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ProNet offers jobseekers' guide <br />ProNet Charlotte, the resource for displaced professionals, has a new guide to help people craft <br />a killer resume and better market themselves. It's at <br />www. pronetcharlotte .com /pronetcharlotte.odf <br />Locations, expansions, contractions <br />Schaeffler Group USA announced last week that it will invest another $10 million and create <br />100 new jobs in its Chesterfield County facility. The automotive components manufacturer plans <br />to begin hiring in the first quarter of 2012. <br />There will be more fun on the North Carolina /South Carolina border. Cedar Fair Entertainment, <br />which operates Carowinds, has purchased 61 acres of land adjacent to the theme park for <br />future development and expansion. An expanded park attracts more park visitors who add to <br />the region's economy. <br />A former owner of Cochrane Furniture plans to open Lincolnton Furniture and begin production <br />by December. The company would receive a $7,000 performance -based incentive over five <br />years tied to the hiring of at least 120 employees by August 2013 and significantly upgrading <br />and renovating the former Cochrane plant, which closed years after it was sold. <br />In another reminder that the financial services industry is still struggling, TIAA -CREF has laid off <br />part of its 2,500 - employee Charlotte workforce. Although the company didn't reveal the exact <br />number, it was fewer than 100 people. <br />Two Balfour Beatty veterans have begun Barringer Construction. <br />Wells Fargo is growing its hot investment banking and capital markets operations and shrinking <br />its mortgage business. However, in a sign that the company has faith in Charlotte, it is moving <br />Wells Fargo Securities, which has about 1,500 employees, to the Duke Energy Center. <br />Charlotte is Wells Fargo Securities largest hub. <br />Kudos <br />Congratulations to Dennis Stone, who recently was appointed president of Charlotte School of <br />Law. While serving as interim dean, he oversaw the school's accreditation by the American Bar <br />Attachment number 3 <br />1 -1 Page 628 <br />