 1,000 jobs in the metro Atlanta area. The jobs, to be added during the next three years, will support product development work.

According to an article by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the company is officially based in Greenwood Village, Colo., but the majority of First Data’s operations have been headquartered in Atlanta. The company employs about 750 workers in the area, including its CEO and CFO.

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Several young workers are preparing for a potential future in an Atlanta healthcare job.

The Healthcare Program, which is part of the Mayor’s Youth Program, has allowed several young workers to get a taste of a future in healthcare employment. In partnership with Atlanta Technical College, the program provides teenagers with a paid-training opportunity to become certified nursing assistants, patient care technicians and pharmacy technicians.

The Healthcare Program provides an introduction to the medical field for students looking to pursue a variety of careers. Students can earn college credit for their coursework and are provided with a weekly stipend. During the nine-week course, students complete clinicals at local Atlanta healthcare facilities and work with industry professionals to gain hands-on training and enhance their customer service skills.

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One company is moving several jobs in Atlanta to a new state. Click here for more information on Atlanta jobs.

Carbon Motors, currently based in Atlanta, recently announced that it plans to move its headquarters and production plant to Connersville, Ind. The company plans to invest $350 million in a 1.8 million-square-foot facility in Connersville, a 14,000 person town located between Indianapolis and Cincinnati.

The company, which originally hoped to keep its operation building police cars in Atlanta, will now be providing jobs to another state. Once production begins in 2012, Carbon Motors will employ 1,500 workers. The company already has 10,000 orders for cruisers.

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There could be some hope for those workers looking to secure Atlanta manufacturing jobs.

A monthly survey of companies by Kennesaw State University found that during June, the industry saw an increase in the components that often lead to overall growth, including rises in new orders and production. And although the manufacturing industry still lost jobs during the month, hiring was not as low as during previous months.

“Employment remains … very low relative to the level of new orders and production,” Don Sabbarese, director of the Kennesaw State Econometric Center, said.

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